Best Compression Methods for 'Specific' Games. Q&A

[K4miKaZe]

I will start this days with all my Valve games. Lets begin with Half-Life 1

Title:           Half-Life 1: Complete Pack
Version:         v1.1.1.1

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   1.11 GB
Compressed Size: 285 MB

Method:          msc+srep:m3f "on audio files"
                 srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 "on rest of files"
                                                  
Compress Time:   11-12 minutes (691.80 sec)
Install Time:    Less then 1 minute

CRC Checked:     Yes

Included in the pack:

Half-Life 1
Blue Shift
Deathmatch Classic
Opposing Force
Ricochet
Team Fortress Classic

[K4miKaZe]

Good morning. I have done this two games as merged and separated, remember that Half-Life Source needs anyway Half-Life 2 installed (shared files). So here are two versions , with and without HL Source.

Title:           Half-Life 2
Version:         Build 4044 (latest old source engine)

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   3.83 GB (with Half-Life: Source game included)
                 3.17 GB (without Half-Life: Source game)

Compressed Size: 1.27 GB (with Half-Life: Source game included)
                 1.08 GB (without Half-Life: Source game)

Method:          msc+srep:m3f "on audio files"
                 srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 "on rest of files"
                                                  
Compress Time:   58 minutes (3499.40 sec) "with Half-Life: Source"
                 47 minutes (2817.53 sec) "without Half-Life: Source"

Install Time:    1-2 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Next games will be HL Ep1 and Ep2, also i will post the results for the Orange Box too where this games are included (but with different engine).

[K4miKaZe]

Here are the next two big HL games.

Title:           Half-Life 2: Episode One
Version:         v1.0 (cant find it)

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   3.21 GB
Compressed Size: 1.19 GB

Method:          msc+srep:m3f "on audio files"
                 srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 "on rest of files"
                                                  
Compress Time:   36 minutes (2144.24 sec)
Install Time:    1-2 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Title:           Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Version:         v1.0 (cant find it)

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   4.13 GB
Compressed Size: 1.49 GB

Method:          msc+srep:m3f "on audio files"
                 binkpack "on .bik files"
                 srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 "on rest of files"
                                                  
Compress Time:   49 minutes (2972.26 sec)
Install Time:    1-2 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

I started now with GTA V with Doomsday and After Hours dlc, this will take a long time (79,6GB). Should be ready if everything is fine for tomorrow

[Simorq]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

@Simorq
did you compress mp4 with srep and when decompress you convert mp4 back to wmv ?
*Devil May Cry HD Collection

Yes, with PPX2 it takes about 5 minutes to convert MP4 to WMV.

[Simorq]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

did you test the game ?
i tried your method on Nioh Complete Edition there is 3.28gb of wmv compressed to 1.46gb after convert wmv to mp4...
but when i try to convert back mp4 to wmv seem not to work for me using PPX2 so i am using
dir/b/s *.mp4 >mkvlist.txt
for /F "delims=;" %%F in (mkvlist.txt) do ffmpeg.exe -y -i "%%F" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "%%~dF%%~pF%%~nF.wmv"
del mkvlist.txt

Number Of Threads.bat
1: Convert Multi MP4 > WMV
2: DEL ALL MP4 Files
3: Remove *.WMV Extension
4: REN *.MP4>*.WMV