Talk:UHarc
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shame so little people know about this, it's a great tool and much more efficient than winzip/winrar/winace. And it's FREE!
And it's also REALLY slow. 69.142.79.134 23:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- Then don't use -mx but use -mz instead. (But, yes, compared to .ZIP, which results in a much worse compression ratio, it is slow).
- Armslurp 02:39, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know just how well UHarc compares to other compression software?
Also, what algorithm does it use?
(isn't linking directly to a file rather dangerous?) dnwq 17:03, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
Algorithms UHarc uses: f + PPM + LZP + LZ77 + ARI
At least that's what http://www.maximumcompression.com said.
--202.173.194.7 17:04, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] WinUHA still needed
There are still files, packed with UHA, on the Internet, and some of this files are important for those download them. so, the UHA section should be continued and improved, not deleted. The following is a review on WinUHA 2.0 RC1 by by James Thornton, entiltled “High Compression Multimedia Archiver”. The review and screenshots of the programme could be found on http://winuha.en.softonic.com/
File sizes have been a big issue in the world of computing since day one, and despite the fact that our hard drives are bigger than ever, large files are still a source of irritation for many. How many times, for instance, have you tried to send a movie clip to a friend only for the email to bounce back due to size restrictions imposed by the service provider? Usually in this case we turn to our old friends WinZip or WinRAR, but believe it or not, there is another compression format that produces smaller file sizes than these popular tools.
WinUHA provides a graphical interface for UHARC, a command-line application, which is proven to have the best compression ratio around, achieving rates of 10-20 percent better than RAR or ZIP. The original version is very slow and has no graphical interface, which prompted this developer to open up the format to the public at large.
The program doesn't do a bad job either, operating in a very similar way to WinZip and, aside from an annoying donation screen, allows you to get down to business pretty quickly, adding files to the archive with a single click or by dragging them into the clearly laid-out directory window.
Once you've clicked to compress the selected files you start to realize the power of the UHARC format. We were very impressed that the program managed to shrink down files of 11.1Mb down to 7.1Mb, compared to 9Mb when we performed the same operation in WinZip. However, this high compression ratio comes at a cost – the speed. There's no doubt that compressing with WinUHA is significantly slower than its major rivals, and unlike WinZip, you don't get the option of tweaking the compression ratio to speed things up.
There's not much else more to the program than the simple process of compressing and decompressing files and you won't find many other options, other than basic settings for changing the interface. The high compression ratios should come in handy for sending email attachments, and as the size of the files you archive increases, you'll start to notice the its real benefit.
Pros
* Results in very low file sizes * One-click compression
Cons
* Very slow * No options for altering compressing ratios
Sergeserge (talk) 09:43, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
