Archives
PowerZip
An archiver that manages the usual gamut of archive types. Wizards and stuff.
Release 7.02 was shipping in May of 2004.
http://www.powerzip.net/default.aspxunaceX
An ACE file extractor for OS X. Freeware.
Version 1.1 is shipping as of May, 2004.
http://unacex.sourceforge.net/A Generic, Reusable Diff Algorithm in C# - II
Another difference engine in C#.
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Code to extract plain text from a PDF file
PDF documents are commonly used and their content is usually compressed. This article shows a simple C code that can be used to extract plain text from the PDF file.
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/ExtractPDFText.aspread more from " Code to extract plain text from a PDF file "
PKWARE Developer Solutions
PKWare has created a couple of new SDKs that allow developers to create and manipulate ZIP files, as well as to take advantage of PKWares new security features.
http://pkware.com/products/developers/JIMZip
JIMZip is an easy-to-use, yet powerful, zipping and unzipping interface for MacOS X. Using JIMZip you can compress your files with a simple drag to either the JIMZip dock icon, or dragging window. JIMZip is compatible with programs such as: WinZip, PowerArchiver, PKZip, ZipIt, Aladdin Expander, Stuffit DropZip, and more..
Version 1.42 is shipping as […]
http://jimzip.webbastille.com/ZipFusion
A free self-extractor bundler, it can take a standard Zip file and convert it into a self-extracting EXE, or take a self-extracting EXE and turn it into a Zip file. Free for non-commercial use, lots of nice new features in the 2.0 release.
Version 2.0 is shipping as of May, 2004.
http://www.skaro.net/zipfusionSmile256!
A program by Andrew Frolov on a site dedicated to complete programs that are less than or equal to 256 bytes in length.
http://www.256b.com/demo/399PNG (Portable Network Graphic)
About.com gives their explanation of what this is.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/weekly/aa121699d.htmMoleBox
Pack all your files into a single executable with MoleBox or MoleBox Pro.
http://www.molebox.comGNU Tar
The venerable archiving program.
Version 1.14 shipped in May, 2004.
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/Caliph and Emir
Java & MPEG-7 based tools for semantic annotation and retrieval of digital photos and images supporting graph like annotation and content based image retrieval.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/caliph-emir/UnZip
Everything you wanted to know about UnZip, one of the two great Info-ZIP programs.
UnZIp 5.51 shipped in May, 2004/
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/zip/info-zip/UnZip.htmlZipper
Zipper is a tool for inspecting the contents of a compressed archive and for extracting.
Version 0.7 is shipping as of May, 2004.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/zipperMp3Eater
The author says:
This page offers very simple but very useful C source code to parse MP3 files. The parser gives detailed info of each frame in the MP3 file. It presents header info, side info and main data corresponding to each frame in the MP3 file. I was not able to find such a […]
http://www.vlsiip.com/mp3eater.htmlJZlib — zlib in pure Java
This project is an attempt to hoist zlib out of the C world and into pure Java land. This allows Java developers to take advantage of a few zlib features that aren’t available in the standard JDK packages. LGPL license.
Version 1.0.5 of Jzlib was shipping as of May, 2004.
http://www.jcraft.com/jzlib/bsdtar, libarchive
Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants and the POSIX cpio format. The bsdtar program is an implementation of tar(1) that is built on top of libarchive. It started as a test harness, but is quickly moving toward becoming a candidate system […]
http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/ZipInstaller
ZipInstaller is a bare-bones application framework for the
programmer who doesn’t want to learn the painful
intricacies of InstallShield or Microsoft’s installer. If
all you need to do is copy some files to a specific folder
and then create a few shortcuts and menu entries, ZipInstaller
is just the guy for you.
Version 1.11 is shipping in May, 2004.
http://freehost14.websamba.com/nirsoft/utils/zipinst.htmlCompression of Individual Sequences via Variable-Rate Coding
by Ziv and Lempel. The seminal LZ78 paper which spawned LZW, GIF, and an entire academic industry.
Update 2004: Document is now packed in RAR format.
http://www.compression.ru/download/articles/lz/ziv_lempel_1978_variable-rate_pdf.rarread more from " Compression of Individual Sequences via Variable-Rate Coding "
A Universal Algorithm for Sequential Data Compression
The 1977 paper describing an algorithm for compression using pointers to previously seen text. This algorithm, later known as LZ77, is still one of the most widely used techniques for lossless data compression in use today.
Update 2004: Document is now packed in RAR format.
http://www.compression.ru/download/articles/lz/ziv_lempel_1977_universal_algorithm_pdf.rarread more from " A Universal Algorithm for Sequential Data Compression "
Parallel Implementation of Data Compression Technologies for Multi-Gbit/s Networks
This group at Loughborough University in the UK would like to use sophisticated compression techniques in high speed networks. To make it all happen, they need to do it in hardware, and do it in parallel. This page has information about their efforts, along with links to papers and other information.
hhttp://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/research/esd/projects/parallel_comp.htmThe MPEG home page
An impressive set of links to papers, schedules, articles, and contacts for MPEG. Clearly the place to go for information relating to the standardization process.
http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/The JBIG Home Page
Home page for the members of the JBIG committee, as well as a place for links and information about the Bi-Level Image coding standard.
http://www.jbig.org/jbig/index.htmlAdvanced Image Coding
Advanced Image Coding (AIC) is an experimental still image compression system
that combines algorithms from the H.264 and JPEG standards. More specifically,
it combines intra frame block prediction from H.264 with a JPEG-style discrete
cosine transform, followed by context adaptive binary arithmetic coding as used
in H.264. The result is a compression scheme that performs much better than JPEG
and […]
Hybrid Lossless Audio Compression
WavPack allows you to losslessly compress (and restore) both 16 and 24-bit audio files in the .WAV format. Unlike “lossy” compression schemes (like MP3) that discard information, WavPack converts the audio data into a more compact form so that the restored files are digitally identical to the original source. It’s somewhat like the file […]
http://www.wavpack.com/ZipStudio
A versatile Visual Studio add-in to zip up Visual Studio solutions and projects
http://codeproject.com/useritems/ZipStudio.aspX-Match Pro
A fast ASIC core designed for lossless compression.
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/research/esd/projects/web_xmatch/XMatchPRO_home.htmFilzip
Yet another free Zip program with the usual cast of features. Supports a pretty good variety of archives, runs under Win32 only, etc.
Filzip 3.0.1 is shipping in May, 2004.
http://www.filzip.com/12Ghosts Zip
This package includes 12Zip and 12Zip2. The first version uses Zip compatible compression, and the second uses a BWT variant.
Version 7.0 of the package is shipping as of May, 2004
http://www.12ghosts.com/ghosts/zip.htmBasic Compression Library
Marcus Geelnard has created a batch of compression routines that you can plug and ply into your programs at will. Marcus is using the wonderfully open zlib license, which means thare are just about no reason you can’t use this code. The 1.0.5 added an LZ77 codec to the RLE, Huffman, and Rice coders
Satisfied […]
http://bcl.sourceforge.net/