PAQ8PX ported to ARM processors

PAQ8PX ported to ARM processors

Hi everyone, Over the past few days, I worked on porting the PAQ8PX compressor for ARM CPUs. Initially, it would not compile because it relied on some SSE instructions that are not available on ARM. This required porting some code to equivalent functions in this architecture. Once this was done, paq8px happily compiled and ran on the Snapdragon 845 and 865 CPU’s from my Samsung Galaxy S9+ and S20 Ultra smartphones: I tested it using the Termux app running Ubuntu…

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SVT-AV1 GUI v1.6 has been released

SVT-AV1 GUI v1.6 has been released

Hi everyone, Today, I have released SVT-AV1 GUI v1.6: This release changes some encoding flags that will soon be deprecated, removing some warnings that were being printed on the screen, and making it compatible with the latest releases of the SVT-AV1 encoder. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 17

PAQCompress v0.3.42 has been released

PAQCompress v0.3.42 has been released

Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.42: This release adds the following compressor versions: paq8px v161 and v161fix1. paq8pxd v82 and v83. It also adds the compression levels x0 to x15 for starting on paq8pxd v73: You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 14

PAQCompress v0.3.41 released!

PAQCompress v0.3.41 released!

Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.41: This release now auto-populates the output field when typing the input file or folder manually and it exists. It also adds the new paq8pxd v80 and v81 compressors. You can download this new release in GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 14

Ritek Mini CD-R: Part 2

Ritek Mini CD-R: Part 2

Hi everyone, Today, I burned a few more Ritek Mini CD-R media, where I found out they have a surface issue: I didn’t realized this, but it seems to be a plant manufacture problem. I opened another of the 100-pack I have and it have the same problem. The problem is that the data was burning fine, with no errors on my Lite-On iHAS524, but it failed to verify on some parts of the disk, as it was approaching the…

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