thk ctacke, you've given me some direction and places to poke around.
"<ctacke/>" wrote:
> RLE is best for compressing data with series of the same data, yes, so
> something like a screen shot, with lots of rows of the same color data will
> compress well while a phot would not compress as much. Still, it's going to
> be better than nothing. If you want better, use zip, gzip, rar, tar or
> something like that.
>
> RLE, as well as the others mentioned, are a lossless compression. WMA
> (until WMA9 IIRC) is lossy. The CF definitely doesn't support WMA
> compression or decompression (or even playback). I think it's also more
> processor intensive. You likely need to strike a balance between
> compression ratio and speed.
>
>
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> Chris Tacke
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> Managed Code in the Embedded World
>
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> "drumred" <drumred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:567896C6-C3E7-4CC4-A7F5-6F71AB960C3F@microsoft.com...
> > Isn't RLE for compressing repetitive types of data, like b&w photos, etc.?
> > Does cf.net offer a means to convert to WMA and play WMA sounds
> > programmtically?
> >
> > "<ctacke/>" wrote:
> >
> >> If it's simply for storage them WMA isn't really necessary, and
> >> compression
> >> scheme should work, whether it's simple RLE or zip. RLE is simple enough
> >> to
> >> roll on your own. Free zip libraries like SharpZipLib are known to work
> >> well in the CF.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Tacke
> >> OpenNETCF Consulting
> >> Managed Code in the Embedded World
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> "drumred" <drumred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B4AE8D03-AD4E-445F-9138-C7D5FCCC70FD@microsoft.com...
> >> > Is there a tool that I can use to compress .wav files to the windows
> >> > media
> >> > format? Then, another tool to convert back to .wav for playback? I
> >> > want
> >> > to
> >> > save several sound recordings and it would be nice to have file
> >> > compression.
> >> > thx.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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