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== Dedicated Server [[FastDL]] Compression == | == Dedicated Server [[FastDL]] Compression == | ||
Source supports FastDL downloads to be compressed using [[Wikipedia:Bzip2|BZip2 (BZ2)]]. The files will be decompressed by the user client after downloading. It is recommended to compress most loose files that are larger than a | Source supports FastDL downloads to be compressed using [[Wikipedia:Bzip2|BZip2 (BZ2)]]. The files will be decompressed by the user client after downloading. It is recommended to compress most loose files that are larger than a couple kilobytes ([[VTF]], [[WAV]], [[MDL]], etc). [[.bsp (Source)|BSP]] files should be compressed with BZ2 if not already compressed with [[BSPZIP]]. [[MP3]] files are already heavily compressed and do not substantially reduce in size from BZ2 compression; BZ2 compression of MP3s or BSPZIP-compressed BSPs may unnecessarily increase user client load times with negligible bandwidth savings. | ||
== File System Compression == | == File System Compression == | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 17 May 2023
Describe importance of compression here
Texture Compression
Audio Compression
- MP3
- ADPCM
- Ogg Vorbis?
Map Compression
Dedicated Server FastDL Compression
Source supports FastDL downloads to be compressed using BZip2 (BZ2). The files will be decompressed by the user client after downloading. It is recommended to compress most loose files that are larger than a couple kilobytes (VTF, WAV, MDL, etc). BSP files should be compressed with BZ2 if not already compressed with BSPZIP. MP3 files are already heavily compressed and do not substantially reduce in size from BZ2 compression; BZ2 compression of MP3s or BSPZIP-compressed BSPs may unnecessarily increase user client load times with negligible bandwidth savings.
File System Compression
User-side; last resort
- NTFS compression
- BTRFS compression