Hi all
new to the forum, even though I've been lurking around here for ages
I'd like to reduce the ZIP compression level apparently hard-wired into cmp...
A search netted me that the ZIP compressor tab has been removed like... 9yrs ago, and apparently there's no INI file option to tame it down - differently from RAR and 7Z.
I can see that every ZIP file produced when rebuilding (I use recompress) defaults to DeflateMaximum compression, which I assume to be a setting of 9 in the 7z DLL scale.
Long story short, the maxed out ZIP compression level takes way too much time for my frequent update batches..
Is there anything I can do for bringing it down a couple notches? Even a cmpro.ini config line (similar to the RAR and 7z entries there) would save the day for me!
Thanks in advance, and my compliments for CMP!!!
PS:
RATIONALE: I had some tests with the latest stable 7z/ZIP (deflate) compression levels:
Normal (5): Time=1, Size=100%
Maximum (7): Time=2-3x, Size=around 95-97%
Ultra (9): Time=10x (!), Size=around 90-93%
Default compression level in CMP would seem to be set to Ultra (9).. Sigh