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Subject: Compressed File Format


Kaji ( ) posted Fri, 25 April 2008 at 10:59 PM · edited Wed, 20 November 2024 at 12:28 AM

What is the compression format that Poser uses to compress the runtime files? I don't have Poser anymore, so I can't use the script to do it. I think it is gzip, but I'm not 100% sure.



pjz99 ( ) posted Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:33 PM
markschum ( ) posted Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:38 PM

winzip will extract the file.


Kaji ( ) posted Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:43 PM

I'm on a Mac. =D

I tried gzipping the file and renaming to .crz, seems to open ok, but I got a few errors about missing bones on this product: http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=6647&cat=421&_m=d



pjz99 ( ) posted Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:51 PM

are you trying to UNzip, or to zip it up?  If you need the plaintext/uncompressed version I'm sure you can re-download that from DAZ.

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Kaji ( ) posted Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:57 PM

Zip them up. I hate wasting that much space...



pjz99 ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 12:11 AM

If you're getting errors about missing bones, that probably means the rig of the conforming armor item is trashed.  Good luck getting that going, you may have better luck asking in the DAZ|Studio forum here or at DAZ (assuming you're using that).

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Kaji ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 12:23 AM

Thanks. I checked the uncompressed files and the bones are still missing. I'll talk to Daz.



onnetz ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 6:54 AM

The format is gzip.

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nruddock ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 8:06 AM

Poser comes with scripts to compress/uncompress files.
Using the supplied script should prove to be much easier than other utilities for compressing files.


Kaji ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 8:18 AM

Quote - Poser comes with scripts to compress/uncompress files.
Using the supplied script should prove to be much easier than other utilities for compressing files.

No Poser. I switched to Mac and the "sidegrade" fee is $130. It's not worth it for something that I've heard doesn't work very well in Leopard. Maybe when Poser 8 comes out.

I can write a shell script to gzip and rename files.



Penguinisto ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 10:59 AM

Yep - gzip and gunzip are nestled in OSX. You can do it yourself, or be lazy and use this (name it "pack", or whatever you like):


#!/bin/sh<br></br><br></br>
# cheesy little script. do whatever you like with it.<br></br><br></br>
# usage:  pack <file> [newname]<br></br><br></br>
if [ "$2" != "" ];<br></br>
then<br></br>
     gzip -c $1 > $2.gz<br></br>
else<br></br>
     gzip $1<br></br>
fi<br></br><br></br>
exit

Took all of 30 second to whomp it out, so test it first. :)

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Kaji ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 12:58 PM

Quote - Yep - gzip and gunzip are nestled in OSX. You can do it yourself, or be lazy and use this (name it "pack", or whatever you like):


#!/bin/sh<br></br><br></br>
# cheesy little script. do whatever you like with it.<br></br><br></br>
# usage:  pack <file> [newname]<br></br><br></br>
if [ "$2" != "" ];<br></br>
then<br></br>
     gzip -c $1 > $2.gz<br></br>
else<br></br>
     gzip $1<br></br>
fi<br></br><br></br>
exit

Took all of 30 second to whomp it out, so test it first. :)

/P

Hmm thanks :)



kuroyume0161 ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 8:48 PM

My Unofficial CR2 File Structure says:

Compressed files use zlib compression.

Of course, gzip is based on zlib compression but most file compression/decompression software these days supports this compression (WinZip, StuffIt, etc.).   WinZip and StuffIt do the decompression but use their own compression algorithms in that direction.  Penguinisto's script should get you going. :)

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grichter ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 9:24 PM

try zipeg on a Mac, uncompresses just about everything and its donation ware

http://www.zipeg.com/

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Kaji ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 9:28 PM

Quote - try zipeg on a Mac, uncompresses just about everything and its donation ware

http://www.zipeg.com/

Stuffit expander is free... and OSX will unzip just about anything. You might need to go to the command line.

I like how people are trying to take advantage of not so knowledgeable users and sell them things they already have. Stuffit doesn't do much for you that you can't do on the command line.



grichter ( ) posted Sat, 26 April 2008 at 9:33 PM

Yeah, but it is tens times easier to double click on a file then open terminal, etc. I happen to like quick and easy :)

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