Multitheading needed on Compression

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BlackCat
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Multitheading needed on Compression

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Is it possible to have the compression process use multithreading and thus loadshare across CPUs? Very slow on a single core.
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I am using the Zip format, not rar or 7z, so no, not possible.
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Maybe a option in the task settings for not just ZIPs but also RAR and 7z?
Unless your library / whatever you use to compress the files doesn't support them, I think it's best to add that as soon as possible.
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Rar is not free for compression. 7zip is but the API is quite complicated (I did the conversion for Gravity) and it took some months. :(
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Maybe try adding options for which compression filetype to use?
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Will take months to fix a good 7zip port. Don't really know if it's worth.
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When you are ready to add 7zip compression i will donate to help!!
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:OK
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