Compress Video_TS files?

Hey everyone,
I was wondering if there was any Freeware out there that will help me compress video_TS files.
If so, where do I look?
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Do you mean like Stuffit type app? Usually files are fairly compressed to begin with, you are better off getting extra HDs or DVDs, unless really pressed for space, compressing/decompressing large files (DV etc.) will not save that much room compared to the time. I have tried and still do, but usually waiting to get 4 Gigs to 3.8 Gigs ain't worth it ( I have not gotten Stuffit 10 or some of the newer things, Toast does okay also to some degree, but not huge space savings)

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-J

There are a couple other options out there. The one I have had the most luck with is DVD2OneX.
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See Here for Troubleshooting
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See Here for Resolving Startup Issues
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Your project is already built on your hard drive. It might be a good idea to delete the build and do it again, but you can also select to format the current build. Select format from DVDSP and as your source locate your Video_TS folder. And as your destination choose hard drive as the output device. This will create a single file with the extension .img. You then use Disc Utility to burn the DVD.
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Hello Kaylan,
and for uncompress what can I use
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When i send a file over iChat to another mac it compresses the file, where is this compressed file stored?

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Hi,
I have heard of this before.
One report suggested it was only PDF files their case.
I cannot replicate it with any pic files (Over 2Gb) PDF or otherwise or files and folders combos.
My tests were from Lion/iChat 6.0.3 to Snow Leopard (iChat 5.0.3)
I would have thought iChat would have created the Zippped/Stuffed files in the same folder as the original items
(i.e pic in the pictures folder (or relevant subfolder) and other files and documents in the Documents folder.
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Hi,
Thanks for your time for looking into my query.
Please check the below code for debugging the issue and throw your comments/suggestions for fixing the issue.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
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