So, I stumbled upon this program after crossing paths with the creator’s CV online. I felt like supporting a minority developer and seeing what kind of benefit I could get from the program.
Just to be clear, I am not bashing this software, nor am I supporting the software without ample consideration of it’s shortcomings. This is an honest review, as well as my findings after encountering some problems with it’s use.
This is the description found on the apps Steam Store page:
CompressorX is a game-changing compression layer for the Windows File System that harnesses the power of a specially trained AI model to deliver lossless, transparent data compression for your files.
This is followed by a list of features, some of which are directly tested later on this page.
- Transparent compression: Compressed files can still be used normally - open, edit, and save them like any other file. CompressorX works its magic behind the scenes.
- Reclaim gigabytes of storage: Perfect for large games, development, video projects, photo collections, and any situation with many loose files. CompressorX ensures you're saving substantial disk space.
- Cutting-edge AI compression: Our proprietary AI model intelligently compresses data, optimizing compression ratios while preserving perfect fidelity.
- Lightning fast and light on resources: CompressorX runs smoothly in the background, with minimal CPU and RAM usage. You won't even notice it's there!
- Set it and forget it: Select the folders you want to compress, and CompressorX does the rest. New files added are compressed automatically.
- Auto-import apps, games, and software: CompressorX can automatically detect and import installed applications, games, and software for easy compression.
- One-click compression for project files: Quickly locate and compress project files for various software like Photoshop, Blender, Unity, and more with a single click.
- No file modification: CompressorX integrates directly with Windows, ensuring that files are reduced in size without changing their contents. Your files remain intact and fully compatible with their original applications.
The following I can say is working out of the above list. You do save space, the compression is quick, the compression is one click, and it is transparent compression.
When I originally got the software and tested it, it appeared to be working, however when comparing the free space on my drive, there were two things I was noticing.
I had reached out on Discord for support, and while I did not directly receive help with figuring things out, it does appear that others had similar questions. Hence this writeup.
This program does not play well with windows file and folder compression, if it is enabled, it will throw an error, but will not offer any visual cue to the issue (see point #2 above) It will log an error, but there is no indication on the UI that it is unable to compress, the software will carry on like compression occurred normally. This I believe is the biggest shortfall of the software, the verbosity is lacking and documentation on proper working environment is either not clear or non-existent.