Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on.
Now, that particular one would fare pretty well as a TPFC recommended program, even in beta state...
If you can be sure it will make it to final, yes I agree here.
Still I tested it and it works fine for me but some unusual application hanging. Then I found the guilty, and it concerns me. I use Bitdefender Internet Security 2015 and it freezes the software from time to time without throwing false alert or alert at all.
I am following this software from version to version with great attention. I am pretty sure this would be a major contender to 7zip (which is still as for now my favourite extractor). Thanks for the catch. And thanks to the developer to join in.
Always nice to be able to talk to them freely and having an answer.
Stumble on this: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/02/keep- ... -bvckup-2/ which has nothing to do with the software of this topics (the extractor), but the name attract my attention as bvckup 2 name was mentioned here.
Now, that particular one would fare pretty well as a TPFC recommended program, even in beta state...
If you can be sure it will make it to final, yes I agree here.
Bvckup 2 did make it to final. It's just that the released versions are payware. The developer chose a business model that the Bvckup 2 beta versions are free but do not receive any further bug fixes or improvements. If you want to enjoy the changes the developer has made since then, or just support the author financially, then you should buy the stable version.
tactictoe wrote:I use Bitdefender Internet Security 2015 and it freezes the software from time to time without throwing false alert or alert at all. Then it permits the software to resume.
Edit: the program interface actually says that it's focused on the extraction of audio and video from common video files so the following audio file tests (M4A, WMA, and MP3) aren't meaningful. The WMV and MP4 files are still good tests.
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So I ran a few tests on the decompression with media (and a few other files):
WIN
M4A - (AAC audio) - worked great
DOCX, ODT - worked the same as when decompressing with 7-zip. 98% of users would never do this, but there are some neat things you can do, including data recovery of corrupt data, real compression (above standard zip), and pulling out embedded files.
LOSE
MP3 - The program doesn't appear to work with MP3 files. I tried several and submitted something via the program's bug report interface.
WMV and WMA - no luck, similar results to MP3 with two very old WMV and WMA files (VLC reports they were created with Windows Media 9 and Windows Media Audio 2 respectively)
MP4 - it just extracted to a .h264 file of the same size, I'm guessing pulling it out of the "container" format, rather than really decompressing. This may be intentional, I don't know.
== Probably bad tests ==
BIN - no luck
MPG - appears to just copy over the file and extract the audio, but this may have been a bad test as the only MPG file I had was without audio or mute
Beta 4 is planned to be the last beta version before the final release. It adds support for
several new installer types, a new context menu entry 'Extract to last used directory',
improved user interface, a statistics display and multiple bugfixes.
Added support for InstallAware installers
Added support for .gif and apng files (FFMPEG)
Added support for Enigma Virtual Box executables using EnigmaVB unpacker (plugin)
Added support for Ghost Installer Studio installers
Added support for Smart Install Maker installers (plugin)
Added lessmsi for improved support for .msi files
Added statistics GUI
Added status box when moving/copying unicode files to temp directory
Added timeout to some scan functions to prevent delays caused by unresponsive helper binaries
Added extraction to last used directory command line option and context menu
Changed forcing a single instance and auto-adding is now disabled if the extraction
is already finished and only the result message box is opened
Changed unicode path logic: file is now copied instead of moved if it is on a different
drive than the temp directory
Changed status box design
Fixed multiple error messages being displayed on failed update check
Fixed update message display problem
Fixed possible problems when entering relative paths in main GUI input fields
Fixed extraction not working when file directory contains unicode characters and
there is not enough free space on the drive containing the temp folder
Fixed free space check not taking unicode file moving into account
Fixed .sit extraction
Fixed crash when trying to extract wise installers
Fixed swf extraction ignoring some images and sounds
Updated language files for Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Italian
Removed DMGExtractor and replaced it with 7z
Updated 7zip to 16.04
Updated ExeInfoPE to 0.0.4.3
Updated fsbext to 0.3.5
Updated innounp to 0.46
Updated QuickBMS to 0.7.5
Updated ttarchext to 0.2.10
So this Universal Extractor update has been going strong for some time now, the author is responsive, and it's both improving in terms of features and extraction capability. I'm interested in starting to take this program on as a standard for the site but a few things would have to take place here:
Actually download and build the program to verify it's status. As a non-developer I need some help doing that.
Setup a monthly download. This is no problem to include in a broader monthly backup process I'm already running.
Make sure everyone's okay with that. So please speak up if you think this is a bad idea.
Initially we'll just start listing the program in the FAQ alongside the current Uniextract listing and then at some point in the following 6 months switch over to that program and list the original merely as a reference.
Beta 4b is a bugfix update adressing failing msi extractions
Fixed msi extraction when UniExtract is installed in a directory, which contains spaces
Fixed progress indicator for msi extractions
Fixed rare error opening changelog after update
@webfork
What do you mean by build the program? compiling it? Just download the uniextract source zip and download AutoIt. Run Aut2Exe on the .au3 script files. https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/do ... mpiler.htm. Source doesn't include the 3rd party binaries that's in the bin folder though.
SYSTEM wrote: ↑Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:52 am
Bioruebe has implemented ability to update the files individually, but hasn't yet released any version with that feature.
Changed feedback GUI to always pre-fill output field
Changed .nrg extraction method to use 7zip for improved unicode support
Changed .arj extraction to use 7z instead of arj
Changed .hlp extraction: improved logging, localized file name
Changed extraction to subdirectory: "."-character is now replaced to prevent collisions with existing files
Changed updater: each file is now updated on its own instead of using update packages, this way extractors can be updated much easier and faster; administrator rights are now only necessary if the program directory cannot be written to
Changed plugin download: URLs are no longer hardcoded; instead they are requested from the server, so when something goes offline UniExtract does not have to be updated to fix the link
Replaced Unreal Engine package extractor with Umodel
Removed redundant 64-bit MediaInfo dll
Removed option to toggle support for game packages from settings GUI
Updated 7zip to 18.01
Updated EnigmaVB unpacker to 0.44, changed logic to use new command line parameter
Updated Exeinfo PE to 0.0.5.0
Updated unrar to 5.50
Updated unrpa to 1.5.2
Updated TrID to 2.24
Updated unshield to 1.4
Updated FFMPEG to 4.0.2
Updated innounp to 0.47
Updated Bulgarian translation, thanks to Jekov J.K.
Updated French translation, thanks to zorbao
Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation, thanks to jfcherng
Updated Portuguese (Brazilian) translation, thanks to igorruckert
Updated Greek translation, thanks to gvp9000
Updated Russian translation, thanks to @wvxwxvw
Edit: the entry was already updated by billon (of course) but the list of changes might be useful to have on the forum given the new formats supported (someone may search for "wix" or "spoon" for example and find the info here)