This may be a simple question, but I'm not entirely privy as to how compression works with most file formats. I've been fooling around with compressing large files on my HD that I don't use often. For instance, some folders are just a bunch of video files, and others just contain photos I have taken. One file I really would like to decrease the size of is a 59 gb file containing nothing but .mp4's. I attempted to compress it (using .zip) and it only decreased the size of the file by a very minuscule amount.
My question is, are video files just not that compressible using this method? I know I could convert the files to a different format, and compress them individually, but I'm too lazy to go that route. Would using .7zip or .rar be that much more effective for these types of files? Also, what types of files are generally the best to compress as far as saving space is concerned? I've read that word documents are good since each individual character takes up space and compressing them is a lot more effective, but most of my HD's space is taken up by images or video files.
Any tips or info would be great. I just assumed compressing a ~60 gb file containing videos would have at least squished the size down saving about 20 gigs or so, but I guess not.
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