File Compression setting does not apply to autosaves #115697

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The5 · 2023-12-02T03:32:46+01:00

The5 commented

2023-12-02 03:32:46 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.34

Blender Version
Broken: -
Worked: -

Short description of error
The Preferences/Save & Load/Compress Files setting has no effect on auto saves.
With huge files this causes significantly longer saving times and unnecessary strain on SSDs.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Compare the size of your autosave against your normal save.

I crated a suggestion a year ago https://blender.community/c/rightclickselect/ql83/?sorting=hot

I am aware this can easily be seen as a feature request, but it really is more of an oversight isn't it?

It has a negative effect on workflow, performance and SSD life (e.g. 15gb vs 2gb compressed written every 5 minutes)
It is de-facto already implemented and seems more of an oversight its not used for autosaves

I tried to read trough the code and it seems the autosave just rolls with a default parameters

9c0bffcc89/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.cc (L2115)

while the usersave uses user parameters

9c0bffcc89/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blendfile.cc (L1237)

It also seems the undo system may not use compression, but I am absolutely not sure.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.34 **Blender Version** Broken: - Worked: - **Short description of error** The `Preferences/Save & Load/Compress Files` setting has no effect on auto saves. With huge files this causes significantly longer saving times and unnecessary strain on SSDs. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Compare the size of your autosave against your normal save. ![471d78cbe5c1ce2b66c7796674caca99.PNG](/attachments/3d85dcc0-8832-4298-8e27-bb2917d19121) I crated a suggestion a year ago https://blender.community/c/rightclickselect/ql83/?sorting=hot I am aware this can easily be seen as a feature request, but it really is more of an oversight isn't it? * It has a negative effect on workflow, performance and SSD life (e.g. 15gb vs 2gb compressed written every 5 minutes) * It is de-facto already implemented and seems more of an oversight its not used for autosaves I tried to read trough the code and it seems the autosave just rolls with a default parameters https://github.com/blender/blender/blob/9c0bffcc89f174f160805de042b00ae7c201c40b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.cc#L2115 while the usersave uses user parameters https://github.com/blender/blender/blob/9c0bffcc89f174f160805de042b00ae7c201c40b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blendfile.cc#L1237 It also seems the undo system may not use compression, but I am absolutely not sure.

471d78cbe5c1ce2b66c7796674caca99.PNG

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Pratik Borhade commented