Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoAKA “Why zip doesn’t compress things much any more”.
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI see images, audio, or video files distributed in zips far too often. You’re getting maybe a percent of compression if you’re lucky; just distribute the raw files or use a non-compressed bundle format like tar.
AKA “Why zip doesn’t compress things much any more”.
I see images, audio, or video files distributed in zips far too often. You’re getting maybe a percent of compression if you’re lucky; just distribute the raw files or use a non-compressed bundle format like tar.
But then,
tar -cf stop-nuke.tar