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Why doesn't ZIP Compression compress anything?
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Mar 15, 202669222 viewsConfidence Score0%
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A 398MB directory was only compressed to 393MB using 7Z and Normal ZIP compression. Is this normal? If so, why do people continue to use ZIP on Windows?
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Fix for: Why doesn't ZIP Compression compress anything?
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If you're compressing things that are already compressed (AVI, JPEG, MP3), you won't gain much other than packing everything in a single file.
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