7z fomat support

[newzolt]

hi
i would like to suggest that the new 7z format(zip) should be added in the post reply...attachment section as this is a new format and the compression is quiet good thereby reducing the uploading and downloading time and also the server load.
the new winzip supports this format.
please do look into this matter.

 

[viral1991]

That would be good, 7z is rumuored to have the highest compression rate by many.

 

[gaurav_indian]

Yeah 7z is the best!

 

[duffarama]

If 7zip compression is so good, why isn't it the default compression technique for zip files?

 

[Ste]

Good question Duff. If this can be answered I will look into making it so it can be attached to the forum. Although it currently can if the extension is .zip.

 

[saurabh2185]

7z can be added later. First we need a .rar extension. This is better then zip and we can also break the download into parts so that dial up users can easily download them.

 

[newzolt]

Good question Duff. If this can be answered I will look into making it so it can be attached to the forum. Although it currently can if the extension is .zip.

I don't think zip is better in any respect to 7z.Its just that this is a new format and needs some time to make its presence felt.The new winzip does support this format.

 

[siddharth2002]

7z can be added later. First we need a .rar extension. This is better then zip and we can also break the download into parts so that dial up users can easily download them.

That's correct as well but I wonder how many users here at PC has got Winrar. But winrar does allow self-executable split-archives to be created.

 

[embi]

7Zip can handle .rar

 

[saurabh2185]

That's correct as well but I wonder how many users here at PC has got Winrar. But winrar does allow self-executable split-archives to be created.

You are right, and those who are thinking what is winrar can check this link
http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar351.exe

Some Info About Rar file.
1. What is a RAR file

RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR files are data containers, they store one or several files in the compressed form. After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use it.
2. How to handle RAR files

WinRAR provides the complete support for RAR files, so you may both create and unpack them. If you installed WinRAR on your computer and downloaded RAR file from Internet, you may double click on RAR file icon to open it in WinRAR, select all files, press "Extract To" button, enter a destination path and press "OK". Another way is to click on the RAR file in Explorer using the right mouse button. If you enabled "Shell integration" option when installing WinRAR, the file context menu will contain "Extract to ..." item.

Some RAR files can be parts of multi-volume sequences. In WinRAR you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes. They may have extensions .rar (the first volume), .r00, .r01, ..., or .part1.rar (the first volume), .part2.rar, ..., etc. If you need to unpack volumes, place all them to the same folder and start extraction from the first volume.
3. RAR versus ZIP

Comparing to ZIP file format, RAR provides a number of advanced features: more convenient multipart (multivolume) archives, tight compression including special solid, multimedia and text modes, strong AES-128 encryption, recovery records helping to repair an archive even in case of physical data damage, Unicode support to process non-English file names and a lot more.