What is the difference between .lzma and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .lzma
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- 7-Zip
- Tukaani
- Description
- A compressed file format that uses LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain Algorithm) compression for higher compression ratio and fast decompression. Mainly used by 7-Zip file archivers.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-lzma
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.lzma
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .lzma on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia