What is the difference between .tar.xz and .zipx?
- Extension
- .tar.xz
- .zipx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Tukaani
- PKWARE, Inc.
- Description
- 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.
- WinZip, starting with version 12.1, uses the extension .zipx for ZIP files that use compression methods newer than DEFLATE; specifically, methods BZip, LZMA, PPMd, Jpeg and Wavpack. The last 2 are applied to appropriate file types when "Best method" compression is selected.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia
- .zipx on Wikipedia