alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoSteam is working on adding zstd compression for game chunks (every game file is split into 1MB), it currently uses LZMA.bsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkSteam is working on adding zstd compression for game chunks (every game file is split into 1MB), it currently uses LZMA.bsky.appalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareinzen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI don’t know much about compression algorithms. What are the benefits of doing this?
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoBetter compression -> faster downloads
I don’t know much about compression algorithms. What are the benefits of doing this?
Better compression -> faster downloads
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