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# README
This is the Github Page of 7-Zip with support for **zstd**, short for
Zstandard, which is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting
real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.
You can install it in two ways:
1. full setup with ZStandard additions within the GUI and an modified
Explorer context menu
2. just the codec plugin, which goes to your existing 7-Zip installation
## 7-Zip ZStandard Edition (full setup, with GUI and Explorer integration)
### Installation
1. download the setup from here [7z1602-zstd-x32.exe](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/dl/7z1602-zstd-x32.exe)
(32 bit) or here [7z1602-zstd-x64.exe](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/dl/7z1602-zstd-x64.exe) (64 bit)
2. install it, like the default 7-Zip
3. use it ;)
### Usage (full installation)
```
7z a archiv.7z -m0=zstd -mx0 Fastest Mode, without BCJ preprocessor
7z a archiv.7z -m0=zstd -mx1 Fast mode, with BCJ preprocessor on executables
7z a archiv.7z -m0=zstd -mx.. ...
7z a archiv.7z -m0=zstd -mx21 2nd Slowest Mode, with BCJ preprocessor on executables
7z a archiv.7z -m0=zstd -mx22 Ultra Mode, with BCJ preprocessor on executables
```
![Explorer inegration](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/Add-To-Archive.png "Add to Archiv Dialog with ZSTD options")
![File Manager](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/Fileman.png "File Manager with the Listing of an Archiv")
## ZStandard codec Plugin for 7-Zip
### Installation
1. download the codec archiv from https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/dl/Codecs.7z
2. create a new directory named "Codecs"
3. put in there the zstd-x32.dll or the zstd-x64.dll, depending on your 7-Zip installation
- normally, the x32 should go to: "C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\Codecs"
- the x64 version should go in here: "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Codecs"
4. After this, you may check if the dll is correctly installed via this command: `7z.exe i`
The output should look like this:
```
Codecs:
0 ED 40202 BZip2
0 4ED 303011B BCJ2
0 ED 3030103 BCJ
0 ED 3030205 PPC
0 ED 3030401 IA64
0 ED 3030501 ARM
0 ED 3030701 ARMT
0 ED 3030805 SPARC
0 ED 20302 Swap2
0 ED 20304 Swap4
0 ED 0 Copy
0 ED 40109 Deflate64
0 ED 40108 Deflate
0 ED 3 Delta
0 ED 21 LZMA2
0 ED 30101 LZMA
0 ED 30401 PPMD
0 ED 6F10701 7zAES
0 ED 6F00181 AES256CBC
1 D 40301 Rar1
1 D 40302 Rar2
1 D 40303 Rar3
1 D 40305 Rar5
1 ED 4F71101 ZSTD <-- NEW
```
### Usage (codec plugin)
- when compressing binaries (*.exe, *.dll), you have to explicitly disable
the bcj2 filter via `-m0=bcj`, when using only the plugin dll's
- so the usage should look like this:
```
7z a archiv.7z -m0=bcj -m1=zstd -mx1 Fast mode, with BCJ preprocessor on executables
7z a archiv.7z -m0=bcj -m1=zstd -mx.. ...
7z a archiv.7z -m0=bcj -m1=zstd -mx21 2nd Slowest Mode, with BCJ preprocessor on executables
7z a archiv.7z -m0=bcj -m1=zstd -mx22 Ultra Mode, with BCJ preprocessor on executables
```
## Links
- [ZStandard Homepage](https://github.com/Cyan4973/zstd)
- [7-Zip ZStandard Homepage](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/)
- Request for inclusion into the mainline 7-Zip: https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/a7e4f3f3/
- result, will not be included :(
- [Support me](https://www.paypal.me/TinoReichardt) - when you want
## Benchmarks with i7-3632QM cpu
![Compression Speed vs Ratio](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/dl/compr-074-usb2.png "Compression Speed vs Ratio")
![Decompression Speed](https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/dl/decompr-074.png "Decompression Speed @ Windows 7 64Bit")
## License and redistribution
- the same as the original 7-Zip, which means GNU LGPL
/TR 2016-08-16