bzip2: conversion steps
- Upload your bzip2 file to start.
- Convert bzip2 to gzip.
- Download the bzip2 file.
About bzip2 files
a single-file compressor using the Burrows–Wheeler transform
bzip2 (.bz2) compresses a single file using the Burrows–Wheeler transform, and usually packs smaller than gzip.
Compressing large single files such as data dumps, and as the outer layer of .tar.bz2 archives.
bzip2: what conversion changes
Converting bzip2 repacks losslessly.
bzip2: settings to change
Before you convert bzip2 files, you can adjust: Compression level, Split size, Password, and Root folder.
Limits of the bzip2 format
Like gzip it holds only one file, and it decompresses noticeably more slowly than gzip.
Common questions about bzip2
Why is my .bz2 file slower to decompress than gzip despite being smaller? Burrows–Wheeler compression reorganises the whole block before coding, so it spends noticeably more CPU for every percent of extra size saved.
Why convert a file to BZ2? For archiving text-heavy data where every percent of size counts and CPU time is cheap.