LZX - Revision history

Davidsong: /* Software */ add my lzx compressor

2026-04-13T05:45:28Z

‎Software: add my lzx compressor

Dexvertbot: /* Sample files */

2023-12-28T03:38:34Z

‎Sample files

Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

2023-12-28T02:55:10Z

Change telparia.com samples link to template

Jsummers: /* Specifications */

2022-06-07T21:06:15Z

‎Specifications

Sembiance: /* Sample files */

2020-07-26T20:05:29Z

‎Sample files

Jsummers: /* Software */

2020-05-27T14:04:06Z

‎Software

Sembiance at 14:03, 26 May 2020

2020-05-26T14:03:31Z

Sembiance: Added sample file and link to unarchiver which can decompress LZX files

2020-05-26T13:59:41Z

Added sample file and link to unarchiver which can decompress LZX files

Jsummers at 15:38, 10 March 2020

2020-03-10T15:38:33Z

Kyz: update links

2018-02-03T03:27:08Z

update links

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 * [http://aminet.net/misc/unix/unlzx.c.gz unlzx] - Implements an optimized extractor for LZX archives.
 * [[The Unarchiver]]
 == Sample files ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* {{DexvertSamples|archive/lzx}}xpk_compress.lzx
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/lzx}}
 == Links ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/lzx/xpk_compress.lzx
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/lzx}}xpk_compress.lzx
 == Links ==

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 == Specifications ==
-[https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb417343.aspx#lzxdatacompressionformat Microsoft's LZX algorithm description] is available, but has several errors—see libmspack's comments. There is also an [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc483133.aspx LZX delta] variant of the format, with a much clearer and more correct specification.
+[https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb417343.aspx#lzxdatacompressionformat Microsoft's LZX algorithm description] is available, but has several errors—see libmspack's comments. There is also an [[LZX Delta]] variant of the format, with a much clearer and more correct specification.
 == Software ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/xpk_compress.lzx
+* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/lzx/xpk_compress.lzx
 == Links ==

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 * [https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/ libmspack] - [https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/blob/master/libmspack/mspack/lzxd.c libmspack's implementation] of the algorithm is complete and somewhat commented. Note especially the description of errors in Microsoft's LZX specification.
 * [http://aminet.net/misc/unix/unlzx.c.gz unlzx] - Implements an optimized extractor for LZX archives.
-* https://theunarchiver.com/
+* [https://theunarchiver.com/ The Unarchiver]
 == Sample files ==

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 One of the authors, Jonathan Forbes, later worked for Microsoft, and used LZX compression in some Microsoft formats, including [[Cabinet]], [[CHM]], [[LIT]], [[WIM]], [[Xbox Live Avatar]]s, and [[Microsoft XNA Compiled Format]].
-== Specification ==
+== Identification ==
 [https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb417343.aspx#lzxdatacompressionformat Microsoft's LZX algorithm description] is available, but has several errors—see libmspack's comments. There is also an [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc483133.aspx LZX delta] variant of the format, with a much clearer and more correct specification.
-== Source ==
+== Software ==
+* [http://xavprods.free.fr/lzx/ LZX downloads]
-[https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/blob/master/libmspack/mspack/lzxd.c libmspack's implementation] of the algorithm is complete and somewhat commented. Note especially the description of errors in Microsoft's LZX specification.
+* [http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/lzx121r1 LZX V1.21R] at aminet
+* [https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/ libmspack] - [https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/blob/master/libmspack/mspack/lzxd.c libmspack's implementation] of the algorithm is complete and somewhat commented. Note especially the description of errors in Microsoft's LZX specification.
-The [http://aminet.net/misc/unix/unlzx.c.gz unlzx source code] implements an optimized extractor for LZX archives.
+* [http://aminet.net/misc/unix/unlzx.c.gz unlzx] - Implements an optimized extractor for LZX archives.
 == Links ==
 * [[Wikipedia:LZX|Wikipedia article]]
 * [http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=18695 Discussion on extracting LZX under Windows]
 [[Category:Compression]]