Op ma 24 feb. 2020 om 15:30 schreef Helmut Jarausch <[email protected]>:
> But AFAIK it's difficult to access a (small) part of a compressed file > without decompressing the whole file first. > > With the "conservative" compression methods: yes. More modern (de)compression algorithms (lz4/lzo) can do "on-the-fly" (de)compression. It is an integral part of the reading/writing function (Actually: streaming movies/music is different, but also there you decompress small chunks of data when it "arrives", not by first reading the entire file). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/CAGARPptRk_BBuVV4Lo7UOXqv0XbyfNeSNJi-qd6jbm8HQ%3Dtcsg%40mail.gmail.com.
