Is 7zip's compression method lossless?

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ovil101

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So I have some mp3 files that are on my computer and I was thinking of compressing them to save more space, however I don't want the quality of said music files to deteriorate.
 
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To answer your question: Yes, by necessity, as any loss of data would make the vast majority of files that 7zip is used to compress utterly useless. However, as mentioned above, you won't gain much by doing it.
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Doesn't work that way. First off, why worry about lossless when MP3 is a "lossy" format? Second, zipping mp3 or other compressed media will save you nearly zero space because it's already compressed as an mp3.

Go ahead and zip them if you want. You'll gain around 1% space and it won't change the quality of the mp3. In the end it won't matter.
 
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