Benefits of Compressing Files:

• Compressed file would take less storage on the device.

• Less bandwidth would be used.
• The file can be shared quicker, it can be transferred quicker.
Lossy File Compression:
Once a file is compressed, original file cannot be re-constructed.
Lossless File Compression:
One a file is compressed; original file can be re-constructed.

File Types:
• Image
• Audio
• Video
• Text File
NOTE:
Lossy can be applied to audio/video and images but not to text files, as file cannot be re-constructed
After being compressed means the file can become meaningless e.g., a text document or a programming
code may no more be understandable if it is not un-compressed to its original form while audios/videos
and images after being compressed would be hearable and watchable, so there is a need to convert all
the text files back into their original form. That is why lossy file compression should be applied to all file
types other than text.

Lossy File Compression: [Theory Based Questions]

• Audio
• Video
• Images

Audio:
• Perceptual Musical Shaping
• It removes unnecessary sounds, e.g., background noises or sound of almost same pitch
being played together, the softer sound is removed in this case.
• This would reduce sampling resolution & sampling rate.
• Due to smaller file size the audio can be shared quicker and would take less storage on
device.
Image:
• A compression algorithm is used that removes unnecessary data e.g., details that the human
eye cannot see.
• This reduces the color depth.
• Image resolution will decrease that reduces the color palette.
• Due to smaller file size the images can be shared quicker and would take less storage on
device.

Video:
 • A compression algorithm is used that removes unnecessary data e.g., details that the human
eye cannot see.
• This reduces the color depth.
• Image resolution will decrease that reduces the color palette.
• It reduces the frame rate or repeating frames.
• Due to smaller file size the images can be shared quicker and would take less storage on
device.

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