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About the PCD format
PCD — Kodak Photo CD
PCD is Kodak's Photo CD format, used to store high-quality digitized photographs from film. Introduced in 1992, Photo CD provided multiple resolution versions of each image on a single disc, making it one of the first professional film digitization standards.
Common uses
- Recovering scanned film photos from Kodak Photo CDs
- Converting legacy photo archives to modern formats
- Digitizing historical film photography collections
- High-resolution film scan archiving
About the XZ format
XZ — XZ Compressed File
XZ is a single-file compression format using the LZMA2 algorithm, which provides some of the best compression ratios available for general-purpose single-file compression. It is the default format for many Linux distribution packages and kernel releases. While compression is slow, decompression is surprisingly fast, making it ideal for distributable archives.
Common uses
- Linux kernel and software release compression
- Arch Linux package format (.pkg.tar.xz)
- Maximum compression of source code and text
- Firmware and embedded image distribution
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Free accounts can convert files up to 25 MB. Pro accounts up to 100 MB.
How long are my files kept?
Files are automatically deleted after 1 hour on the free plan, 24 hours on Pro.
What formats are supported?
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