Why is the zipped archive Win file bigger than the unzipped?

[paris_in_49]

Hi!
Why is the zipped archive Windows file bigger than the unzipped?

(zipped ca. 9 MB, unzipped ca. 6 MB)

Isn't it usually the other way? I was wondering if it is better to download the zipped archiv, if there aremore encoders or other things in it.
Can someone help me?

CU
paris

[markfm]

The unzipped file you're talking about is only vlc.exe. The zip package contains the entire application -- vlc.exe plus all the plugins, activex,... in the subdirectories.

[Sigmund]

I guess you are talking about the zipped version and the .exe installer version, and the answer in that case is that the .exe installer version uses better compression than zip.