The cabinet file format, shortened CAB, is an archive file format that was developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The format supports the lossless family of data compression algorithms as well as embedded digital certificates that facilitate data integrity. Archives created using the CAB format have the filename extension .cab and are recognized by the operating system through the identifying 4 bytes in the header. CAB enjoys support by other Microsoft technologies such as the Setup APIs, Windows Installer and others. In fact, some earlier integrated development environments developed by Microsoft could create setup files that were organized as CAB files.
The .7z filename extension is associated with the 7z compressed file archive format and the open source 7-zip compression utility both developed by Igor Pavlov. The format had its initial release in 1999. It consists of a start header 32 bytes in size which contains the signature and link to the ending header, followed by the compressed data, a metadata block, and finally the end header. 7z supports limited recovery options for 7z archive files which can open but for one reason or another cannot extract due to CRC or other data related errors.
FreeFileConvert uses tuned encoding for CAB to T7Z conversions, preserving clarity while trimming file size. Finished audio streams instantly across phones, tablets, desktops, and modern browsers without extra tweaks.
Upload CAB files from desktop, tablet, or cloud storage, queue multiple jobs, and let the converter finish autonomously. Return whenever convenient to download synchronized T7Z results on any device you rely on.
Process up to 5 files sized 1000 MB per batch without splitting queues manually. Mixed-format uploads convert together, producing consistent T7Z audio with dependable progress tracking.
The CAB format can use any of the three compression algorithms namely DEFLATE (a common compression algorithm supported by many other archiving and compression formats), Quantum compression, or the alternative LZX. A CAB file can contain at a maximum 65535 files in a maximum 65535 folders. The path structure used in the format does not allow the storage of empty folders.
The 7z compressed archive format was designed to be extensible, to allow it to easily adopt new compression algorithms as they are released. As of writing, the 7z format had support for seven compression algorithms namely LZMA, LZMA2, PPMD, BCJ, BCJ2, BZip2, and DEFLATE. The default algorithm used for compression is LZMA. It is also compatible with the stronger AES-256 encryption algorithm and is capable of compressing file structures of up to 16 Exabyte in size. Filenames can use any characters from the Unicode character set. 7z does not ignore errors found in headers of compressed archives, and as such will not open such archives.
Upload your archive file in the CAB format from your device, Dropbox, or Google Drive.
Select T7Z as the output format and click Convert. Adjust optional settings if needed.
Download the converted archive file. Each file stays available for up to 5 downloads.