Software:Grok (JPEG 2000)

Short description: JPEG 2000 image encoder and decoder

Grok

Developer(s)	Aaron Boxer
Initial release	January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)
Stable release	10.0.1 / September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13)
Written in	C++
Operating system	macOS, Windows, POSIX
Platform	IA-32, x86-64, AArch64
Available in	English
Type	Graphics software
License	AGPL v3
Website	github.com/GrokImageCompression/grok

In computer software, Grok is a library to encode and decode images in the JPEG 2000 format. It fully implements Part 1 of the ISO/IEC 15444-1 technical standard. It is designed for stability, high performance, and low memory usage. Grok is free and open-source software released under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3.

Features

1. High performance - grk_decompress is currently over 1/2 the speed of Kakadu, one of the leading commercial JPEG 2000 libraries
2. Fast sub-tile decode
3. Supports decoding to stdout for png, jpeg, bmp, pnm, and raw output formats
4. Supports TLM code stream marker for fast single-tile and sub-tile decoding of large tiled images
5. Supports PLT code stream marker for fast sub-tile decoding of large single-tile images
6. Full support for ICC profiles and other meta-data such as XML, IPTC and XMP
7. Supports new Part 15 of the standard, aka High Throughput JPEG 2000, which promises up to a 10x speed up over the original Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 standard

Integration

Grok has been integrated into a number of other open source projects, including:

1. Cantaloupe image server
2. IIPSrv image server
3. Horos medical image viewer

Further reading

• "JPEG2000 Image Compression Fundamentals, Standards and Practice", by David S. Taubman, Michael W. Marcellin. ISBN:0-7923-7519-X
• Johan van der Knijff (2011). "JPEG 2000 for Long-term Preservation: JP2 as a Preservation Format". D-Lib Magazine 17 (5/6). doi:10.1045/may2011-vanderknijff. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may11/vanderknijff/05vanderknijff.html. 
• Johan van der Knijff (2022). Generating lossy access JP2s from lossless preservation masters. https://www.bitsgalore.org/2022/03/30/generating-lossy-access-jp2s-from-lossless-preservation-masters. 

External links

• User guide

See also

• OpenJPEG
• Kakadu