1USING THE IJG JPEG LIBRARY 2 3This file was part of the Independent JPEG Group's software: 4Copyright (C) 1994-2013, Thomas G. Lane, Guido Vollbeding. 5libjpeg-turbo Modifications: 6Copyright (C) 2010, 2014-2018, 2020, 2022, D. R. Commander. 7Copyright (C) 2015, Google, Inc. 8For conditions of distribution and use, see the accompanying README.ijg file. 9 10 11This file describes how to use the IJG JPEG library within an application 12program. Read it if you want to write a program that uses the library. 13 14The file example.txt provides heavily commented skeleton code for calling the 15JPEG library. Also see jpeglib.h (the include file to be used by application 16programs) for full details about data structures and function parameter lists. 17The library source code, of course, is the ultimate reference. 18 19Note that there have been *major* changes from the application interface 20presented by IJG version 4 and earlier versions. The old design had several 21inherent limitations, and it had accumulated a lot of cruft as we added 22features while trying to minimize application-interface changes. We have 23sacrificed backward compatibility in the version 5 rewrite, but we think the 24improvements justify this. 25 26 27TABLE OF CONTENTS 28----------------- 29 30Overview: 31 Functions provided by the library 32 Outline of typical usage 33Basic library usage: 34 Data formats 35 Compression details 36 Decompression details 37 Partial image decompression 38 Mechanics of usage: include files, linking, etc 39Advanced features: 40 Compression parameter selection 41 Decompression parameter selection 42 Special color spaces 43 Error handling 44 Compressed data handling (source and destination managers) 45 I/O suspension 46 Progressive JPEG support 47 Buffered-image mode 48 Abbreviated datastreams and multiple images 49 Special markers 50 ICC profiles 51 Raw (downsampled) image data 52 Really raw data: DCT coefficients 53 Progress monitoring 54 Memory management 55 Memory usage 56 Library compile-time options 57 Portability considerations 58 59You should read at least the overview and basic usage sections before trying 60to program with the library. The sections on advanced features can be read 61if and when you need them. 62 63 64OVERVIEW 65======== 66 67Functions provided by the library 68--------------------------------- 69 70The IJG JPEG library provides C code to read and write JPEG-compressed image 71files. The surrounding application program receives or supplies image data a 72scanline at a time, using a straightforward uncompressed image format. All 73details of color conversion and other preprocessing/postprocessing can be 74handled by the library. 75 76The library includes a substantial amount of code that is not covered by the 77JPEG standard but is necessary for typical applications of JPEG. These 78functions preprocess the image before JPEG compression or postprocess it after 79decompression. They include colorspace conversion, downsampling/upsampling, 80and color quantization. The application indirectly selects use of this code 81by specifying the format in which it wishes to supply or receive image data. 82For example, if colormapped output is requested, then the decompression 83library automatically invokes color quantization. 84 85A wide range of quality vs. speed tradeoffs are possible in JPEG processing, 86and even more so in decompression postprocessing. The decompression library 87provides multiple implementations that cover most of the useful tradeoffs, 88ranging from very-high-quality down to fast-preview operation. On the 89compression side we have generally not provided low-quality choices, since 90compression is normally less time-critical. It should be understood that the 91low-quality modes may not meet the JPEG standard's accuracy requirements; 92nonetheless, they are useful for viewers. 93 94A word about functions *not* provided by the library. We handle a subset of 95the ISO JPEG standard; most baseline, extended-sequential, and progressive 96JPEG processes are supported. (Our subset includes all features now in common 97use.) Unsupported ISO options include: 98 * Hierarchical storage 99 * Lossless JPEG 100 * DNL marker 101 * Nonintegral subsampling ratios 102We support both 8- and 12-bit data precision, but this is a compile-time 103choice rather than a run-time choice; hence it is difficult to use both 104precisions in a single application. 105 106By itself, the library handles only interchange JPEG datastreams --- in 107particular the widely used JFIF file format. The library can be used by 108surrounding code to process interchange or abbreviated JPEG datastreams that 109are embedded in more complex file formats. (For example, this library is 110used by the free LIBTIFF library to support JPEG compression in TIFF.) 111 112 113Outline of typical usage 114------------------------ 115 116The rough outline of a JPEG compression operation is: 117 118 Allocate and initialize a JPEG compression object 119 Specify the destination for the compressed data (eg, a file) 120 Set parameters for compression, including image size & colorspace 121 jpeg_start_compress(...); 122 while (scan lines remain to be written) 123 jpeg_write_scanlines(...); 124 jpeg_finish_compress(...); 125 Release the JPEG compression object 126 127A JPEG compression object holds parameters and working state for the JPEG 128library. We make creation/destruction of the object separate from starting 129or finishing compression of an image; the same object can be re-used for a 130series of image compression operations. This makes it easy to re-use the 131same parameter settings for a sequence of images. Re-use of a JPEG object 132also has important implications for processing abbreviated JPEG datastreams, 133as discussed later. 134 135The image data to be compressed is supplied to jpeg_write_scanlines() from 136in-memory buffers. If the application is doing file-to-file compression, 137reading image data from the source file is the application's responsibility. 138The library emits compressed data by calling a "data destination manager", 139which typically will write the data into a file; but the application can 140provide its own destination manager to do something else. 141 142Similarly, the rough outline of a JPEG decompression operation is: 143 144 Allocate and initialize a JPEG decompression object 145 Specify the source of the compressed data (eg, a file) 146 Call jpeg_read_header() to obtain image info 147 Set parameters for decompression 148 jpeg_start_decompress(...); 149 while (scan lines remain to be read) 150 jpeg_read_scanlines(...); 151 jpeg_finish_decompress(...); 152 Release the JPEG decompression object 153 154This is comparable to the compression outline except that reading the 155datastream header is a separate step. This is helpful because information 156about the image's size, colorspace, etc is available when the application 157selects decompression parameters. For example, the application can choose an 158output scaling ratio that will fit the image into the available screen size. 159 160The decompression library obtains compressed data by calling a data source 161manager, which typically will read the data from a file; but other behaviors 162can be obtained with a custom source manager. Decompressed data is delivered 163into in-memory buffers passed to jpeg_read_scanlines(). 164 165It is possible to abort an incomplete compression or decompression operation 166by calling jpeg_abort(); or, if you do not need to retain the JPEG object, 167simply release it by calling jpeg_destroy(). 168 169JPEG compression and decompression objects are two separate struct types. 170However, they share some common fields, and certain routines such as 171jpeg_destroy() can work on either type of object. 172 173The JPEG library has no static variables: all state is in the compression 174or decompression object. Therefore it is possible to process multiple 175compression and decompression operations concurrently, using multiple JPEG 176objects. 177 178Both compression and decompression can be done in an incremental memory-to- 179memory fashion, if suitable source/destination managers are used. See the 180section on "I/O suspension" for more details. 181 182 183BASIC LIBRARY USAGE 184=================== 185 186Data formats 187------------ 188 189Before diving into procedural details, it is helpful to understand the 190image data format that the JPEG library expects or returns. 191 192The standard input image format is a rectangular array of pixels, with each 193pixel having the same number of "component" or "sample" values (color 194channels). You must specify how many components there are and the colorspace 195interpretation of the components. Most applications will use RGB data 196(three components per pixel) or grayscale data (one component per pixel). 197PLEASE NOTE THAT RGB DATA IS THREE SAMPLES PER PIXEL, GRAYSCALE ONLY ONE. 198A remarkable number of people manage to miss this, only to find that their 199programs don't work with grayscale JPEG files. 200 201There is no provision for colormapped input. JPEG files are always full-color 202or full grayscale (or sometimes another colorspace such as CMYK). You can 203feed in a colormapped image by expanding it to full-color format. However 204JPEG often doesn't work very well with source data that has been colormapped, 205because of dithering noise. This is discussed in more detail in the JPEG FAQ 206and the other references mentioned in the README.ijg file. 207 208Pixels are stored by scanlines, with each scanline running from left to 209right. The component values for each pixel are adjacent in the row; for 210example, R,G,B,R,G,B,R,G,B,... for 24-bit RGB color. Each scanline is an 211array of data type JSAMPLE --- which is typically "unsigned char", unless 212you've changed jmorecfg.h. (You can also change the RGB pixel layout, say 213to B,G,R order, by modifying jmorecfg.h. But see the restrictions listed in 214that file before doing so.) 215 216A 2-D array of pixels is formed by making a list of pointers to the starts of 217scanlines; so the scanlines need not be physically adjacent in memory. Even 218if you process just one scanline at a time, you must make a one-element 219pointer array to conform to this structure. Pointers to JSAMPLE rows are of 220type JSAMPROW, and the pointer to the pointer array is of type JSAMPARRAY. 221 222The library accepts or supplies one or more complete scanlines per call. 223It is not possible to process part of a row at a time. Scanlines are always 224processed top-to-bottom. You can process an entire image in one call if you 225have it all in memory, but usually it's simplest to process one scanline at 226a time. 227 228For best results, source data values should have the precision specified by 229BITS_IN_JSAMPLE (normally 8 bits). For instance, if you choose to compress 230data that's only 6 bits/channel, you should left-justify each value in a 231byte before passing it to the compressor. If you need to compress data 232that has more than 8 bits/channel, compile with BITS_IN_JSAMPLE = 12. 233(See "Library compile-time options", later.) 234 235 236The data format returned by the decompressor is the same in all details, 237except that colormapped output is supported. (Again, a JPEG file is never 238colormapped. But you can ask the decompressor to perform on-the-fly color 239quantization to deliver colormapped output.) If you request colormapped 240output then the returned data array contains a single JSAMPLE per pixel; 241its value is an index into a color map. The color map is represented as 242a 2-D JSAMPARRAY in which each row holds the values of one color component, 243that is, colormap[i][j] is the value of the i'th color component for pixel 244value (map index) j. Note that since the colormap indexes are stored in 245JSAMPLEs, the maximum number of colors is limited by the size of JSAMPLE 246(ie, at most 256 colors for an 8-bit JPEG library). 247 248 249Compression details 250------------------- 251 252Here we revisit the JPEG compression outline given in the overview. 253 2541. Allocate and initialize a JPEG compression object. 255 256A JPEG compression object is a "struct jpeg_compress_struct". (It also has 257a bunch of subsidiary structures which are allocated via malloc(), but the 258application doesn't control those directly.) This struct can be just a local 259variable in the calling routine, if a single routine is going to execute the 260whole JPEG compression sequence. Otherwise it can be static or allocated 261from malloc(). 262 263You will also need a structure representing a JPEG error handler. The part 264of this that the library cares about is a "struct jpeg_error_mgr". If you 265are providing your own error handler, you'll typically want to embed the 266jpeg_error_mgr struct in a larger structure; this is discussed later under 267"Error handling". For now we'll assume you are just using the default error 268handler. The default error handler will print JPEG error/warning messages 269on stderr, and it will call exit() if a fatal error occurs. 270 271You must initialize the error handler structure, store a pointer to it into 272the JPEG object's "err" field, and then call jpeg_create_compress() to 273initialize the rest of the JPEG object. 274 275Typical code for this step, if you are using the default error handler, is 276 277 struct jpeg_compress_struct cinfo; 278 struct jpeg_error_mgr jerr; 279 ... 280 cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error(&jerr); 281 jpeg_create_compress(&cinfo); 282 283jpeg_create_compress allocates a small amount of memory, so it could fail 284if you are out of memory. In that case it will exit via the error handler; 285that's why the error handler must be initialized first. 286 287 2882. Specify the destination for the compressed data (eg, a file). 289 290As previously mentioned, the JPEG library delivers compressed data to a 291"data destination" module. The library includes one data destination 292module which knows how to write to a stdio stream. You can use your own 293destination module if you want to do something else, as discussed later. 294 295If you use the standard destination module, you must open the target stdio 296stream beforehand. Typical code for this step looks like: 297 298 FILE *outfile; 299 ... 300 if ((outfile = fopen(filename, "wb")) == NULL) { 301 fprintf(stderr, "can't open %s\n", filename); 302 exit(1); 303 } 304 jpeg_stdio_dest(&cinfo, outfile); 305 306where the last line invokes the standard destination module. 307 308WARNING: it is critical that the binary compressed data be delivered to the 309output file unchanged. On non-Unix systems the stdio library may perform 310newline translation or otherwise corrupt binary data. To suppress this 311behavior, you may need to use a "b" option to fopen (as shown above), or use 312setmode() or another routine to put the stdio stream in binary mode. See 313cjpeg.c and djpeg.c for code that has been found to work on many systems. 314 315You can select the data destination after setting other parameters (step 3), 316if that's more convenient. You may not change the destination between 317calling jpeg_start_compress() and jpeg_finish_compress(). 318 319 3203. Set parameters for compression, including image size & colorspace. 321 322You must supply information about the source image by setting the following 323fields in the JPEG object (cinfo structure): 324 325 image_width Width of image, in pixels 326 image_height Height of image, in pixels 327 input_components Number of color channels (samples per pixel) 328 in_color_space Color space of source image 329 330The image dimensions are, hopefully, obvious. JPEG supports image dimensions 331of 1 to 64K pixels in either direction. The input color space is typically 332RGB or grayscale, and input_components is 3 or 1 accordingly. (See "Special 333color spaces", later, for more info.) The in_color_space field must be 334assigned one of the J_COLOR_SPACE enum constants, typically JCS_RGB or 335JCS_GRAYSCALE. 336 337JPEG has a large number of compression parameters that determine how the 338image is encoded. Most applications don't need or want to know about all 339these parameters. You can set all the parameters to reasonable defaults by 340calling jpeg_set_defaults(); then, if there are particular values you want 341to change, you can do so after that. The "Compression parameter selection" 342section tells about all the parameters. 343 344You must set in_color_space correctly before calling jpeg_set_defaults(), 345because the defaults depend on the source image colorspace. However the 346other three source image parameters need not be valid until you call 347jpeg_start_compress(). There's no harm in calling jpeg_set_defaults() more 348than once, if that happens to be convenient. 349 350Typical code for a 24-bit RGB source image is 351 352 cinfo.image_width = Width; /* image width and height, in pixels */ 353 cinfo.image_height = Height; 354 cinfo.input_components = 3; /* # of color components per pixel */ 355 cinfo.in_color_space = JCS_RGB; /* colorspace of input image */ 356 357 jpeg_set_defaults(&cinfo); 358 /* Make optional parameter settings here */ 359 360 3614. jpeg_start_compress(...); 362 363After you have established the data destination and set all the necessary 364source image info and other parameters, call jpeg_start_compress() to begin 365a compression cycle. This will initialize internal state, allocate working 366storage, and emit the first few bytes of the JPEG datastream header. 367 368Typical code: 369 370 jpeg_start_compress(&cinfo, TRUE); 371 372The "TRUE" parameter ensures that a complete JPEG interchange datastream 373will be written. This is appropriate in most cases. If you think you might 374want to use an abbreviated datastream, read the section on abbreviated 375datastreams, below. 376 377Once you have called jpeg_start_compress(), you may not alter any JPEG 378parameters or other fields of the JPEG object until you have completed 379the compression cycle. 380 381 3825. while (scan lines remain to be written) 383 jpeg_write_scanlines(...); 384 385Now write all the required image data by calling jpeg_write_scanlines() 386one or more times. You can pass one or more scanlines in each call, up 387to the total image height. In most applications it is convenient to pass 388just one or a few scanlines at a time. The expected format for the passed 389data is discussed under "Data formats", above. 390 391Image data should be written in top-to-bottom scanline order. 392Rec. ITU-T T.81 | ISO/IEC 10918-1 says, "Applications determine which edges of 393a source image are defined as top, bottom, left, and right." However, if you 394want your files to be compatible with everyone else's, then top-to-bottom order 395must be used. If the source data must be read in bottom-to-top order, then you 396can use the JPEG library's virtual array mechanism to invert the data 397efficiently. Examples of this can be found in the sample application cjpeg. 398 399The library maintains a count of the number of scanlines written so far 400in the next_scanline field of the JPEG object. Usually you can just use 401this variable as the loop counter, so that the loop test looks like 402"while (cinfo.next_scanline < cinfo.image_height)". 403 404Code for this step depends heavily on the way that you store the source data. 405example.txt shows the following code for the case of a full-size 2-D source 406array containing 3-byte RGB pixels: 407 408 JSAMPROW row_pointer[1]; /* pointer to a single row */ 409 int row_stride; /* physical row width in buffer */ 410 411 row_stride = image_width * 3; /* JSAMPLEs per row in image_buffer */ 412 413 while (cinfo.next_scanline < cinfo.image_height) { 414 row_pointer[0] = &image_buffer[cinfo.next_scanline * row_stride]; 415 jpeg_write_scanlines(&cinfo, row_pointer, 1); 416 } 417 418jpeg_write_scanlines() returns the number of scanlines actually written. 419This will normally be equal to the number passed in, so you can usually 420ignore the return value. It is different in just two cases: 421 * If you try to write more scanlines than the declared image height, 422 the additional scanlines are ignored. 423 * If you use a suspending data destination manager, output buffer overrun 424 will cause the compressor to return before accepting all the passed lines. 425 This feature is discussed under "I/O suspension", below. The normal 426 stdio destination manager will NOT cause this to happen. 427In any case, the return value is the same as the change in the value of 428next_scanline. 429 430 4316. jpeg_finish_compress(...); 432 433After all the image data has been written, call jpeg_finish_compress() to 434complete the compression cycle. This step is ESSENTIAL to ensure that the 435last bufferload of data is written to the data destination. 436jpeg_finish_compress() also releases working memory associated with the JPEG 437object. 438 439Typical code: 440 441 jpeg_finish_compress(&cinfo); 442 443If using the stdio destination manager, don't forget to close the output 444stdio stream (if necessary) afterwards. 445 446If you have requested a multi-pass operating mode, such as Huffman code 447optimization, jpeg_finish_compress() will perform the additional passes using 448data buffered by the first pass. In this case jpeg_finish_compress() may take 449quite a while to complete. With the default compression parameters, this will 450not happen. 451 452It is an error to call jpeg_finish_compress() before writing the necessary 453total number of scanlines. If you wish to abort compression, call 454jpeg_abort() as discussed below. 455 456After completing a compression cycle, you may dispose of the JPEG object 457as discussed next, or you may use it to compress another image. In that case 458return to step 2, 3, or 4 as appropriate. If you do not change the 459destination manager, the new datastream will be written to the same target. 460If you do not change any JPEG parameters, the new datastream will be written 461with the same parameters as before. Note that you can change the input image 462dimensions freely between cycles, but if you change the input colorspace, you 463should call jpeg_set_defaults() to adjust for the new colorspace; and then 464you'll need to repeat all of step 3. 465 466 4677. Release the JPEG compression object. 468 469When you are done with a JPEG compression object, destroy it by calling 470jpeg_destroy_compress(). This will free all subsidiary memory (regardless of 471the previous state of the object). Or you can call jpeg_destroy(), which 472works for either compression or decompression objects --- this may be more 473convenient if you are sharing code between compression and decompression 474cases. (Actually, these routines are equivalent except for the declared type 475of the passed pointer. To avoid gripes from ANSI C compilers, jpeg_destroy() 476should be passed a j_common_ptr.) 477 478If you allocated the jpeg_compress_struct structure from malloc(), freeing 479it is your responsibility --- jpeg_destroy() won't. Ditto for the error 480handler structure. 481 482Typical code: 483 484 jpeg_destroy_compress(&cinfo); 485 486 4878. Aborting. 488 489If you decide to abort a compression cycle before finishing, you can clean up 490in either of two ways: 491 492* If you don't need the JPEG object any more, just call 493 jpeg_destroy_compress() or jpeg_destroy() to release memory. This is 494 legitimate at any point after calling jpeg_create_compress() --- in fact, 495 it's safe even if jpeg_create_compress() fails. 496 497* If you want to re-use the JPEG object, call jpeg_abort_compress(), or call 498 jpeg_abort() which works on both compression and decompression objects. 499 This will return the object to an idle state, releasing any working memory. 500 jpeg_abort() is allowed at any time after successful object creation. 501 502Note that cleaning up the data destination, if required, is your 503responsibility; neither of these routines will call term_destination(). 504(See "Compressed data handling", below, for more about that.) 505 506jpeg_destroy() and jpeg_abort() are the only safe calls to make on a JPEG 507object that has reported an error by calling error_exit (see "Error handling" 508for more info). The internal state of such an object is likely to be out of 509whack. Either of these two routines will return the object to a known state. 510 511 512Decompression details 513--------------------- 514 515Here we revisit the JPEG decompression outline given in the overview. 516 5171. Allocate and initialize a JPEG decompression object. 518 519This is just like initialization for compression, as discussed above, 520except that the object is a "struct jpeg_decompress_struct" and you 521call jpeg_create_decompress(). Error handling is exactly the same. 522 523Typical code: 524 525 struct jpeg_decompress_struct cinfo; 526 struct jpeg_error_mgr jerr; 527 ... 528 cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error(&jerr); 529 jpeg_create_decompress(&cinfo); 530 531(Both here and in the IJG code, we usually use variable name "cinfo" for 532both compression and decompression objects.) 533 534 5352. Specify the source of the compressed data (eg, a file). 536 537As previously mentioned, the JPEG library reads compressed data from a "data 538source" module. The library includes one data source module which knows how 539to read from a stdio stream. You can use your own source module if you want 540to do something else, as discussed later. 541 542If you use the standard source module, you must open the source stdio stream 543beforehand. Typical code for this step looks like: 544 545 FILE *infile; 546 ... 547 if ((infile = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL) { 548 fprintf(stderr, "can't open %s\n", filename); 549 exit(1); 550 } 551 jpeg_stdio_src(&cinfo, infile); 552 553where the last line invokes the standard source module. 554 555WARNING: it is critical that the binary compressed data be read unchanged. 556On non-Unix systems the stdio library may perform newline translation or 557otherwise corrupt binary data. To suppress this behavior, you may need to use 558a "b" option to fopen (as shown above), or use setmode() or another routine to 559put the stdio stream in binary mode. See cjpeg.c and djpeg.c for code that 560has been found to work on many systems. 561 562You may not change the data source between calling jpeg_read_header() and 563jpeg_finish_decompress(). If you wish to read a series of JPEG images from 564a single source file, you should repeat the jpeg_read_header() to 565jpeg_finish_decompress() sequence without reinitializing either the JPEG 566object or the data source module; this prevents buffered input data from 567being discarded. 568 569 5703. Call jpeg_read_header() to obtain image info. 571 572Typical code for this step is just 573 574 jpeg_read_header(&cinfo, TRUE); 575 576This will read the source datastream header markers, up to the beginning 577of the compressed data proper. On return, the image dimensions and other 578info have been stored in the JPEG object. The application may wish to 579consult this information before selecting decompression parameters. 580 581More complex code is necessary if 582 * A suspending data source is used --- in that case jpeg_read_header() 583 may return before it has read all the header data. See "I/O suspension", 584 below. The normal stdio source manager will NOT cause this to happen. 585 * Abbreviated JPEG files are to be processed --- see the section on 586 abbreviated datastreams. Standard applications that deal only in 587 interchange JPEG files need not be concerned with this case either. 588 589It is permissible to stop at this point if you just wanted to find out the 590image dimensions and other header info for a JPEG file. In that case, 591call jpeg_destroy() when you are done with the JPEG object, or call 592jpeg_abort() to return it to an idle state before selecting a new data 593source and reading another header. 594 595 5964. Set parameters for decompression. 597 598jpeg_read_header() sets appropriate default decompression parameters based on 599the properties of the image (in particular, its colorspace). However, you 600may well want to alter these defaults before beginning the decompression. 601For example, the default is to produce full color output from a color file. 602If you want colormapped output you must ask for it. Other options allow the 603returned image to be scaled and allow various speed/quality tradeoffs to be 604selected. "Decompression parameter selection", below, gives details. 605 606If the defaults are appropriate, nothing need be done at this step. 607 608Note that all default values are set by each call to jpeg_read_header(). 609If you reuse a decompression object, you cannot expect your parameter 610settings to be preserved across cycles, as you can for compression. 611You must set desired parameter values each time. 612 613 6145. jpeg_start_decompress(...); 615 616Once the parameter values are satisfactory, call jpeg_start_decompress() to 617begin decompression. This will initialize internal state, allocate working 618memory, and prepare for returning data. 619 620Typical code is just 621 622 jpeg_start_decompress(&cinfo); 623 624If you have requested a multi-pass operating mode, such as 2-pass color 625quantization, jpeg_start_decompress() will do everything needed before data 626output can begin. In this case jpeg_start_decompress() may take quite a while 627to complete. With a single-scan (non progressive) JPEG file and default 628decompression parameters, this will not happen; jpeg_start_decompress() will 629return quickly. 630 631After this call, the final output image dimensions, including any requested 632scaling, are available in the JPEG object; so is the selected colormap, if 633colormapped output has been requested. Useful fields include 634 635 output_width image width and height, as scaled 636 output_height 637 out_color_components # of color components in out_color_space 638 output_components # of color components returned per pixel 639 colormap the selected colormap, if any 640 actual_number_of_colors number of entries in colormap 641 642output_components is 1 (a colormap index) when quantizing colors; otherwise it 643equals out_color_components. It is the number of JSAMPLE values that will be 644emitted per pixel in the output arrays. 645 646Typically you will need to allocate data buffers to hold the incoming image. 647You will need output_width * output_components JSAMPLEs per scanline in your 648output buffer, and a total of output_height scanlines will be returned. 649 650Note: if you are using the JPEG library's internal memory manager to allocate 651data buffers (as djpeg does), then the manager's protocol requires that you 652request large buffers *before* calling jpeg_start_decompress(). This is a 653little tricky since the output_XXX fields are not normally valid then. You 654can make them valid by calling jpeg_calc_output_dimensions() after setting the 655relevant parameters (scaling, output color space, and quantization flag). 656 657 6586. while (scan lines remain to be read) 659 jpeg_read_scanlines(...); 660 661Now you can read the decompressed image data by calling jpeg_read_scanlines() 662one or more times. At each call, you pass in the maximum number of scanlines 663to be read (ie, the height of your working buffer); jpeg_read_scanlines() 664will return up to that many lines. The return value is the number of lines 665actually read. The format of the returned data is discussed under "Data 666formats", above. Don't forget that grayscale and color JPEGs will return 667different data formats! 668 669Image data is returned in top-to-bottom scanline order. If you must write 670out the image in bottom-to-top order, you can use the JPEG library's virtual 671array mechanism to invert the data efficiently. Examples of this can be 672found in the sample application djpeg. 673 674The library maintains a count of the number of scanlines returned so far 675in the output_scanline field of the JPEG object. Usually you can just use 676this variable as the loop counter, so that the loop test looks like 677"while (cinfo.output_scanline < cinfo.output_height)". (Note that the test 678should NOT be against image_height, unless you never use scaling. The 679image_height field is the height of the original unscaled image.) 680The return value always equals the change in the value of output_scanline. 681 682If you don't use a suspending data source, it is safe to assume that 683jpeg_read_scanlines() reads at least one scanline per call, until the 684bottom of the image has been reached. 685 686If you use a buffer larger than one scanline, it is NOT safe to assume that 687jpeg_read_scanlines() fills it. (The current implementation returns only a 688few scanlines per call, no matter how large a buffer you pass.) So you must 689always provide a loop that calls jpeg_read_scanlines() repeatedly until the 690whole image has been read. 691 692 6937. jpeg_finish_decompress(...); 694 695After all the image data has been read, call jpeg_finish_decompress() to 696complete the decompression cycle. This causes working memory associated 697with the JPEG object to be released. 698 699Typical code: 700 701 jpeg_finish_decompress(&cinfo); 702 703If using the stdio source manager, don't forget to close the source stdio 704stream if necessary. 705 706It is an error to call jpeg_finish_decompress() before reading the correct 707total number of scanlines. If you wish to abort decompression, call 708jpeg_abort() as discussed below. 709 710After completing a decompression cycle, you may dispose of the JPEG object as 711discussed next, or you may use it to decompress another image. In that case 712return to step 2 or 3 as appropriate. If you do not change the source 713manager, the next image will be read from the same source. 714 715 7168. Release the JPEG decompression object. 717 718When you are done with a JPEG decompression object, destroy it by calling 719jpeg_destroy_decompress() or jpeg_destroy(). The previous discussion of 720destroying compression objects applies here too. 721 722Typical code: 723 724 jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo); 725 726 7279. Aborting. 728 729You can abort a decompression cycle by calling jpeg_destroy_decompress() or 730jpeg_destroy() if you don't need the JPEG object any more, or 731jpeg_abort_decompress() or jpeg_abort() if you want to reuse the object. 732The previous discussion of aborting compression cycles applies here too. 733 734 735Partial image decompression 736--------------------------- 737 738Partial image decompression is convenient for performance-critical applications 739that wish to view only a portion of a large JPEG image without decompressing 740the whole thing. It it also useful in memory-constrained environments (such as 741on mobile devices.) This library provides the following functions to support 742partial image decompression: 743 7441. Skipping rows when decompressing 745 746 jpeg_skip_scanlines(j_decompress_ptr cinfo, JDIMENSION num_lines); 747 748This function provides application programmers with the ability to skip over 749multiple rows in the JPEG image. 750 751Suspending data sources are not supported by this function. Calling 752jpeg_skip_scanlines() with a suspending data source will result in undefined 753behavior. Two-pass color quantization is also not supported by this function. 754Calling jpeg_skip_scanlines() with two-pass color quantization enabled will 755result in an error. 756 757jpeg_skip_scanlines() will not allow skipping past the bottom of the image. If 758the value of num_lines is large enough to skip past the bottom of the image, 759then the function will skip to the end of the image instead. 760 761If the value of num_lines is valid, then jpeg_skip_scanlines() will always 762skip all of the input rows requested. There is no need to inspect the return 763value of the function in that case. 764 765Best results will be achieved by calling jpeg_skip_scanlines() for large chunks 766of rows. The function should be viewed as a way to quickly jump to a 767particular vertical offset in the JPEG image in order to decode a subset of the 768image. Used in this manner, it will provide significant performance 769improvements. 770 771Calling jpeg_skip_scanlines() for small values of num_lines has several 772potential drawbacks: 773 1) JPEG decompression occurs in blocks, so if jpeg_skip_scanlines() is 774 called from the middle of a decompression block, then it is likely that 775 much of the decompression work has already been done for the first 776 couple of rows that need to be skipped. 777 2) When this function returns, it must leave the decompressor in a state 778 such that it is ready to read the next line. This may involve 779 decompressing a block that must be partially skipped. 780These issues are especially tricky for cases in which upsampling requires 781context rows. In the worst case, jpeg_skip_scanlines() will perform similarly 782to jpeg_read_scanlines() (since it will actually call jpeg_read_scanlines().) 783 7842. Decompressing partial scanlines 785 786 jpeg_crop_scanline (j_decompress_ptr cinfo, JDIMENSION *xoffset, 787 JDIMENSION *width) 788 789This function provides application programmers with the ability to decompress 790only a portion of each row in the JPEG image. It must be called after 791jpeg_start_decompress() and before any calls to jpeg_read_scanlines() or 792jpeg_skip_scanlines(). 793 794If xoffset and width do not form a valid subset of the image row, then this 795function will generate an error. Note that if the output image is scaled, then 796xoffset and width are relative to the scaled image dimensions. 797 798xoffset and width are passed by reference because xoffset must fall on an iMCU 799boundary. If it doesn't, then it will be moved left to the nearest iMCU 800boundary, and width will be increased accordingly. If the calling program does 801not like the adjusted values of xoffset and width, then it can call 802jpeg_crop_scanline() again with new values (for instance, if it wants to move 803xoffset to the nearest iMCU boundary to the right instead of to the left.) 804 805After calling this function, cinfo->output_width will be set to the adjusted 806width. This value should be used when allocating an output buffer to pass to 807jpeg_read_scanlines(). 808 809The output image from a partial-width decompression will be identical to the 810corresponding image region from a full decode, with one exception: The "fancy" 811(smooth) h2v2 (4:2:0) and h2v1 (4:2:2) upsampling algorithms fill in the 812missing chroma components by averaging the chroma components from neighboring 813pixels, except on the right and left edges of the image (where there are no 814neighboring pixels.) When performing a partial-width decompression, these 815"fancy" upsampling algorithms may treat the left and right edges of the partial 816image region as if they are the left and right edges of the image, meaning that 817the upsampling algorithm may be simplified. The result is that the pixels on 818the left or right edge of the partial image may not be exactly identical to the 819corresponding pixels in the original image. 820 821 822Mechanics of usage: include files, linking, etc 823----------------------------------------------- 824 825Applications using the JPEG library should include the header file jpeglib.h 826to obtain declarations of data types and routines. Before including 827jpeglib.h, include system headers that define at least the typedefs FILE and 828size_t. On ANSI-conforming systems, including <stdio.h> is sufficient; on 829older Unix systems, you may need <sys/types.h> to define size_t. 830 831If the application needs to refer to individual JPEG library error codes, also 832include jerror.h to define those symbols. 833 834jpeglib.h indirectly includes the files jconfig.h and jmorecfg.h. If you are 835installing the JPEG header files in a system directory, you will want to 836install all four files: jpeglib.h, jerror.h, jconfig.h, jmorecfg.h. 837 838The most convenient way to include the JPEG code into your executable program 839is to prepare a library file ("libjpeg.a", or a corresponding name on non-Unix 840machines) and reference it at your link step. If you use only half of the 841library (only compression or only decompression), only that much code will be 842included from the library, unless your linker is hopelessly brain-damaged. 843The supplied build system builds libjpeg.a automatically. 844 845It may be worth pointing out that the core JPEG library does not actually 846require the stdio library: only the default source/destination managers and 847error handler need it. You can use the library in a stdio-less environment 848if you replace those modules and use jmemnobs.c (or another memory manager of 849your own devising). More info about the minimum system library requirements 850may be found in jinclude.h. 851 852 853ADVANCED FEATURES 854================= 855 856Compression parameter selection 857------------------------------- 858 859This section describes all the optional parameters you can set for JPEG 860compression, as well as the "helper" routines provided to assist in this 861task. Proper setting of some parameters requires detailed understanding 862of the JPEG standard; if you don't know what a parameter is for, it's best 863not to mess with it! See REFERENCES in the README.ijg file for pointers to 864more info about JPEG. 865 866It's a good idea to call jpeg_set_defaults() first, even if you plan to set 867all the parameters; that way your code is more likely to work with future JPEG 868libraries that have additional parameters. For the same reason, we recommend 869you use a helper routine where one is provided, in preference to twiddling 870cinfo fields directly. 871 872The helper routines are: 873 874jpeg_set_defaults (j_compress_ptr cinfo) 875 This routine sets all JPEG parameters to reasonable defaults, using 876 only the input image's color space (field in_color_space, which must 877 already be set in cinfo). Many applications will only need to use 878 this routine and perhaps jpeg_set_quality(). 879 880jpeg_set_colorspace (j_compress_ptr cinfo, J_COLOR_SPACE colorspace) 881 Sets the JPEG file's colorspace (field jpeg_color_space) as specified, 882 and sets other color-space-dependent parameters appropriately. See 883 "Special color spaces", below, before using this. A large number of 884 parameters, including all per-component parameters, are set by this 885 routine; if you want to twiddle individual parameters you should call 886 jpeg_set_colorspace() before rather than after. 887 888jpeg_default_colorspace (j_compress_ptr cinfo) 889 Selects an appropriate JPEG colorspace based on cinfo->in_color_space, 890 and calls jpeg_set_colorspace(). This is actually a subroutine of 891 jpeg_set_defaults(). It's broken out in case you want to change 892 just the colorspace-dependent JPEG parameters. 893 894jpeg_set_quality (j_compress_ptr cinfo, int quality, boolean force_baseline) 895 Constructs JPEG quantization tables appropriate for the indicated 896 quality setting. The quality value is expressed on the 0..100 scale 897 recommended by IJG (cjpeg's "-quality" switch uses this routine). 898 Note that the exact mapping from quality values to tables may change 899 in future IJG releases as more is learned about DCT quantization. 900 If the force_baseline parameter is TRUE, then the quantization table 901 entries are constrained to the range 1..255 for full JPEG baseline 902 compatibility. In the current implementation, this only makes a 903 difference for quality settings below 25, and it effectively prevents 904 very small/low quality files from being generated. The IJG decoder 905 is capable of reading the non-baseline files generated at low quality 906 settings when force_baseline is FALSE, but other decoders may not be. 907 908jpeg_set_linear_quality (j_compress_ptr cinfo, int scale_factor, 909 boolean force_baseline) 910 Same as jpeg_set_quality() except that the generated tables are the 911 sample tables given in Annex K (Clause K.1) of 912 Rec. ITU-T T.81 (1992) | ISO/IEC 10918-1:1994, multiplied by the 913 specified scale factor (which is expressed as a percentage; thus 914 scale_factor = 100 reproduces the spec's tables). Note that larger 915 scale factors give lower quality. This entry point is useful for 916 conforming to the Adobe PostScript DCT conventions, but we do not 917 recommend linear scaling as a user-visible quality scale otherwise. 918 force_baseline again constrains the computed table entries to 1..255. 919 920int jpeg_quality_scaling (int quality) 921 Converts a value on the IJG-recommended quality scale to a linear 922 scaling percentage. Note that this routine may change or go away 923 in future releases --- IJG may choose to adopt a scaling method that 924 can't be expressed as a simple scalar multiplier, in which case the 925 premise of this routine collapses. Caveat user. 926 927jpeg_default_qtables (j_compress_ptr cinfo, boolean force_baseline) 928 [libjpeg v7+ API/ABI emulation only] 929 Set default quantization tables with linear q_scale_factor[] values 930 (see below). 931 932jpeg_add_quant_table (j_compress_ptr cinfo, int which_tbl, 933 const unsigned int *basic_table, 934 int scale_factor, boolean force_baseline) 935 Allows an arbitrary quantization table to be created. which_tbl 936 indicates which table slot to fill. basic_table points to an array 937 of 64 unsigned ints given in normal array order. These values are 938 multiplied by scale_factor/100 and then clamped to the range 1..65535 939 (or to 1..255 if force_baseline is TRUE). 940 CAUTION: prior to library version 6a, jpeg_add_quant_table expected 941 the basic table to be given in JPEG zigzag order. If you need to 942 write code that works with either older or newer versions of this 943 routine, you must check the library version number. Something like 944 "#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION >= 61" is the right test. 945 946jpeg_simple_progression (j_compress_ptr cinfo) 947 Generates a default scan script for writing a progressive-JPEG file. 948 This is the recommended method of creating a progressive file, 949 unless you want to make a custom scan sequence. You must ensure that 950 the JPEG color space is set correctly before calling this routine. 951 952 953Compression parameters (cinfo fields) include: 954 955boolean arith_code 956 If TRUE, use arithmetic coding. 957 If FALSE, use Huffman coding. 958 959J_DCT_METHOD dct_method 960 Selects the algorithm used for the DCT step. Choices are: 961 JDCT_ISLOW: accurate integer method 962 JDCT_IFAST: less accurate integer method [legacy feature] 963 JDCT_FLOAT: floating-point method [legacy feature] 964 JDCT_DEFAULT: default method (normally JDCT_ISLOW) 965 JDCT_FASTEST: fastest method (normally JDCT_IFAST) 966 When the Independent JPEG Group's software was first released in 1991, 967 the compression time for a 1-megapixel JPEG image on a mainstream PC 968 was measured in minutes. Thus, JDCT_IFAST provided noticeable 969 performance benefits. On modern CPUs running libjpeg-turbo, however, 970 the compression time for a 1-megapixel JPEG image is measured in 971 milliseconds, and thus the performance benefits of JDCT_IFAST are much 972 less noticeable. On modern x86/x86-64 CPUs that support AVX2 973 instructions, JDCT_IFAST and JDCT_ISLOW have similar performance. On 974 other types of CPUs, JDCT_IFAST is generally about 5-15% faster than 975 JDCT_ISLOW. 976 977 For quality levels of 90 and below, there should be little or no 978 perceptible quality difference between the two algorithms. For quality 979 levels above 90, however, the difference between JDCT_IFAST and 980 JDCT_ISLOW becomes more pronounced. With quality=97, for instance, 981 JDCT_IFAST incurs generally about a 1-3 dB loss in PSNR relative to 982 JDCT_ISLOW, but this can be larger for some images. Do not use 983 JDCT_IFAST with quality levels above 97. The algorithm often 984 degenerates at quality=98 and above and can actually produce a more 985 lossy image than if lower quality levels had been used. Also, in 986 libjpeg-turbo, JDCT_IFAST is not fully accelerated for quality levels 987 above 97, so it will be slower than JDCT_ISLOW. 988 989 JDCT_FLOAT does not produce significantly more accurate results than 990 JDCT_ISLOW, and it is much slower. JDCT_FLOAT may also give different 991 results on different machines due to varying roundoff behavior, whereas 992 the integer methods should give the same results on all machines. 993 994J_COLOR_SPACE jpeg_color_space 995int num_components 996 The JPEG color space and corresponding number of components; see 997 "Special color spaces", below, for more info. We recommend using 998 jpeg_set_color_space() if you want to change these. 999 1000boolean optimize_coding 1001 TRUE causes the compressor to compute optimal Huffman coding tables 1002 for the image. This requires an extra pass over the data and 1003 therefore costs a good deal of space and time. The default is 1004 FALSE, which tells the compressor to use the supplied or default 1005 Huffman tables. In most cases optimal tables save only a few percent 1006 of file size compared to the default tables. Note that when this is 1007 TRUE, you need not supply Huffman tables at all, and any you do 1008 supply will be overwritten. 1009 1010unsigned int restart_interval 1011int restart_in_rows 1012 To emit restart markers in the JPEG file, set one of these nonzero. 1013 Set restart_interval to specify the exact interval in MCU blocks. 1014 Set restart_in_rows to specify the interval in MCU rows. (If 1015 restart_in_rows is not 0, then restart_interval is set after the 1016 image width in MCUs is computed.) Defaults are zero (no restarts). 1017 One restart marker per MCU row is often a good choice. 1018 NOTE: the overhead of restart markers is higher in grayscale JPEG 1019 files than in color files, and MUCH higher in progressive JPEGs. 1020 If you use restarts, you may want to use larger intervals in those 1021 cases. 1022 1023const jpeg_scan_info *scan_info 1024int num_scans 1025 By default, scan_info is NULL; this causes the compressor to write a 1026 single-scan sequential JPEG file. If not NULL, scan_info points to 1027 an array of scan definition records of length num_scans. The 1028 compressor will then write a JPEG file having one scan for each scan 1029 definition record. This is used to generate noninterleaved or 1030 progressive JPEG files. The library checks that the scan array 1031 defines a valid JPEG scan sequence. (jpeg_simple_progression creates 1032 a suitable scan definition array for progressive JPEG.) This is 1033 discussed further under "Progressive JPEG support". 1034 1035int smoothing_factor 1036 If non-zero, the input image is smoothed; the value should be 1 for 1037 minimal smoothing to 100 for maximum smoothing. Consult jcsample.c 1038 for details of the smoothing algorithm. The default is zero. 1039 1040boolean write_JFIF_header 1041 If TRUE, a JFIF APP0 marker is emitted. jpeg_set_defaults() and 1042 jpeg_set_colorspace() set this TRUE if a JFIF-legal JPEG color space 1043 (ie, YCbCr or grayscale) is selected, otherwise FALSE. 1044 1045UINT8 JFIF_major_version 1046UINT8 JFIF_minor_version 1047 The version number to be written into the JFIF marker. 1048 jpeg_set_defaults() initializes the version to 1.01 (major=minor=1). 1049 You should set it to 1.02 (major=1, minor=2) if you plan to write 1050 any JFIF 1.02 extension markers. 1051 1052UINT8 density_unit 1053UINT16 X_density 1054UINT16 Y_density 1055 The resolution information to be written into the JFIF marker; 1056 not used otherwise. density_unit may be 0 for unknown, 1057 1 for dots/inch, or 2 for dots/cm. The default values are 0,1,1 1058 indicating square pixels of unknown size. 1059 1060boolean write_Adobe_marker 1061 If TRUE, an Adobe APP14 marker is emitted. jpeg_set_defaults() and 1062 jpeg_set_colorspace() set this TRUE if JPEG color space RGB, CMYK, 1063 or YCCK is selected, otherwise FALSE. It is generally a bad idea 1064 to set both write_JFIF_header and write_Adobe_marker. In fact, 1065 you probably shouldn't change the default settings at all --- the 1066 default behavior ensures that the JPEG file's color space can be 1067 recognized by the decoder. 1068 1069JQUANT_TBL *quant_tbl_ptrs[NUM_QUANT_TBLS] 1070 Pointers to coefficient quantization tables, one per table slot, 1071 or NULL if no table is defined for a slot. Usually these should 1072 be set via one of the above helper routines; jpeg_add_quant_table() 1073 is general enough to define any quantization table. The other 1074 routines will set up table slot 0 for luminance quality and table 1075 slot 1 for chrominance. 1076 1077int q_scale_factor[NUM_QUANT_TBLS] 1078 [libjpeg v7+ API/ABI emulation only] 1079 Linear quantization scaling factors (0-100, default 100) 1080 for use with jpeg_default_qtables(). 1081 See rdswitch.c and cjpeg.c for an example of usage. 1082 Note that the q_scale_factor[] values use "linear" scales, so JPEG 1083 quality levels chosen by the user must be converted to these scales 1084 using jpeg_quality_scaling(). Here is an example that corresponds to 1085 cjpeg -quality 90,70: 1086 1087 jpeg_set_defaults(cinfo); 1088 1089 /* Set luminance quality 90. */ 1090 cinfo->q_scale_factor[0] = jpeg_quality_scaling(90); 1091 /* Set chrominance quality 70. */ 1092 cinfo->q_scale_factor[1] = jpeg_quality_scaling(70); 1093 1094 jpeg_default_qtables(cinfo, force_baseline); 1095 1096 CAUTION: Setting separate quality levels for chrominance and luminance 1097 is mainly only useful if chrominance subsampling is disabled. 2x2 1098 chrominance subsampling (AKA "4:2:0") is the default, but you can 1099 explicitly disable subsampling as follows: 1100 1101 cinfo->comp_info[0].v_samp_factor = 1; 1102 cinfo->comp_info[0].h_samp_factor = 1; 1103 1104JHUFF_TBL *dc_huff_tbl_ptrs[NUM_HUFF_TBLS] 1105JHUFF_TBL *ac_huff_tbl_ptrs[NUM_HUFF_TBLS] 1106 Pointers to Huffman coding tables, one per table slot, or NULL if 1107 no table is defined for a slot. Slots 0 and 1 are filled with the 1108 JPEG sample tables by jpeg_set_defaults(). If you need to allocate 1109 more table structures, jpeg_alloc_huff_table() may be used. 1110 Note that optimal Huffman tables can be computed for an image 1111 by setting optimize_coding, as discussed above; there's seldom 1112 any need to mess with providing your own Huffman tables. 1113 1114 1115[libjpeg v7+ API/ABI emulation only] 1116The actual dimensions of the JPEG image that will be written to the file are 1117given by the following fields. These are computed from the input image 1118dimensions and the compression parameters by jpeg_start_compress(). You can 1119also call jpeg_calc_jpeg_dimensions() to obtain the values that will result 1120from the current parameter settings. This can be useful if you are trying 1121to pick a scaling ratio that will get close to a desired target size. 1122 1123JDIMENSION jpeg_width Actual dimensions of output image. 1124JDIMENSION jpeg_height 1125 1126 1127Per-component parameters are stored in the struct cinfo.comp_info[i] for 1128component number i. Note that components here refer to components of the 1129JPEG color space, *not* the source image color space. A suitably large 1130comp_info[] array is allocated by jpeg_set_defaults(); if you choose not 1131to use that routine, it's up to you to allocate the array. 1132 1133int component_id 1134 The one-byte identifier code to be recorded in the JPEG file for 1135 this component. For the standard color spaces, we recommend you 1136 leave the default values alone. 1137 1138int h_samp_factor 1139int v_samp_factor 1140 Horizontal and vertical sampling factors for the component; must 1141 be 1..4 according to the JPEG standard. Note that larger sampling 1142 factors indicate a higher-resolution component; many people find 1143 this behavior quite unintuitive. The default values are 2,2 for 1144 luminance components and 1,1 for chrominance components, except 1145 for grayscale where 1,1 is used. 1146 1147int quant_tbl_no 1148 Quantization table number for component. The default value is 1149 0 for luminance components and 1 for chrominance components. 1150 1151int dc_tbl_no 1152int ac_tbl_no 1153 DC and AC entropy coding table numbers. The default values are 1154 0 for luminance components and 1 for chrominance components. 1155 1156int component_index 1157 Must equal the component's index in comp_info[]. (Beginning in 1158 release v6, the compressor library will fill this in automatically; 1159 you don't have to.) 1160 1161 1162Decompression parameter selection 1163--------------------------------- 1164 1165Decompression parameter selection is somewhat simpler than compression 1166parameter selection, since all of the JPEG internal parameters are 1167recorded in the source file and need not be supplied by the application. 1168(Unless you are working with abbreviated files, in which case see 1169"Abbreviated datastreams", below.) Decompression parameters control 1170the postprocessing done on the image to deliver it in a format suitable 1171for the application's use. Many of the parameters control speed/quality 1172tradeoffs, in which faster decompression may be obtained at the price of 1173a poorer-quality image. The defaults select the highest quality (slowest) 1174processing. 1175 1176The following fields in the JPEG object are set by jpeg_read_header() and 1177may be useful to the application in choosing decompression parameters: 1178 1179JDIMENSION image_width Width and height of image 1180JDIMENSION image_height 1181int num_components Number of color components 1182J_COLOR_SPACE jpeg_color_space Colorspace of image 1183boolean saw_JFIF_marker TRUE if a JFIF APP0 marker was seen 1184 UINT8 JFIF_major_version Version information from JFIF marker 1185 UINT8 JFIF_minor_version 1186 UINT8 density_unit Resolution data from JFIF marker 1187 UINT16 X_density 1188 UINT16 Y_density 1189boolean saw_Adobe_marker TRUE if an Adobe APP14 marker was seen 1190 UINT8 Adobe_transform Color transform code from Adobe marker 1191 1192The JPEG color space, unfortunately, is something of a guess since the JPEG 1193standard proper does not provide a way to record it. In practice most files 1194adhere to the JFIF or Adobe conventions, and the decoder will recognize these 1195correctly. See "Special color spaces", below, for more info. 1196 1197 1198The decompression parameters that determine the basic properties of the 1199returned image are: 1200 1201J_COLOR_SPACE out_color_space 1202 Output color space. jpeg_read_header() sets an appropriate default 1203 based on jpeg_color_space; typically it will be RGB or grayscale. 1204 The application can change this field to request output in a different 1205 colorspace. For example, set it to JCS_GRAYSCALE to get grayscale 1206 output from a color file. (This is useful for previewing: grayscale 1207 output is faster than full color since the color components need not 1208 be processed.) Note that not all possible color space transforms are 1209 currently implemented; you may need to extend jdcolor.c if you want an 1210 unusual conversion. 1211 1212unsigned int scale_num, scale_denom 1213 Scale the image by the fraction scale_num/scale_denom. Default is 1214 1/1, or no scaling. Currently, the only supported scaling ratios 1215 are M/8 with all M from 1 to 16, or any reduced fraction thereof (such 1216 as 1/2, 3/4, etc.) (The library design allows for arbitrary 1217 scaling ratios but this is not likely to be implemented any time soon.) 1218 Smaller scaling ratios permit significantly faster decoding since 1219 fewer pixels need be processed and a simpler IDCT method can be used. 1220 1221boolean quantize_colors 1222 If set TRUE, colormapped output will be delivered. Default is FALSE, 1223 meaning that full-color output will be delivered. 1224 1225The next three parameters are relevant only if quantize_colors is TRUE. 1226 1227int desired_number_of_colors 1228 Maximum number of colors to use in generating a library-supplied color 1229 map (the actual number of colors is returned in a different field). 1230 Default 256. Ignored when the application supplies its own color map. 1231 1232boolean two_pass_quantize 1233 If TRUE, an extra pass over the image is made to select a custom color 1234 map for the image. This usually looks a lot better than the one-size- 1235 fits-all colormap that is used otherwise. Default is TRUE. Ignored 1236 when the application supplies its own color map. 1237 1238J_DITHER_MODE dither_mode 1239 Selects color dithering method. Supported values are: 1240 JDITHER_NONE no dithering: fast, very low quality 1241 JDITHER_ORDERED ordered dither: moderate speed and quality 1242 JDITHER_FS Floyd-Steinberg dither: slow, high quality 1243 Default is JDITHER_FS. (At present, ordered dither is implemented 1244 only in the single-pass, standard-colormap case. If you ask for 1245 ordered dither when two_pass_quantize is TRUE or when you supply 1246 an external color map, you'll get F-S dithering.) 1247 1248When quantize_colors is TRUE, the target color map is described by the next 1249two fields. colormap is set to NULL by jpeg_read_header(). The application 1250can supply a color map by setting colormap non-NULL and setting 1251actual_number_of_colors to the map size. Otherwise, jpeg_start_decompress() 1252selects a suitable color map and sets these two fields itself. 1253[Implementation restriction: at present, an externally supplied colormap is 1254only accepted for 3-component output color spaces.] 1255 1256JSAMPARRAY colormap 1257 The color map, represented as a 2-D pixel array of out_color_components 1258 rows and actual_number_of_colors columns. Ignored if not quantizing. 1259 CAUTION: if the JPEG library creates its own colormap, the storage 1260 pointed to by this field is released by jpeg_finish_decompress(). 1261 Copy the colormap somewhere else first, if you want to save it. 1262 1263int actual_number_of_colors 1264 The number of colors in the color map. 1265 1266Additional decompression parameters that the application may set include: 1267 1268J_DCT_METHOD dct_method 1269 Selects the algorithm used for the DCT step. Choices are: 1270 JDCT_ISLOW: accurate integer method 1271 JDCT_IFAST: less accurate integer method [legacy feature] 1272 JDCT_FLOAT: floating-point method [legacy feature] 1273 JDCT_DEFAULT: default method (normally JDCT_ISLOW) 1274 JDCT_FASTEST: fastest method (normally JDCT_IFAST) 1275 When the Independent JPEG Group's software was first released in 1991, 1276 the decompression time for a 1-megapixel JPEG image on a mainstream PC 1277 was measured in minutes. Thus, JDCT_IFAST provided noticeable 1278 performance benefits. On modern CPUs running libjpeg-turbo, however, 1279 the decompression time for a 1-megapixel JPEG image is measured in 1280 milliseconds, and thus the performance benefits of JDCT_IFAST are much 1281 less noticeable. On modern x86/x86-64 CPUs that support AVX2 1282 instructions, JDCT_IFAST and JDCT_ISLOW have similar performance. On 1283 other types of CPUs, JDCT_IFAST is generally about 5-15% faster than 1284 JDCT_ISLOW. 1285 1286 If the JPEG image was compressed using a quality level of 85 or below, 1287 then there should be little or no perceptible quality difference 1288 between the two algorithms. When decompressing images that were 1289 compressed using quality levels above 85, however, the difference 1290 between JDCT_IFAST and JDCT_ISLOW becomes more pronounced. With images 1291 compressed using quality=97, for instance, JDCT_IFAST incurs generally 1292 about a 4-6 dB loss in PSNR relative to JDCT_ISLOW, but this can be 1293 larger for some images. If you can avoid it, do not use JDCT_IFAST 1294 when decompressing images that were compressed using quality levels 1295 above 97. The algorithm often degenerates for such images and can 1296 actually produce a more lossy output image than if the JPEG image had 1297 been compressed using lower quality levels. 1298 1299 JDCT_FLOAT does not produce significantly more accurate results than 1300 JDCT_ISLOW, and it is much slower. JDCT_FLOAT may also give different 1301 results on different machines due to varying roundoff behavior, whereas 1302 the integer methods should give the same results on all machines. 1303 1304boolean do_fancy_upsampling 1305 If TRUE, do careful upsampling of chroma components. If FALSE, 1306 a faster but sloppier method is used. Default is TRUE. The visual 1307 impact of the sloppier method is often very small. 1308 1309boolean do_block_smoothing 1310 If TRUE, interblock smoothing is applied in early stages of decoding 1311 progressive JPEG files; if FALSE, not. Default is TRUE. Early 1312 progression stages look "fuzzy" with smoothing, "blocky" without. 1313 In any case, block smoothing ceases to be applied after the first few 1314 AC coefficients are known to full accuracy, so it is relevant only 1315 when using buffered-image mode for progressive images. 1316 1317boolean enable_1pass_quant 1318boolean enable_external_quant 1319boolean enable_2pass_quant 1320 These are significant only in buffered-image mode, which is 1321 described in its own section below. 1322 1323 1324The output image dimensions are given by the following fields. These are 1325computed from the source image dimensions and the decompression parameters 1326by jpeg_start_decompress(). You can also call jpeg_calc_output_dimensions() 1327to obtain the values that will result from the current parameter settings. 1328This can be useful if you are trying to pick a scaling ratio that will get 1329close to a desired target size. It's also important if you are using the 1330JPEG library's memory manager to allocate output buffer space, because you 1331are supposed to request such buffers *before* jpeg_start_decompress(). 1332 1333JDIMENSION output_width Actual dimensions of output image. 1334JDIMENSION output_height 1335int out_color_components Number of color components in out_color_space. 1336int output_components Number of color components returned. 1337int rec_outbuf_height Recommended height of scanline buffer. 1338 1339When quantizing colors, output_components is 1, indicating a single color map 1340index per pixel. Otherwise it equals out_color_components. The output arrays 1341are required to be output_width * output_components JSAMPLEs wide. 1342 1343rec_outbuf_height is the recommended minimum height (in scanlines) of the 1344buffer passed to jpeg_read_scanlines(). If the buffer is smaller, the 1345library will still work, but time will be wasted due to unnecessary data 1346copying. In high-quality modes, rec_outbuf_height is always 1, but some 1347faster, lower-quality modes set it to larger values (typically 2 to 4). 1348If you are going to ask for a high-speed processing mode, you may as well 1349go to the trouble of honoring rec_outbuf_height so as to avoid data copying. 1350(An output buffer larger than rec_outbuf_height lines is OK, but won't 1351provide any material speed improvement over that height.) 1352 1353 1354Special color spaces 1355-------------------- 1356 1357The JPEG standard itself is "color blind" and doesn't specify any particular 1358color space. It is customary to convert color data to a luminance/chrominance 1359color space before compressing, since this permits greater compression. The 1360existing de-facto JPEG file format standards specify YCbCr or grayscale data 1361(JFIF), or grayscale, RGB, YCbCr, CMYK, or YCCK (Adobe). For special 1362applications such as multispectral images, other color spaces can be used, 1363but it must be understood that such files will be unportable. 1364 1365The JPEG library can handle the most common colorspace conversions (namely 1366RGB <=> YCbCr and CMYK <=> YCCK). It can also deal with data of an unknown 1367color space, passing it through without conversion. If you deal extensively 1368with an unusual color space, you can easily extend the library to understand 1369additional color spaces and perform appropriate conversions. 1370 1371For compression, the source data's color space is specified by field 1372in_color_space. This is transformed to the JPEG file's color space given 1373by jpeg_color_space. jpeg_set_defaults() chooses a reasonable JPEG color 1374space depending on in_color_space, but you can override this by calling 1375jpeg_set_colorspace(). Of course you must select a supported transformation. 1376jccolor.c currently supports the following transformations: 1377 RGB => YCbCr 1378 RGB => GRAYSCALE 1379 YCbCr => GRAYSCALE 1380 CMYK => YCCK 1381plus the null transforms: GRAYSCALE => GRAYSCALE, RGB => RGB, 1382YCbCr => YCbCr, CMYK => CMYK, YCCK => YCCK, and UNKNOWN => UNKNOWN. 1383 1384The de-facto file format standards (JFIF and Adobe) specify APPn markers that 1385indicate the color space of the JPEG file. It is important to ensure that 1386these are written correctly, or omitted if the JPEG file's color space is not 1387one of the ones supported by the de-facto standards. jpeg_set_colorspace() 1388will set the compression parameters to include or omit the APPn markers 1389properly, so long as it is told the truth about the JPEG color space. 1390For example, if you are writing some random 3-component color space without 1391conversion, don't try to fake out the library by setting in_color_space and 1392jpeg_color_space to JCS_YCbCr; use JCS_UNKNOWN. You may want to write an 1393APPn marker of your own devising to identify the colorspace --- see "Special 1394markers", below. 1395 1396When told that the color space is UNKNOWN, the library will default to using 1397luminance-quality compression parameters for all color components. You may 1398well want to change these parameters. See the source code for 1399jpeg_set_colorspace(), in jcparam.c, for details. 1400 1401For decompression, the JPEG file's color space is given in jpeg_color_space, 1402and this is transformed to the output color space out_color_space. 1403jpeg_read_header's setting of jpeg_color_space can be relied on if the file 1404conforms to JFIF or Adobe conventions, but otherwise it is no better than a 1405guess. If you know the JPEG file's color space for certain, you can override 1406jpeg_read_header's guess by setting jpeg_color_space. jpeg_read_header also 1407selects a default output color space based on (its guess of) jpeg_color_space; 1408set out_color_space to override this. Again, you must select a supported 1409transformation. jdcolor.c currently supports 1410 YCbCr => RGB 1411 YCbCr => GRAYSCALE 1412 RGB => GRAYSCALE 1413 GRAYSCALE => RGB 1414 YCCK => CMYK 1415as well as the null transforms. (Since GRAYSCALE=>RGB is provided, an 1416application can force grayscale JPEGs to look like color JPEGs if it only 1417wants to handle one case.) 1418 1419The two-pass color quantizer, jquant2.c, is specialized to handle RGB data 1420(it weights distances appropriately for RGB colors). You'll need to modify 1421the code if you want to use it for non-RGB output color spaces. Note that 1422jquant2.c is used to map to an application-supplied colormap as well as for 1423the normal two-pass colormap selection process. 1424 1425CAUTION: it appears that Adobe Photoshop writes inverted data in CMYK JPEG 1426files: 0 represents 100% ink coverage, rather than 0% ink as you'd expect. 1427This is arguably a bug in Photoshop, but if you need to work with Photoshop 1428CMYK files, you will have to deal with it in your application. We cannot 1429"fix" this in the library by inverting the data during the CMYK<=>YCCK 1430transform, because that would break other applications, notably Ghostscript. 1431Photoshop versions prior to 3.0 write EPS files containing JPEG-encoded CMYK 1432data in the same inverted-YCCK representation used in bare JPEG files, but 1433the surrounding PostScript code performs an inversion using the PS image 1434operator. I am told that Photoshop 3.0 will write uninverted YCCK in 1435EPS/JPEG files, and will omit the PS-level inversion. (But the data 1436polarity used in bare JPEG files will not change in 3.0.) In either case, 1437the JPEG library must not invert the data itself, or else Ghostscript would 1438read these EPS files incorrectly. 1439 1440 1441Error handling 1442-------------- 1443 1444When the default error handler is used, any error detected inside the JPEG 1445routines will cause a message to be printed on stderr, followed by exit(). 1446You can supply your own error handling routines to override this behavior 1447and to control the treatment of nonfatal warnings and trace/debug messages. 1448The file example.txt illustrates the most common case, which is to have the 1449application regain control after an error rather than exiting. 1450 1451The JPEG library never writes any message directly; it always goes through 1452the error handling routines. Three classes of messages are recognized: 1453 * Fatal errors: the library cannot continue. 1454 * Warnings: the library can continue, but the data is corrupt, and a 1455 damaged output image is likely to result. 1456 * Trace/informational messages. These come with a trace level indicating 1457 the importance of the message; you can control the verbosity of the 1458 program by adjusting the maximum trace level that will be displayed. 1459 1460You may, if you wish, simply replace the entire JPEG error handling module 1461(jerror.c) with your own code. However, you can avoid code duplication by 1462only replacing some of the routines depending on the behavior you need. 1463This is accomplished by calling jpeg_std_error() as usual, but then overriding 1464some of the method pointers in the jpeg_error_mgr struct, as illustrated by 1465example.txt. 1466 1467All of the error handling routines will receive a pointer to the JPEG object 1468(a j_common_ptr which points to either a jpeg_compress_struct or a 1469jpeg_decompress_struct; if you need to tell which, test the is_decompressor 1470field). This struct includes a pointer to the error manager struct in its 1471"err" field. Frequently, custom error handler routines will need to access 1472additional data which is not known to the JPEG library or the standard error 1473handler. The most convenient way to do this is to embed either the JPEG 1474object or the jpeg_error_mgr struct in a larger structure that contains 1475additional fields; then casting the passed pointer provides access to the 1476additional fields. Again, see example.txt for one way to do it. (Beginning 1477with IJG version 6b, there is also a void pointer "client_data" in each 1478JPEG object, which the application can also use to find related data. 1479The library does not touch client_data at all.) 1480 1481The individual methods that you might wish to override are: 1482 1483error_exit (j_common_ptr cinfo) 1484 Receives control for a fatal error. Information sufficient to 1485 generate the error message has been stored in cinfo->err; call 1486 output_message to display it. Control must NOT return to the caller; 1487 generally this routine will exit() or longjmp() somewhere. 1488 Typically you would override this routine to get rid of the exit() 1489 default behavior. Note that if you continue processing, you should 1490 clean up the JPEG object with jpeg_abort() or jpeg_destroy(). 1491 1492output_message (j_common_ptr cinfo) 1493 Actual output of any JPEG message. Override this to send messages 1494 somewhere other than stderr. Note that this method does not know 1495 how to generate a message, only where to send it. 1496 1497format_message (j_common_ptr cinfo, char *buffer) 1498 Constructs a readable error message string based on the error info 1499 stored in cinfo->err. This method is called by output_message. Few 1500 applications should need to override this method. One possible 1501 reason for doing so is to implement dynamic switching of error message 1502 language. 1503 1504emit_message (j_common_ptr cinfo, int msg_level) 1505 Decide whether or not to emit a warning or trace message; if so, 1506 calls output_message. The main reason for overriding this method 1507 would be to abort on warnings. msg_level is -1 for warnings, 1508 0 and up for trace messages. 1509 1510Only error_exit() and emit_message() are called from the rest of the JPEG 1511library; the other two are internal to the error handler. 1512 1513The actual message texts are stored in an array of strings which is pointed to 1514by the field err->jpeg_message_table. The messages are numbered from 0 to 1515err->last_jpeg_message, and it is these code numbers that are used in the 1516JPEG library code. You could replace the message texts (for instance, with 1517messages in French or German) by changing the message table pointer. See 1518jerror.h for the default texts. CAUTION: this table will almost certainly 1519change or grow from one library version to the next. 1520 1521It may be useful for an application to add its own message texts that are 1522handled by the same mechanism. The error handler supports a second "add-on" 1523message table for this purpose. To define an addon table, set the pointer 1524err->addon_message_table and the message numbers err->first_addon_message and 1525err->last_addon_message. If you number the addon messages beginning at 1000 1526or so, you won't have to worry about conflicts with the library's built-in 1527messages. See the sample applications cjpeg/djpeg for an example of using 1528addon messages (the addon messages are defined in cderror.h). 1529 1530Actual invocation of the error handler is done via macros defined in jerror.h: 1531 ERREXITn(...) for fatal errors 1532 WARNMSn(...) for corrupt-data warnings 1533 TRACEMSn(...) for trace and informational messages. 1534These macros store the message code and any additional parameters into the 1535error handler struct, then invoke the error_exit() or emit_message() method. 1536The variants of each macro are for varying numbers of additional parameters. 1537The additional parameters are inserted into the generated message using 1538standard printf() format codes. 1539 1540See jerror.h and jerror.c for further details. 1541 1542 1543Compressed data handling (source and destination managers) 1544---------------------------------------------------------- 1545 1546The JPEG compression library sends its compressed data to a "destination 1547manager" module. The default destination manager just writes the data to a 1548memory buffer or to a stdio stream, but you can provide your own manager to 1549do something else. Similarly, the decompression library calls a "source 1550manager" to obtain the compressed data; you can provide your own source 1551manager if you want the data to come from somewhere other than a memory 1552buffer or a stdio stream. 1553 1554In both cases, compressed data is processed a bufferload at a time: the 1555destination or source manager provides a work buffer, and the library invokes 1556the manager only when the buffer is filled or emptied. (You could define a 1557one-character buffer to force the manager to be invoked for each byte, but 1558that would be rather inefficient.) The buffer's size and location are 1559controlled by the manager, not by the library. For example, the memory 1560source manager just makes the buffer pointer and length point to the original 1561data in memory. In this case the buffer-reload procedure will be invoked 1562only if the decompressor ran off the end of the datastream, which would 1563indicate an erroneous datastream. 1564 1565The work buffer is defined as an array of datatype JOCTET, which is generally 1566"char" or "unsigned char". On a machine where char is not exactly 8 bits 1567wide, you must define JOCTET as a wider data type and then modify the data 1568source and destination modules to transcribe the work arrays into 8-bit units 1569on external storage. 1570 1571A data destination manager struct contains a pointer and count defining the 1572next byte to write in the work buffer and the remaining free space: 1573 1574 JOCTET *next_output_byte; /* => next byte to write in buffer */ 1575 size_t free_in_buffer; /* # of byte spaces remaining in buffer */ 1576 1577The library increments the pointer and decrements the count until the buffer 1578is filled. The manager's empty_output_buffer method must reset the pointer 1579and count. The manager is expected to remember the buffer's starting address 1580and total size in private fields not visible to the library. 1581 1582A data destination manager provides three methods: 1583 1584init_destination (j_compress_ptr cinfo) 1585 Initialize destination. This is called by jpeg_start_compress() 1586 before any data is actually written. It must initialize 1587 next_output_byte and free_in_buffer. free_in_buffer must be 1588 initialized to a positive value. 1589 1590empty_output_buffer (j_compress_ptr cinfo) 1591 This is called whenever the buffer has filled (free_in_buffer 1592 reaches zero). In typical applications, it should write out the 1593 *entire* buffer (use the saved start address and buffer length; 1594 ignore the current state of next_output_byte and free_in_buffer). 1595 Then reset the pointer & count to the start of the buffer, and 1596 return TRUE indicating that the buffer has been dumped. 1597 free_in_buffer must be set to a positive value when TRUE is 1598 returned. A FALSE return should only be used when I/O suspension is 1599 desired (this operating mode is discussed in the next section). 1600 1601term_destination (j_compress_ptr cinfo) 1602 Terminate destination --- called by jpeg_finish_compress() after all 1603 data has been written. In most applications, this must flush any 1604 data remaining in the buffer. Use either next_output_byte or 1605 free_in_buffer to determine how much data is in the buffer. 1606 1607term_destination() is NOT called by jpeg_abort() or jpeg_destroy(). If you 1608want the destination manager to be cleaned up during an abort, you must do it 1609yourself. 1610 1611You will also need code to create a jpeg_destination_mgr struct, fill in its 1612method pointers, and insert a pointer to the struct into the "dest" field of 1613the JPEG compression object. This can be done in-line in your setup code if 1614you like, but it's probably cleaner to provide a separate routine similar to 1615the jpeg_stdio_dest() or jpeg_mem_dest() routines of the supplied destination 1616managers. 1617 1618Decompression source managers follow a parallel design, but with some 1619additional frammishes. The source manager struct contains a pointer and count 1620defining the next byte to read from the work buffer and the number of bytes 1621remaining: 1622 1623 const JOCTET *next_input_byte; /* => next byte to read from buffer */ 1624 size_t bytes_in_buffer; /* # of bytes remaining in buffer */ 1625 1626The library increments the pointer and decrements the count until the buffer 1627is emptied. The manager's fill_input_buffer method must reset the pointer and 1628count. In most applications, the manager must remember the buffer's starting 1629address and total size in private fields not visible to the library. 1630 1631A data source manager provides five methods: 1632 1633init_source (j_decompress_ptr cinfo) 1634 Initialize source. This is called by jpeg_read_header() before any 1635 data is actually read. Unlike init_destination(), it may leave 1636 bytes_in_buffer set to 0 (in which case a fill_input_buffer() call 1637 will occur immediately). 1638 1639fill_input_buffer (j_decompress_ptr cinfo) 1640 This is called whenever bytes_in_buffer has reached zero and more 1641 data is wanted. In typical applications, it should read fresh data 1642 into the buffer (ignoring the current state of next_input_byte and 1643 bytes_in_buffer), reset the pointer & count to the start of the 1644 buffer, and return TRUE indicating that the buffer has been reloaded. 1645 It is not necessary to fill the buffer entirely, only to obtain at 1646 least one more byte. bytes_in_buffer MUST be set to a positive value 1647 if TRUE is returned. A FALSE return should only be used when I/O 1648 suspension is desired (this mode is discussed in the next section). 1649 1650skip_input_data (j_decompress_ptr cinfo, long num_bytes) 1651 Skip num_bytes worth of data. The buffer pointer and count should 1652 be advanced over num_bytes input bytes, refilling the buffer as 1653 needed. This is used to skip over a potentially large amount of 1654 uninteresting data (such as an APPn marker). In some applications 1655 it may be possible to optimize away the reading of the skipped data, 1656 but it's not clear that being smart is worth much trouble; large 1657 skips are uncommon. bytes_in_buffer may be zero on return. 1658 A zero or negative skip count should be treated as a no-op. 1659 1660resync_to_restart (j_decompress_ptr cinfo, int desired) 1661 This routine is called only when the decompressor has failed to find 1662 a restart (RSTn) marker where one is expected. Its mission is to 1663 find a suitable point for resuming decompression. For most 1664 applications, we recommend that you just use the default resync 1665 procedure, jpeg_resync_to_restart(). However, if you are able to back 1666 up in the input data stream, or if you have a-priori knowledge about 1667 the likely location of restart markers, you may be able to do better. 1668 Read the read_restart_marker() and jpeg_resync_to_restart() routines 1669 in jdmarker.c if you think you'd like to implement your own resync 1670 procedure. 1671 1672term_source (j_decompress_ptr cinfo) 1673 Terminate source --- called by jpeg_finish_decompress() after all 1674 data has been read. Often a no-op. 1675 1676For both fill_input_buffer() and skip_input_data(), there is no such thing 1677as an EOF return. If the end of the file has been reached, the routine has 1678a choice of exiting via ERREXIT() or inserting fake data into the buffer. 1679In most cases, generating a warning message and inserting a fake EOI marker 1680is the best course of action --- this will allow the decompressor to output 1681however much of the image is there. In pathological cases, the decompressor 1682may swallow the EOI and again demand data ... just keep feeding it fake EOIs. 1683jdatasrc.c illustrates the recommended error recovery behavior. 1684 1685term_source() is NOT called by jpeg_abort() or jpeg_destroy(). If you want 1686the source manager to be cleaned up during an abort, you must do it yourself. 1687 1688You will also need code to create a jpeg_source_mgr struct, fill in its method 1689pointers, and insert a pointer to the struct into the "src" field of the JPEG 1690decompression object. This can be done in-line in your setup code if you 1691like, but it's probably cleaner to provide a separate routine similar to the 1692jpeg_stdio_src() or jpeg_mem_src() routines of the supplied source managers. 1693 1694For more information, consult the memory and stdio source and destination 1695managers in jdatasrc.c and jdatadst.c. 1696 1697 1698I/O suspension 1699-------------- 1700 1701Some applications need to use the JPEG library as an incremental memory-to- 1702memory filter: when the compressed data buffer is filled or emptied, they want 1703control to return to the outer loop, rather than expecting that the buffer can 1704be emptied or reloaded within the data source/destination manager subroutine. 1705The library supports this need by providing an "I/O suspension" mode, which we 1706describe in this section. 1707 1708The I/O suspension mode is not a panacea: nothing is guaranteed about the 1709maximum amount of time spent in any one call to the library, so it will not 1710eliminate response-time problems in single-threaded applications. If you 1711need guaranteed response time, we suggest you "bite the bullet" and implement 1712a real multi-tasking capability. 1713 1714To use I/O suspension, cooperation is needed between the calling application 1715and the data source or destination manager; you will always need a custom 1716source/destination manager. (Please read the previous section if you haven't 1717already.) The basic idea is that the empty_output_buffer() or 1718fill_input_buffer() routine is a no-op, merely returning FALSE to indicate 1719that it has done nothing. Upon seeing this, the JPEG library suspends 1720operation and returns to its caller. The surrounding application is 1721responsible for emptying or refilling the work buffer before calling the 1722JPEG library again. 1723 1724Compression suspension: 1725 1726For compression suspension, use an empty_output_buffer() routine that returns 1727FALSE; typically it will not do anything else. This will cause the 1728compressor to return to the caller of jpeg_write_scanlines(), with the return 1729value indicating that not all the supplied scanlines have been accepted. 1730The application must make more room in the output buffer, adjust the output 1731buffer pointer/count appropriately, and then call jpeg_write_scanlines() 1732again, pointing to the first unconsumed scanline. 1733 1734When forced to suspend, the compressor will backtrack to a convenient stopping 1735point (usually the start of the current MCU); it will regenerate some output 1736data when restarted. Therefore, although empty_output_buffer() is only 1737called when the buffer is filled, you should NOT write out the entire buffer 1738after a suspension. Write only the data up to the current position of 1739next_output_byte/free_in_buffer. The data beyond that point will be 1740regenerated after resumption. 1741 1742Because of the backtracking behavior, a good-size output buffer is essential 1743for efficiency; you don't want the compressor to suspend often. (In fact, an 1744overly small buffer could lead to infinite looping, if a single MCU required 1745more data than would fit in the buffer.) We recommend a buffer of at least 1746several Kbytes. You may want to insert explicit code to ensure that you don't 1747call jpeg_write_scanlines() unless there is a reasonable amount of space in 1748the output buffer; in other words, flush the buffer before trying to compress 1749more data. 1750 1751The compressor does not allow suspension while it is trying to write JPEG 1752markers at the beginning and end of the file. This means that: 1753 * At the beginning of a compression operation, there must be enough free 1754 space in the output buffer to hold the header markers (typically 600 or 1755 so bytes). The recommended buffer size is bigger than this anyway, so 1756 this is not a problem as long as you start with an empty buffer. However, 1757 this restriction might catch you if you insert large special markers, such 1758 as a JFIF thumbnail image, without flushing the buffer afterwards. 1759 * When you call jpeg_finish_compress(), there must be enough space in the 1760 output buffer to emit any buffered data and the final EOI marker. In the 1761 current implementation, half a dozen bytes should suffice for this, but 1762 for safety's sake we recommend ensuring that at least 100 bytes are free 1763 before calling jpeg_finish_compress(). 1764 1765A more significant restriction is that jpeg_finish_compress() cannot suspend. 1766This means you cannot use suspension with multi-pass operating modes, namely 1767Huffman code optimization and multiple-scan output. Those modes write the 1768whole file during jpeg_finish_compress(), which will certainly result in 1769buffer overrun. (Note that this restriction applies only to compression, 1770not decompression. The decompressor supports input suspension in all of its 1771operating modes.) 1772 1773Decompression suspension: 1774 1775For decompression suspension, use a fill_input_buffer() routine that simply 1776returns FALSE (except perhaps during error recovery, as discussed below). 1777This will cause the decompressor to return to its caller with an indication 1778that suspension has occurred. This can happen at four places: 1779 * jpeg_read_header(): will return JPEG_SUSPENDED. 1780 * jpeg_start_decompress(): will return FALSE, rather than its usual TRUE. 1781 * jpeg_read_scanlines(): will return the number of scanlines already 1782 completed (possibly 0). 1783 * jpeg_finish_decompress(): will return FALSE, rather than its usual TRUE. 1784The surrounding application must recognize these cases, load more data into 1785the input buffer, and repeat the call. In the case of jpeg_read_scanlines(), 1786increment the passed pointers past any scanlines successfully read. 1787 1788Just as with compression, the decompressor will typically backtrack to a 1789convenient restart point before suspending. When fill_input_buffer() is 1790called, next_input_byte/bytes_in_buffer point to the current restart point, 1791which is where the decompressor will backtrack to if FALSE is returned. 1792The data beyond that position must NOT be discarded if you suspend; it needs 1793to be re-read upon resumption. In most implementations, you'll need to shift 1794this data down to the start of your work buffer and then load more data after 1795it. Again, this behavior means that a several-Kbyte work buffer is essential 1796for decent performance; furthermore, you should load a reasonable amount of 1797new data before resuming decompression. (If you loaded, say, only one new 1798byte each time around, you could waste a LOT of cycles.) 1799 1800The skip_input_data() source manager routine requires special care in a 1801suspension scenario. This routine is NOT granted the ability to suspend the 1802decompressor; it can decrement bytes_in_buffer to zero, but no more. If the 1803requested skip distance exceeds the amount of data currently in the input 1804buffer, then skip_input_data() must set bytes_in_buffer to zero and record the 1805additional skip distance somewhere else. The decompressor will immediately 1806call fill_input_buffer(), which should return FALSE, which will cause a 1807suspension return. The surrounding application must then arrange to discard 1808the recorded number of bytes before it resumes loading the input buffer. 1809(Yes, this design is rather baroque, but it avoids complexity in the far more 1810common case where a non-suspending source manager is used.) 1811 1812If the input data has been exhausted, we recommend that you emit a warning 1813and insert dummy EOI markers just as a non-suspending data source manager 1814would do. This can be handled either in the surrounding application logic or 1815within fill_input_buffer(); the latter is probably more efficient. If 1816fill_input_buffer() knows that no more data is available, it can set the 1817pointer/count to point to a dummy EOI marker and then return TRUE just as 1818though it had read more data in a non-suspending situation. 1819 1820The decompressor does not attempt to suspend within standard JPEG markers; 1821instead it will backtrack to the start of the marker and reprocess the whole 1822marker next time. Hence the input buffer must be large enough to hold the 1823longest standard marker in the file. Standard JPEG markers should normally 1824not exceed a few hundred bytes each (DHT tables are typically the longest). 1825We recommend at least a 2K buffer for performance reasons, which is much 1826larger than any correct marker is likely to be. For robustness against 1827damaged marker length counts, you may wish to insert a test in your 1828application for the case that the input buffer is completely full and yet 1829the decoder has suspended without consuming any data --- otherwise, if this 1830situation did occur, it would lead to an endless loop. (The library can't 1831provide this test since it has no idea whether "the buffer is full", or 1832even whether there is a fixed-size input buffer.) 1833 1834The input buffer would need to be 64K to allow for arbitrary COM or APPn 1835markers, but these are handled specially: they are either saved into allocated 1836memory, or skipped over by calling skip_input_data(). In the former case, 1837suspension is handled correctly, and in the latter case, the problem of 1838buffer overrun is placed on skip_input_data's shoulders, as explained above. 1839Note that if you provide your own marker handling routine for large markers, 1840you should consider how to deal with buffer overflow. 1841 1842Multiple-buffer management: 1843 1844In some applications it is desirable to store the compressed data in a linked 1845list of buffer areas, so as to avoid data copying. This can be handled by 1846having empty_output_buffer() or fill_input_buffer() set the pointer and count 1847to reference the next available buffer; FALSE is returned only if no more 1848buffers are available. Although seemingly straightforward, there is a 1849pitfall in this approach: the backtrack that occurs when FALSE is returned 1850could back up into an earlier buffer. For example, when fill_input_buffer() 1851is called, the current pointer & count indicate the backtrack restart point. 1852Since fill_input_buffer() will set the pointer and count to refer to a new 1853buffer, the restart position must be saved somewhere else. Suppose a second 1854call to fill_input_buffer() occurs in the same library call, and no 1855additional input data is available, so fill_input_buffer must return FALSE. 1856If the JPEG library has not moved the pointer/count forward in the current 1857buffer, then *the correct restart point is the saved position in the prior 1858buffer*. Prior buffers may be discarded only after the library establishes 1859a restart point within a later buffer. Similar remarks apply for output into 1860a chain of buffers. 1861 1862The library will never attempt to backtrack over a skip_input_data() call, 1863so any skipped data can be permanently discarded. You still have to deal 1864with the case of skipping not-yet-received data, however. 1865 1866It's much simpler to use only a single buffer; when fill_input_buffer() is 1867called, move any unconsumed data (beyond the current pointer/count) down to 1868the beginning of this buffer and then load new data into the remaining buffer 1869space. This approach requires a little more data copying but is far easier 1870to get right. 1871 1872 1873Progressive JPEG support 1874------------------------ 1875 1876Progressive JPEG rearranges the stored data into a series of scans of 1877increasing quality. In situations where a JPEG file is transmitted across a 1878slow communications link, a decoder can generate a low-quality image very 1879quickly from the first scan, then gradually improve the displayed quality as 1880more scans are received. The final image after all scans are complete is 1881identical to that of a regular (sequential) JPEG file of the same quality 1882setting. Progressive JPEG files are often slightly smaller than equivalent 1883sequential JPEG files, but the possibility of incremental display is the main 1884reason for using progressive JPEG. 1885 1886The IJG encoder library generates progressive JPEG files when given a 1887suitable "scan script" defining how to divide the data into scans. 1888Creation of progressive JPEG files is otherwise transparent to the encoder. 1889Progressive JPEG files can also be read transparently by the decoder library. 1890If the decoding application simply uses the library as defined above, it 1891will receive a final decoded image without any indication that the file was 1892progressive. Of course, this approach does not allow incremental display. 1893To perform incremental display, an application needs to use the decoder 1894library's "buffered-image" mode, in which it receives a decoded image 1895multiple times. 1896 1897Each displayed scan requires about as much work to decode as a full JPEG 1898image of the same size, so the decoder must be fairly fast in relation to the 1899data transmission rate in order to make incremental display useful. However, 1900it is possible to skip displaying the image and simply add the incoming bits 1901to the decoder's coefficient buffer. This is fast because only Huffman 1902decoding need be done, not IDCT, upsampling, colorspace conversion, etc. 1903The IJG decoder library allows the application to switch dynamically between 1904displaying the image and simply absorbing the incoming bits. A properly 1905coded application can automatically adapt the number of display passes to 1906suit the time available as the image is received. Also, a final 1907higher-quality display cycle can be performed from the buffered data after 1908the end of the file is reached. 1909 1910Progressive compression: 1911 1912To create a progressive JPEG file (or a multiple-scan sequential JPEG file), 1913set the scan_info cinfo field to point to an array of scan descriptors, and 1914perform compression as usual. Instead of constructing your own scan list, 1915you can call the jpeg_simple_progression() helper routine to create a 1916recommended progression sequence; this method should be used by all 1917applications that don't want to get involved in the nitty-gritty of 1918progressive scan sequence design. (If you want to provide user control of 1919scan sequences, you may wish to borrow the scan script reading code found 1920in rdswitch.c, so that you can read scan script files just like cjpeg's.) 1921When scan_info is not NULL, the compression library will store DCT'd data 1922into a buffer array as jpeg_write_scanlines() is called, and will emit all 1923the requested scans during jpeg_finish_compress(). This implies that 1924multiple-scan output cannot be created with a suspending data destination 1925manager, since jpeg_finish_compress() does not support suspension. We 1926should also note that the compressor currently forces Huffman optimization 1927mode when creating a progressive JPEG file, because the default Huffman 1928tables are unsuitable for progressive files. 1929 1930Progressive decompression: 1931 1932When buffered-image mode is not used, the decoder library will read all of 1933a multi-scan file during jpeg_start_decompress(), so that it can provide a 1934final decoded image. (Here "multi-scan" means either progressive or 1935multi-scan sequential.) This makes multi-scan files transparent to the 1936decoding application. However, existing applications that used suspending 1937input with version 5 of the IJG library will need to be modified to check 1938for a suspension return from jpeg_start_decompress(). 1939 1940To perform incremental display, an application must use the library's 1941buffered-image mode. This is described in the next section. 1942 1943 1944Buffered-image mode 1945------------------- 1946 1947In buffered-image mode, the library stores the partially decoded image in a 1948coefficient buffer, from which it can be read out as many times as desired. 1949This mode is typically used for incremental display of progressive JPEG files, 1950but it can be used with any JPEG file. Each scan of a progressive JPEG file 1951adds more data (more detail) to the buffered image. The application can 1952display in lockstep with the source file (one display pass per input scan), 1953or it can allow input processing to outrun display processing. By making 1954input and display processing run independently, it is possible for the 1955application to adapt progressive display to a wide range of data transmission 1956rates. 1957 1958The basic control flow for buffered-image decoding is 1959 1960 jpeg_create_decompress() 1961 set data source 1962 jpeg_read_header() 1963 set overall decompression parameters 1964 cinfo.buffered_image = TRUE; /* select buffered-image mode */ 1965 jpeg_start_decompress() 1966 for (each output pass) { 1967 adjust output decompression parameters if required 1968 jpeg_start_output() /* start a new output pass */ 1969 for (all scanlines in image) { 1970 jpeg_read_scanlines() 1971 display scanlines 1972 } 1973 jpeg_finish_output() /* terminate output pass */ 1974 } 1975 jpeg_finish_decompress() 1976 jpeg_destroy_decompress() 1977 1978This differs from ordinary unbuffered decoding in that there is an additional 1979level of looping. The application can choose how many output passes to make 1980and how to display each pass. 1981 1982The simplest approach to displaying progressive images is to do one display 1983pass for each scan appearing in the input file. In this case the outer loop 1984condition is typically 1985 while (!jpeg_input_complete(&cinfo)) 1986and the start-output call should read 1987 jpeg_start_output(&cinfo, cinfo.input_scan_number); 1988The second parameter to jpeg_start_output() indicates which scan of the input 1989file is to be displayed; the scans are numbered starting at 1 for this 1990purpose. (You can use a loop counter starting at 1 if you like, but using 1991the library's input scan counter is easier.) The library automatically reads 1992data as necessary to complete each requested scan, and jpeg_finish_output() 1993advances to the next scan or end-of-image marker (hence input_scan_number 1994will be incremented by the time control arrives back at jpeg_start_output()). 1995With this technique, data is read from the input file only as needed, and 1996input and output processing run in lockstep. 1997 1998After reading the final scan and reaching the end of the input file, the 1999buffered image remains available; it can be read additional times by 2000repeating the jpeg_start_output()/jpeg_read_scanlines()/jpeg_finish_output() 2001sequence. For example, a useful technique is to use fast one-pass color 2002quantization for display passes made while the image is arriving, followed by 2003a final display pass using two-pass quantization for highest quality. This 2004is done by changing the library parameters before the final output pass. 2005Changing parameters between passes is discussed in detail below. 2006 2007In general the last scan of a progressive file cannot be recognized as such 2008until after it is read, so a post-input display pass is the best approach if 2009you want special processing in the final pass. 2010 2011When done with the image, be sure to call jpeg_finish_decompress() to release 2012the buffered image (or just use jpeg_destroy_decompress()). 2013 2014If input data arrives faster than it can be displayed, the application can 2015cause the library to decode input data in advance of what's needed to produce 2016output. This is done by calling the routine jpeg_consume_input(). 2017The return value is one of the following: 2018 JPEG_REACHED_SOS: reached an SOS marker (the start of a new scan) 2019 JPEG_REACHED_EOI: reached the EOI marker (end of image) 2020 JPEG_ROW_COMPLETED: completed reading one MCU row of compressed data 2021 JPEG_SCAN_COMPLETED: completed reading last MCU row of current scan 2022 JPEG_SUSPENDED: suspended before completing any of the above 2023(JPEG_SUSPENDED can occur only if a suspending data source is used.) This 2024routine can be called at any time after initializing the JPEG object. It 2025reads some additional data and returns when one of the indicated significant 2026events occurs. (If called after the EOI marker is reached, it will 2027immediately return JPEG_REACHED_EOI without attempting to read more data.) 2028 2029The library's output processing will automatically call jpeg_consume_input() 2030whenever the output processing overtakes the input; thus, simple lockstep 2031display requires no direct calls to jpeg_consume_input(). But by adding 2032calls to jpeg_consume_input(), you can absorb data in advance of what is 2033being displayed. This has two benefits: 2034 * You can limit buildup of unprocessed data in your input buffer. 2035 * You can eliminate extra display passes by paying attention to the 2036 state of the library's input processing. 2037 2038The first of these benefits only requires interspersing calls to 2039jpeg_consume_input() with your display operations and any other processing 2040you may be doing. To avoid wasting cycles due to backtracking, it's best to 2041call jpeg_consume_input() only after a hundred or so new bytes have arrived. 2042This is discussed further under "I/O suspension", above. (Note: the JPEG 2043library currently is not thread-safe. You must not call jpeg_consume_input() 2044from one thread of control if a different library routine is working on the 2045same JPEG object in another thread.) 2046 2047When input arrives fast enough that more than one new scan is available 2048before you start a new output pass, you may as well skip the output pass 2049corresponding to the completed scan. This occurs for free if you pass 2050cinfo.input_scan_number as the target scan number to jpeg_start_output(). 2051The input_scan_number field is simply the index of the scan currently being 2052consumed by the input processor. You can ensure that this is up-to-date by 2053emptying the input buffer just before calling jpeg_start_output(): call 2054jpeg_consume_input() repeatedly until it returns JPEG_SUSPENDED or 2055JPEG_REACHED_EOI. 2056 2057The target scan number passed to jpeg_start_output() is saved in the 2058cinfo.output_scan_number field. The library's output processing calls 2059jpeg_consume_input() whenever the current input scan number and row within 2060that scan is less than or equal to the current output scan number and row. 2061Thus, input processing can "get ahead" of the output processing but is not 2062allowed to "fall behind". You can achieve several different effects by 2063manipulating this interlock rule. For example, if you pass a target scan 2064number greater than the current input scan number, the output processor will 2065wait until that scan starts to arrive before producing any output. (To avoid 2066an infinite loop, the target scan number is automatically reset to the last 2067scan number when the end of image is reached. Thus, if you specify a large 2068target scan number, the library will just absorb the entire input file and 2069then perform an output pass. This is effectively the same as what 2070jpeg_start_decompress() does when you don't select buffered-image mode.) 2071When you pass a target scan number equal to the current input scan number, 2072the image is displayed no faster than the current input scan arrives. The 2073final possibility is to pass a target scan number less than the current input 2074scan number; this disables the input/output interlock and causes the output 2075processor to simply display whatever it finds in the image buffer, without 2076waiting for input. (However, the library will not accept a target scan 2077number less than one, so you can't avoid waiting for the first scan.) 2078 2079When data is arriving faster than the output display processing can advance 2080through the image, jpeg_consume_input() will store data into the buffered 2081image beyond the point at which the output processing is reading data out 2082again. If the input arrives fast enough, it may "wrap around" the buffer to 2083the point where the input is more than one whole scan ahead of the output. 2084If the output processing simply proceeds through its display pass without 2085paying attention to the input, the effect seen on-screen is that the lower 2086part of the image is one or more scans better in quality than the upper part. 2087Then, when the next output scan is started, you have a choice of what target 2088scan number to use. The recommended choice is to use the current input scan 2089number at that time, which implies that you've skipped the output scans 2090corresponding to the input scans that were completed while you processed the 2091previous output scan. In this way, the decoder automatically adapts its 2092speed to the arriving data, by skipping output scans as necessary to keep up 2093with the arriving data. 2094 2095When using this strategy, you'll want to be sure that you perform a final 2096output pass after receiving all the data; otherwise your last display may not 2097be full quality across the whole screen. So the right outer loop logic is 2098something like this: 2099 do { 2100 absorb any waiting input by calling jpeg_consume_input() 2101 final_pass = jpeg_input_complete(&cinfo); 2102 adjust output decompression parameters if required 2103 jpeg_start_output(&cinfo, cinfo.input_scan_number); 2104 ... 2105 jpeg_finish_output() 2106 } while (!final_pass); 2107rather than quitting as soon as jpeg_input_complete() returns TRUE. This 2108arrangement makes it simple to use higher-quality decoding parameters 2109for the final pass. But if you don't want to use special parameters for 2110the final pass, the right loop logic is like this: 2111 for (;;) { 2112 absorb any waiting input by calling jpeg_consume_input() 2113 jpeg_start_output(&cinfo, cinfo.input_scan_number); 2114 ... 2115 jpeg_finish_output() 2116 if (jpeg_input_complete(&cinfo) && 2117 cinfo.input_scan_number == cinfo.output_scan_number) 2118 break; 2119 } 2120In this case you don't need to know in advance whether an output pass is to 2121be the last one, so it's not necessary to have reached EOF before starting 2122the final output pass; rather, what you want to test is whether the output 2123pass was performed in sync with the final input scan. This form of the loop 2124will avoid an extra output pass whenever the decoder is able (or nearly able) 2125to keep up with the incoming data. 2126 2127When the data transmission speed is high, you might begin a display pass, 2128then find that much or all of the file has arrived before you can complete 2129the pass. (You can detect this by noting the JPEG_REACHED_EOI return code 2130from jpeg_consume_input(), or equivalently by testing jpeg_input_complete().) 2131In this situation you may wish to abort the current display pass and start a 2132new one using the newly arrived information. To do so, just call 2133jpeg_finish_output() and then start a new pass with jpeg_start_output(). 2134 2135A variant strategy is to abort and restart display if more than one complete 2136scan arrives during an output pass; this can be detected by noting 2137JPEG_REACHED_SOS returns and/or examining cinfo.input_scan_number. This 2138idea should be employed with caution, however, since the display process 2139might never get to the bottom of the image before being aborted, resulting 2140in the lower part of the screen being several passes worse than the upper. 2141In most cases it's probably best to abort an output pass only if the whole 2142file has arrived and you want to begin the final output pass immediately. 2143 2144When receiving data across a communication link, we recommend always using 2145the current input scan number for the output target scan number; if a 2146higher-quality final pass is to be done, it should be started (aborting any 2147incomplete output pass) as soon as the end of file is received. However, 2148many other strategies are possible. For example, the application can examine 2149the parameters of the current input scan and decide whether to display it or 2150not. If the scan contains only chroma data, one might choose not to use it 2151as the target scan, expecting that the scan will be small and will arrive 2152quickly. To skip to the next scan, call jpeg_consume_input() until it 2153returns JPEG_REACHED_SOS or JPEG_REACHED_EOI. Or just use the next higher 2154number as the target scan for jpeg_start_output(); but that method doesn't 2155let you inspect the next scan's parameters before deciding to display it. 2156 2157 2158In buffered-image mode, jpeg_start_decompress() never performs input and 2159thus never suspends. An application that uses input suspension with 2160buffered-image mode must be prepared for suspension returns from these 2161routines: 2162* jpeg_start_output() performs input only if you request 2-pass quantization 2163 and the target scan isn't fully read yet. (This is discussed below.) 2164* jpeg_read_scanlines(), as always, returns the number of scanlines that it 2165 was able to produce before suspending. 2166* jpeg_finish_output() will read any markers following the target scan, 2167 up to the end of the file or the SOS marker that begins another scan. 2168 (But it reads no input if jpeg_consume_input() has already reached the 2169 end of the file or a SOS marker beyond the target output scan.) 2170* jpeg_finish_decompress() will read until the end of file, and thus can 2171 suspend if the end hasn't already been reached (as can be tested by 2172 calling jpeg_input_complete()). 2173jpeg_start_output(), jpeg_finish_output(), and jpeg_finish_decompress() 2174all return TRUE if they completed their tasks, FALSE if they had to suspend. 2175In the event of a FALSE return, the application must load more input data 2176and repeat the call. Applications that use non-suspending data sources need 2177not check the return values of these three routines. 2178 2179 2180It is possible to change decoding parameters between output passes in the 2181buffered-image mode. The decoder library currently supports only very 2182limited changes of parameters. ONLY THE FOLLOWING parameter changes are 2183allowed after jpeg_start_decompress() is called: 2184* dct_method can be changed before each call to jpeg_start_output(). 2185 For example, one could use a fast DCT method for early scans, changing 2186 to a higher quality method for the final scan. 2187* dither_mode can be changed before each call to jpeg_start_output(); 2188 of course this has no impact if not using color quantization. Typically 2189 one would use ordered dither for initial passes, then switch to 2190 Floyd-Steinberg dither for the final pass. Caution: changing dither mode 2191 can cause more memory to be allocated by the library. Although the amount 2192 of memory involved is not large (a scanline or so), it may cause the 2193 initial max_memory_to_use specification to be exceeded, which in the worst 2194 case would result in an out-of-memory failure. 2195* do_block_smoothing can be changed before each call to jpeg_start_output(). 2196 This setting is relevant only when decoding a progressive JPEG image. 2197 During the first DC-only scan, block smoothing provides a very "fuzzy" look 2198 instead of the very "blocky" look seen without it; which is better seems a 2199 matter of personal taste. But block smoothing is nearly always a win 2200 during later stages, especially when decoding a successive-approximation 2201 image: smoothing helps to hide the slight blockiness that otherwise shows 2202 up on smooth gradients until the lowest coefficient bits are sent. 2203* Color quantization mode can be changed under the rules described below. 2204 You *cannot* change between full-color and quantized output (because that 2205 would alter the required I/O buffer sizes), but you can change which 2206 quantization method is used. 2207 2208When generating color-quantized output, changing quantization method is a 2209very useful way of switching between high-speed and high-quality display. 2210The library allows you to change among its three quantization methods: 22111. Single-pass quantization to a fixed color cube. 2212 Selected by cinfo.two_pass_quantize = FALSE and cinfo.colormap = NULL. 22132. Single-pass quantization to an application-supplied colormap. 2214 Selected by setting cinfo.colormap to point to the colormap (the value of 2215 two_pass_quantize is ignored); also set cinfo.actual_number_of_colors. 22163. Two-pass quantization to a colormap chosen specifically for the image. 2217 Selected by cinfo.two_pass_quantize = TRUE and cinfo.colormap = NULL. 2218 (This is the default setting selected by jpeg_read_header, but it is 2219 probably NOT what you want for the first pass of progressive display!) 2220These methods offer successively better quality and lesser speed. However, 2221only the first method is available for quantizing in non-RGB color spaces. 2222 2223IMPORTANT: because the different quantizer methods have very different 2224working-storage requirements, the library requires you to indicate which 2225one(s) you intend to use before you call jpeg_start_decompress(). (If we did 2226not require this, the max_memory_to_use setting would be a complete fiction.) 2227You do this by setting one or more of these three cinfo fields to TRUE: 2228 enable_1pass_quant Fixed color cube colormap 2229 enable_external_quant Externally-supplied colormap 2230 enable_2pass_quant Two-pass custom colormap 2231All three are initialized FALSE by jpeg_read_header(). But 2232jpeg_start_decompress() automatically sets TRUE the one selected by the 2233current two_pass_quantize and colormap settings, so you only need to set the 2234enable flags for any other quantization methods you plan to change to later. 2235 2236After setting the enable flags correctly at jpeg_start_decompress() time, you 2237can change to any enabled quantization method by setting two_pass_quantize 2238and colormap properly just before calling jpeg_start_output(). The following 2239special rules apply: 22401. You must explicitly set cinfo.colormap to NULL when switching to 1-pass 2241 or 2-pass mode from a different mode, or when you want the 2-pass 2242 quantizer to be re-run to generate a new colormap. 22432. To switch to an external colormap, or to change to a different external 2244 colormap than was used on the prior pass, you must call 2245 jpeg_new_colormap() after setting cinfo.colormap. 2246NOTE: if you want to use the same colormap as was used in the prior pass, 2247you should not do either of these things. This will save some nontrivial 2248switchover costs. 2249(These requirements exist because cinfo.colormap will always be non-NULL 2250after completing a prior output pass, since both the 1-pass and 2-pass 2251quantizers set it to point to their output colormaps. Thus you have to 2252do one of these two things to notify the library that something has changed. 2253Yup, it's a bit klugy, but it's necessary to do it this way for backwards 2254compatibility.) 2255 2256Note that in buffered-image mode, the library generates any requested colormap 2257during jpeg_start_output(), not during jpeg_start_decompress(). 2258 2259When using two-pass quantization, jpeg_start_output() makes a pass over the 2260buffered image to determine the optimum color map; it therefore may take a 2261significant amount of time, whereas ordinarily it does little work. The 2262progress monitor hook is called during this pass, if defined. It is also 2263important to realize that if the specified target scan number is greater than 2264or equal to the current input scan number, jpeg_start_output() will attempt 2265to consume input as it makes this pass. If you use a suspending data source, 2266you need to check for a FALSE return from jpeg_start_output() under these 2267conditions. The combination of 2-pass quantization and a not-yet-fully-read 2268target scan is the only case in which jpeg_start_output() will consume input. 2269 2270 2271Application authors who support buffered-image mode may be tempted to use it 2272for all JPEG images, even single-scan ones. This will work, but it is 2273inefficient: there is no need to create an image-sized coefficient buffer for 2274single-scan images. Requesting buffered-image mode for such an image wastes 2275memory. Worse, it can cost time on large images, since the buffered data has 2276to be swapped out or written to a temporary file. If you are concerned about 2277maximum performance on baseline JPEG files, you should use buffered-image 2278mode only when the incoming file actually has multiple scans. This can be 2279tested by calling jpeg_has_multiple_scans(), which will return a correct 2280result at any time after jpeg_read_header() completes. 2281 2282It is also worth noting that when you use jpeg_consume_input() to let input 2283processing get ahead of output processing, the resulting pattern of access to 2284the coefficient buffer is quite nonsequential. It's best to use the memory 2285manager jmemnobs.c if you can (ie, if you have enough real or virtual main 2286memory). If not, at least make sure that max_memory_to_use is set as high as 2287possible. If the JPEG memory manager has to use a temporary file, you will 2288probably see a lot of disk traffic and poor performance. (This could be 2289improved with additional work on the memory manager, but we haven't gotten 2290around to it yet.) 2291 2292In some applications it may be convenient to use jpeg_consume_input() for all 2293input processing, including reading the initial markers; that is, you may 2294wish to call jpeg_consume_input() instead of jpeg_read_header() during 2295startup. This works, but note that you must check for JPEG_REACHED_SOS and 2296JPEG_REACHED_EOI return codes as the equivalent of jpeg_read_header's codes. 2297Once the first SOS marker has been reached, you must call 2298jpeg_start_decompress() before jpeg_consume_input() will consume more input; 2299it'll just keep returning JPEG_REACHED_SOS until you do. If you read a 2300tables-only file this way, jpeg_consume_input() will return JPEG_REACHED_EOI 2301without ever returning JPEG_REACHED_SOS; be sure to check for this case. 2302If this happens, the decompressor will not read any more input until you call 2303jpeg_abort() to reset it. It is OK to call jpeg_consume_input() even when not 2304using buffered-image mode, but in that case it's basically a no-op after the 2305initial markers have been read: it will just return JPEG_SUSPENDED. 2306 2307 2308Abbreviated datastreams and multiple images 2309------------------------------------------- 2310 2311A JPEG compression or decompression object can be reused to process multiple 2312images. This saves a small amount of time per image by eliminating the 2313"create" and "destroy" operations, but that isn't the real purpose of the 2314feature. Rather, reuse of an object provides support for abbreviated JPEG 2315datastreams. Object reuse can also simplify processing a series of images in 2316a single input or output file. This section explains these features. 2317 2318A JPEG file normally contains several hundred bytes worth of quantization 2319and Huffman tables. In a situation where many images will be stored or 2320transmitted with identical tables, this may represent an annoying overhead. 2321The JPEG standard therefore permits tables to be omitted. The standard 2322defines three classes of JPEG datastreams: 2323 * "Interchange" datastreams contain an image and all tables needed to decode 2324 the image. These are the usual kind of JPEG file. 2325 * "Abbreviated image" datastreams contain an image, but are missing some or 2326 all of the tables needed to decode that image. 2327 * "Abbreviated table specification" (henceforth "tables-only") datastreams 2328 contain only table specifications. 2329To decode an abbreviated image, it is necessary to load the missing table(s) 2330into the decoder beforehand. This can be accomplished by reading a separate 2331tables-only file. A variant scheme uses a series of images in which the first 2332image is an interchange (complete) datastream, while subsequent ones are 2333abbreviated and rely on the tables loaded by the first image. It is assumed 2334that once the decoder has read a table, it will remember that table until a 2335new definition for the same table number is encountered. 2336 2337It is the application designer's responsibility to figure out how to associate 2338the correct tables with an abbreviated image. While abbreviated datastreams 2339can be useful in a closed environment, their use is strongly discouraged in 2340any situation where data exchange with other applications might be needed. 2341Caveat designer. 2342 2343The JPEG library provides support for reading and writing any combination of 2344tables-only datastreams and abbreviated images. In both compression and 2345decompression objects, a quantization or Huffman table will be retained for 2346the lifetime of the object, unless it is overwritten by a new table definition. 2347 2348 2349To create abbreviated image datastreams, it is only necessary to tell the 2350compressor not to emit some or all of the tables it is using. Each 2351quantization and Huffman table struct contains a boolean field "sent_table", 2352which normally is initialized to FALSE. For each table used by the image, the 2353header-writing process emits the table and sets sent_table = TRUE unless it is 2354already TRUE. (In normal usage, this prevents outputting the same table 2355definition multiple times, as would otherwise occur because the chroma 2356components typically share tables.) Thus, setting this field to TRUE before 2357calling jpeg_start_compress() will prevent the table from being written at 2358all. 2359 2360If you want to create a "pure" abbreviated image file containing no tables, 2361just call "jpeg_suppress_tables(&cinfo, TRUE)" after constructing all the 2362tables. If you want to emit some but not all tables, you'll need to set the 2363individual sent_table fields directly. 2364 2365To create an abbreviated image, you must also call jpeg_start_compress() 2366with a second parameter of FALSE, not TRUE. Otherwise jpeg_start_compress() 2367will force all the sent_table fields to FALSE. (This is a safety feature to 2368prevent abbreviated images from being created accidentally.) 2369 2370To create a tables-only file, perform the same parameter setup that you 2371normally would, but instead of calling jpeg_start_compress() and so on, call 2372jpeg_write_tables(&cinfo). This will write an abbreviated datastream 2373containing only SOI, DQT and/or DHT markers, and EOI. All the quantization 2374and Huffman tables that are currently defined in the compression object will 2375be emitted unless their sent_tables flag is already TRUE, and then all the 2376sent_tables flags will be set TRUE. 2377 2378A sure-fire way to create matching tables-only and abbreviated image files 2379is to proceed as follows: 2380 2381 create JPEG compression object 2382 set JPEG parameters 2383 set destination to tables-only file 2384 jpeg_write_tables(&cinfo); 2385 set destination to image file 2386 jpeg_start_compress(&cinfo, FALSE); 2387 write data... 2388 jpeg_finish_compress(&cinfo); 2389 2390Since the JPEG parameters are not altered between writing the table file and 2391the abbreviated image file, the same tables are sure to be used. Of course, 2392you can repeat the jpeg_start_compress() ... jpeg_finish_compress() sequence 2393many times to produce many abbreviated image files matching the table file. 2394 2395You cannot suppress output of the computed Huffman tables when Huffman 2396optimization is selected. (If you could, there'd be no way to decode the 2397image...) Generally, you don't want to set optimize_coding = TRUE when 2398you are trying to produce abbreviated files. 2399 2400In some cases you might want to compress an image using tables which are 2401not stored in the application, but are defined in an interchange or 2402tables-only file readable by the application. This can be done by setting up 2403a JPEG decompression object to read the specification file, then copying the 2404tables into your compression object. See jpeg_copy_critical_parameters() 2405for an example of copying quantization tables. 2406 2407 2408To read abbreviated image files, you simply need to load the proper tables 2409into the decompression object before trying to read the abbreviated image. 2410If the proper tables are stored in the application program, you can just 2411allocate the table structs and fill in their contents directly. For example, 2412to load a fixed quantization table into table slot "n": 2413 2414 if (cinfo.quant_tbl_ptrs[n] == NULL) 2415 cinfo.quant_tbl_ptrs[n] = jpeg_alloc_quant_table((j_common_ptr) &cinfo); 2416 quant_ptr = cinfo.quant_tbl_ptrs[n]; /* quant_ptr is JQUANT_TBL* */ 2417 for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) { 2418 /* Qtable[] is desired quantization table, in natural array order */ 2419 quant_ptr->quantval[i] = Qtable[i]; 2420 } 2421 2422Code to load a fixed Huffman table is typically (for AC table "n"): 2423 2424 if (cinfo.ac_huff_tbl_ptrs[n] == NULL) 2425 cinfo.ac_huff_tbl_ptrs[n] = jpeg_alloc_huff_table((j_common_ptr) &cinfo); 2426 huff_ptr = cinfo.ac_huff_tbl_ptrs[n]; /* huff_ptr is JHUFF_TBL* */ 2427 for (i = 1; i <= 16; i++) { 2428 /* counts[i] is number of Huffman codes of length i bits, i=1..16 */ 2429 huff_ptr->bits[i] = counts[i]; 2430 } 2431 for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) { 2432 /* symbols[] is the list of Huffman symbols, in code-length order */ 2433 huff_ptr->huffval[i] = symbols[i]; 2434 } 2435 2436(Note that trying to set cinfo.quant_tbl_ptrs[n] to point directly at a 2437constant JQUANT_TBL object is not safe. If the incoming file happened to 2438contain a quantization table definition, your master table would get 2439overwritten! Instead allocate a working table copy and copy the master table 2440into it, as illustrated above. Ditto for Huffman tables, of course.) 2441 2442You might want to read the tables from a tables-only file, rather than 2443hard-wiring them into your application. The jpeg_read_header() call is 2444sufficient to read a tables-only file. You must pass a second parameter of 2445FALSE to indicate that you do not require an image to be present. Thus, the 2446typical scenario is 2447 2448 create JPEG decompression object 2449 set source to tables-only file 2450 jpeg_read_header(&cinfo, FALSE); 2451 set source to abbreviated image file 2452 jpeg_read_header(&cinfo, TRUE); 2453 set decompression parameters 2454 jpeg_start_decompress(&cinfo); 2455 read data... 2456 jpeg_finish_decompress(&cinfo); 2457 2458In some cases, you may want to read a file without knowing whether it contains 2459an image or just tables. In that case, pass FALSE and check the return value 2460from jpeg_read_header(): it will be JPEG_HEADER_OK if an image was found, 2461JPEG_HEADER_TABLES_ONLY if only tables were found. (A third return value, 2462JPEG_SUSPENDED, is possible when using a suspending data source manager.) 2463Note that jpeg_read_header() will not complain if you read an abbreviated 2464image for which you haven't loaded the missing tables; the missing-table check 2465occurs later, in jpeg_start_decompress(). 2466 2467 2468It is possible to read a series of images from a single source file by 2469repeating the jpeg_read_header() ... jpeg_finish_decompress() sequence, 2470without releasing/recreating the JPEG object or the data source module. 2471(If you did reinitialize, any partial bufferload left in the data source 2472buffer at the end of one image would be discarded, causing you to lose the 2473start of the next image.) When you use this method, stored tables are 2474automatically carried forward, so some of the images can be abbreviated images 2475that depend on tables from earlier images. 2476 2477If you intend to write a series of images into a single destination file, 2478you might want to make a specialized data destination module that doesn't 2479flush the output buffer at term_destination() time. This would speed things 2480up by some trifling amount. Of course, you'd need to remember to flush the 2481buffer after the last image. You can make the later images be abbreviated 2482ones by passing FALSE to jpeg_start_compress(). 2483 2484 2485Special markers 2486--------------- 2487 2488Some applications may need to insert or extract special data in the JPEG 2489datastream. The JPEG standard provides marker types "COM" (comment) and 2490"APP0" through "APP15" (application) to hold application-specific data. 2491Unfortunately, the use of these markers is not specified by the standard. 2492COM markers are fairly widely used to hold user-supplied text. The JFIF file 2493format spec uses APP0 markers with specified initial strings to hold certain 2494data. Adobe applications use APP14 markers beginning with the string "Adobe" 2495for miscellaneous data. Other APPn markers are rarely seen, but might 2496contain almost anything. 2497 2498If you wish to store user-supplied text, we recommend you use COM markers 2499and place readable 7-bit ASCII text in them. Newline conventions are not 2500standardized --- expect to find LF (Unix style), CR/LF (DOS style), or CR 2501(Mac style). A robust COM reader should be able to cope with random binary 2502garbage, including nulls, since some applications generate COM markers 2503containing non-ASCII junk. (But yours should not be one of them.) 2504 2505For program-supplied data, use an APPn marker, and be sure to begin it with an 2506identifying string so that you can tell whether the marker is actually yours. 2507It's probably best to avoid using APP0 or APP14 for any private markers. 2508(NOTE: the upcoming SPIFF standard will use APP8 markers; we recommend you 2509not use APP8 markers for any private purposes, either.) 2510 2511Keep in mind that at most 65533 bytes can be put into one marker, but you 2512can have as many markers as you like. 2513 2514By default, the IJG compression library will write a JFIF APP0 marker if the 2515selected JPEG colorspace is grayscale or YCbCr, or an Adobe APP14 marker if 2516the selected colorspace is RGB, CMYK, or YCCK. You can disable this, but 2517we don't recommend it. The decompression library will recognize JFIF and 2518Adobe markers and will set the JPEG colorspace properly when one is found. 2519 2520 2521You can write special markers immediately following the datastream header by 2522calling jpeg_write_marker() after jpeg_start_compress() and before the first 2523call to jpeg_write_scanlines(). When you do this, the markers appear after 2524the SOI and the JFIF APP0 and Adobe APP14 markers (if written), but before 2525all else. Specify the marker type parameter as "JPEG_COM" for COM or 2526"JPEG_APP0 + n" for APPn. (Actually, jpeg_write_marker will let you write 2527any marker type, but we don't recommend writing any other kinds of marker.) 2528For example, to write a user comment string pointed to by comment_text: 2529 jpeg_write_marker(cinfo, JPEG_COM, comment_text, strlen(comment_text)); 2530 2531If it's not convenient to store all the marker data in memory at once, 2532you can instead call jpeg_write_m_header() followed by multiple calls to 2533jpeg_write_m_byte(). If you do it this way, it's your responsibility to 2534call jpeg_write_m_byte() exactly the number of times given in the length 2535parameter to jpeg_write_m_header(). (This method lets you empty the 2536output buffer partway through a marker, which might be important when 2537using a suspending data destination module. In any case, if you are using 2538a suspending destination, you should flush its buffer after inserting 2539any special markers. See "I/O suspension".) 2540 2541Or, if you prefer to synthesize the marker byte sequence yourself, 2542you can just cram it straight into the data destination module. 2543 2544If you are writing JFIF 1.02 extension markers (thumbnail images), don't 2545forget to set cinfo.JFIF_minor_version = 2 so that the encoder will write the 2546correct JFIF version number in the JFIF header marker. The library's default 2547is to write version 1.01, but that's wrong if you insert any 1.02 extension 2548markers. (We could probably get away with just defaulting to 1.02, but there 2549used to be broken decoders that would complain about unknown minor version 2550numbers. To reduce compatibility risks it's safest not to write 1.02 unless 2551you are actually using 1.02 extensions.) 2552 2553 2554When reading, two methods of handling special markers are available: 25551. You can ask the library to save the contents of COM and/or APPn markers 2556into memory, and then examine them at your leisure afterwards. 25572. You can supply your own routine to process COM and/or APPn markers 2558on-the-fly as they are read. 2559The first method is simpler to use, especially if you are using a suspending 2560data source; writing a marker processor that copes with input suspension is 2561not easy (consider what happens if the marker is longer than your available 2562input buffer). However, the second method conserves memory since the marker 2563data need not be kept around after it's been processed. 2564 2565For either method, you'd normally set up marker handling after creating a 2566decompression object and before calling jpeg_read_header(), because the 2567markers of interest will typically be near the head of the file and so will 2568be scanned by jpeg_read_header. Once you've established a marker handling 2569method, it will be used for the life of that decompression object 2570(potentially many datastreams), unless you change it. Marker handling is 2571determined separately for COM markers and for each APPn marker code. 2572 2573 2574To save the contents of special markers in memory, call 2575 jpeg_save_markers(cinfo, marker_code, length_limit) 2576where marker_code is the marker type to save, JPEG_COM or JPEG_APP0+n. 2577(To arrange to save all the special marker types, you need to call this 2578routine 17 times, for COM and APP0-APP15.) If the incoming marker is longer 2579than length_limit data bytes, only length_limit bytes will be saved; this 2580parameter allows you to avoid chewing up memory when you only need to see the 2581first few bytes of a potentially large marker. If you want to save all the 2582data, set length_limit to 0xFFFF; that is enough since marker lengths are only 258316 bits. As a special case, setting length_limit to 0 prevents that marker 2584type from being saved at all. (That is the default behavior, in fact.) 2585 2586After jpeg_read_header() completes, you can examine the special markers by 2587following the cinfo->marker_list pointer chain. All the special markers in 2588the file appear in this list, in order of their occurrence in the file (but 2589omitting any markers of types you didn't ask for). Both the original data 2590length and the saved data length are recorded for each list entry; the latter 2591will not exceed length_limit for the particular marker type. Note that these 2592lengths exclude the marker length word, whereas the stored representation 2593within the JPEG file includes it. (Hence the maximum data length is really 2594only 65533.) 2595 2596It is possible that additional special markers appear in the file beyond the 2597SOS marker at which jpeg_read_header stops; if so, the marker list will be 2598extended during reading of the rest of the file. This is not expected to be 2599common, however. If you are short on memory you may want to reset the length 2600limit to zero for all marker types after finishing jpeg_read_header, to 2601ensure that the max_memory_to_use setting cannot be exceeded due to addition 2602of later markers. 2603 2604The marker list remains stored until you call jpeg_finish_decompress or 2605jpeg_abort, at which point the memory is freed and the list is set to empty. 2606(jpeg_destroy also releases the storage, of course.) 2607 2608Note that the library is internally interested in APP0 and APP14 markers; 2609if you try to set a small nonzero length limit on these types, the library 2610will silently force the length up to the minimum it wants. (But you can set 2611a zero length limit to prevent them from being saved at all.) Also, in a 261216-bit environment, the maximum length limit may be constrained to less than 261365533 by malloc() limitations. It is therefore best not to assume that the 2614effective length limit is exactly what you set it to be. 2615 2616 2617If you want to supply your own marker-reading routine, you do it by calling 2618jpeg_set_marker_processor(). A marker processor routine must have the 2619signature 2620 boolean jpeg_marker_parser_method (j_decompress_ptr cinfo) 2621Although the marker code is not explicitly passed, the routine can find it 2622in cinfo->unread_marker. At the time of call, the marker proper has been 2623read from the data source module. The processor routine is responsible for 2624reading the marker length word and the remaining parameter bytes, if any. 2625Return TRUE to indicate success. (FALSE should be returned only if you are 2626using a suspending data source and it tells you to suspend. See the standard 2627marker processors in jdmarker.c for appropriate coding methods if you need to 2628use a suspending data source.) 2629 2630If you override the default APP0 or APP14 processors, it is up to you to 2631recognize JFIF and Adobe markers if you want colorspace recognition to occur 2632properly. We recommend copying and extending the default processors if you 2633want to do that. (A better idea is to save these marker types for later 2634examination by calling jpeg_save_markers(); that method doesn't interfere 2635with the library's own processing of these markers.) 2636 2637jpeg_set_marker_processor() and jpeg_save_markers() are mutually exclusive 2638--- if you call one it overrides any previous call to the other, for the 2639particular marker type specified. 2640 2641A simple example of an external COM processor can be found in djpeg.c. 2642Also, see jpegtran.c for an example of using jpeg_save_markers. 2643 2644 2645ICC profiles 2646------------ 2647 2648Two functions are provided for writing and reading International Color 2649Consortium (ICC) device profiles embedded in JFIF JPEG image files: 2650 2651 void jpeg_write_icc_profile (j_compress_ptr cinfo, 2652 const JOCTET *icc_data_ptr, 2653 unsigned int icc_data_len); 2654 boolean jpeg_read_icc_profile (j_decompress_ptr cinfo, 2655 JOCTET **icc_data_ptr, 2656 unsigned int *icc_data_len); 2657 2658The ICC has defined a standard for including such data in JPEG "APP2" markers. 2659The aforementioned functions do not know anything about the internal structure 2660of the ICC profile data; they just know how to embed the profile data into a 2661JPEG file while writing it, or to extract the profile data from a JPEG file 2662while reading it. 2663 2664jpeg_write_icc_profile() must be called after calling jpeg_start_compress() and 2665before the first call to jpeg_write_scanlines() or jpeg_write_raw_data(). This 2666ordering ensures that the APP2 marker(s) will appear after the SOI and JFIF or 2667Adobe markers, but before all other data. 2668 2669jpeg_read_icc_profile() returns TRUE if an ICC profile was found and FALSE 2670otherwise. If an ICC profile was found, then the function will allocate a 2671memory region containing the profile and will return a pointer to that memory 2672region in *icc_data_ptr, as well as the length of the region in *icc_data_len. 2673This memory region is allocated by the library using malloc() and must be freed 2674by the caller using free() when the memory region is no longer needed. Callers 2675wishing to use jpeg_read_icc_profile() must call 2676 2677 jpeg_save_markers(cinfo, JPEG_APP0 + 2, 0xFFFF); 2678 2679prior to calling jpeg_read_header(). jpeg_read_icc_profile() can be called at 2680any point between jpeg_read_header() and jpeg_finish_decompress(). 2681 2682 2683Raw (downsampled) image data 2684---------------------------- 2685 2686Some applications need to supply already-downsampled image data to the JPEG 2687compressor, or to receive raw downsampled data from the decompressor. The 2688library supports this requirement by allowing the application to write or 2689read raw data, bypassing the normal preprocessing or postprocessing steps. 2690The interface is different from the standard one and is somewhat harder to 2691use. If your interest is merely in bypassing color conversion, we recommend 2692that you use the standard interface and simply set jpeg_color_space = 2693in_color_space (or jpeg_color_space = out_color_space for decompression). 2694The mechanism described in this section is necessary only to supply or 2695receive downsampled image data, in which not all components have the same 2696dimensions. 2697 2698 2699To compress raw data, you must supply the data in the colorspace to be used 2700in the JPEG file (please read the earlier section on Special color spaces) 2701and downsampled to the sampling factors specified in the JPEG parameters. 2702You must supply the data in the format used internally by the JPEG library, 2703namely a JSAMPIMAGE array. This is an array of pointers to two-dimensional 2704arrays, each of type JSAMPARRAY. Each 2-D array holds the values for one 2705color component. This structure is necessary since the components are of 2706different sizes. If the image dimensions are not a multiple of the MCU size, 2707you must also pad the data correctly (usually, this is done by replicating 2708the last column and/or row). The data must be padded to a multiple of a DCT 2709block in each component: that is, each downsampled row must contain a 2710multiple of 8 valid samples, and there must be a multiple of 8 sample rows 2711for each component. (For applications such as conversion of digital TV 2712images, the standard image size is usually a multiple of the DCT block size, 2713so that no padding need actually be done.) 2714 2715The procedure for compression of raw data is basically the same as normal 2716compression, except that you call jpeg_write_raw_data() in place of 2717jpeg_write_scanlines(). Before calling jpeg_start_compress(), you must do 2718the following: 2719 * Set cinfo->raw_data_in to TRUE. (It is set FALSE by jpeg_set_defaults().) 2720 This notifies the library that you will be supplying raw data. 2721 * Ensure jpeg_color_space is correct --- an explicit jpeg_set_colorspace() 2722 call is a good idea. Note that since color conversion is bypassed, 2723 in_color_space is ignored, except that jpeg_set_defaults() uses it to 2724 choose the default jpeg_color_space setting. 2725 * Ensure the sampling factors, cinfo->comp_info[i].h_samp_factor and 2726 cinfo->comp_info[i].v_samp_factor, are correct. Since these indicate the 2727 dimensions of the data you are supplying, it's wise to set them 2728 explicitly, rather than assuming the library's defaults are what you want. 2729 2730To pass raw data to the library, call jpeg_write_raw_data() in place of 2731jpeg_write_scanlines(). The two routines work similarly except that 2732jpeg_write_raw_data takes a JSAMPIMAGE data array rather than JSAMPARRAY. 2733The scanlines count passed to and returned from jpeg_write_raw_data is 2734measured in terms of the component with the largest v_samp_factor. 2735 2736jpeg_write_raw_data() processes one MCU row per call, which is to say 2737v_samp_factor*DCTSIZE sample rows of each component. The passed num_lines 2738value must be at least max_v_samp_factor*DCTSIZE, and the return value will 2739be exactly that amount (or possibly some multiple of that amount, in future 2740library versions). This is true even on the last call at the bottom of the 2741image; don't forget to pad your data as necessary. 2742 2743The required dimensions of the supplied data can be computed for each 2744component as 2745 cinfo->comp_info[i].width_in_blocks*DCTSIZE samples per row 2746 cinfo->comp_info[i].height_in_blocks*DCTSIZE rows in image 2747after jpeg_start_compress() has initialized those fields. If the valid data 2748is smaller than this, it must be padded appropriately. For some sampling 2749factors and image sizes, additional dummy DCT blocks are inserted to make 2750the image a multiple of the MCU dimensions. The library creates such dummy 2751blocks itself; it does not read them from your supplied data. Therefore you 2752need never pad by more than DCTSIZE samples. An example may help here. 2753Assume 2h2v downsampling of YCbCr data, that is 2754 cinfo->comp_info[0].h_samp_factor = 2 for Y 2755 cinfo->comp_info[0].v_samp_factor = 2 2756 cinfo->comp_info[1].h_samp_factor = 1 for Cb 2757 cinfo->comp_info[1].v_samp_factor = 1 2758 cinfo->comp_info[2].h_samp_factor = 1 for Cr 2759 cinfo->comp_info[2].v_samp_factor = 1 2760and suppose that the nominal image dimensions (cinfo->image_width and 2761cinfo->image_height) are 101x101 pixels. Then jpeg_start_compress() will 2762compute downsampled_width = 101 and width_in_blocks = 13 for Y, 2763downsampled_width = 51 and width_in_blocks = 7 for Cb and Cr (and the same 2764for the height fields). You must pad the Y data to at least 13*8 = 104 2765columns and rows, the Cb/Cr data to at least 7*8 = 56 columns and rows. The 2766MCU height is max_v_samp_factor = 2 DCT rows so you must pass at least 16 2767scanlines on each call to jpeg_write_raw_data(), which is to say 16 actual 2768sample rows of Y and 8 each of Cb and Cr. A total of 7 MCU rows are needed, 2769so you must pass a total of 7*16 = 112 "scanlines". The last DCT block row 2770of Y data is dummy, so it doesn't matter what you pass for it in the data 2771arrays, but the scanlines count must total up to 112 so that all of the Cb 2772and Cr data gets passed. 2773 2774Output suspension is supported with raw-data compression: if the data 2775destination module suspends, jpeg_write_raw_data() will return 0. 2776In this case the same data rows must be passed again on the next call. 2777 2778 2779Decompression with raw data output implies bypassing all postprocessing: 2780you cannot ask for rescaling or color quantization, for instance. More 2781seriously, you must deal with the color space and sampling factors present in 2782the incoming file. If your application only handles, say, 2h1v YCbCr data, 2783you must check for and fail on other color spaces or other sampling factors. 2784The library will not convert to a different color space for you. 2785 2786To obtain raw data output, set cinfo->raw_data_out = TRUE before 2787jpeg_start_decompress() (it is set FALSE by jpeg_read_header()). Be sure to 2788verify that the color space and sampling factors are ones you can handle. 2789Then call jpeg_read_raw_data() in place of jpeg_read_scanlines(). The 2790decompression process is otherwise the same as usual. 2791 2792jpeg_read_raw_data() returns one MCU row per call, and thus you must pass a 2793buffer of at least max_v_samp_factor*DCTSIZE scanlines (scanline counting is 2794the same as for raw-data compression). The buffer you pass must be large 2795enough to hold the actual data plus padding to DCT-block boundaries. As with 2796compression, any entirely dummy DCT blocks are not processed so you need not 2797allocate space for them, but the total scanline count includes them. The 2798above example of computing buffer dimensions for raw-data compression is 2799equally valid for decompression. 2800 2801Input suspension is supported with raw-data decompression: if the data source 2802module suspends, jpeg_read_raw_data() will return 0. You can also use 2803buffered-image mode to read raw data in multiple passes. 2804 2805 2806Really raw data: DCT coefficients 2807--------------------------------- 2808 2809It is possible to read or write the contents of a JPEG file as raw DCT 2810coefficients. This facility is mainly intended for use in lossless 2811transcoding between different JPEG file formats. Other possible applications 2812include lossless cropping of a JPEG image, lossless reassembly of a 2813multi-strip or multi-tile TIFF/JPEG file into a single JPEG datastream, etc. 2814 2815To read the contents of a JPEG file as DCT coefficients, open the file and do 2816jpeg_read_header() as usual. But instead of calling jpeg_start_decompress() 2817and jpeg_read_scanlines(), call jpeg_read_coefficients(). This will read the 2818entire image into a set of virtual coefficient-block arrays, one array per 2819component. The return value is a pointer to an array of virtual-array 2820descriptors. Each virtual array can be accessed directly using the JPEG 2821memory manager's access_virt_barray method (see Memory management, below, 2822and also read structure.txt's discussion of virtual array handling). Or, 2823for simple transcoding to a different JPEG file format, the array list can 2824just be handed directly to jpeg_write_coefficients(). 2825 2826Each block in the block arrays contains quantized coefficient values in 2827normal array order (not JPEG zigzag order). The block arrays contain only 2828DCT blocks containing real data; any entirely-dummy blocks added to fill out 2829interleaved MCUs at the right or bottom edges of the image are discarded 2830during reading and are not stored in the block arrays. (The size of each 2831block array can be determined from the width_in_blocks and height_in_blocks 2832fields of the component's comp_info entry.) This is also the data format 2833expected by jpeg_write_coefficients(). 2834 2835When you are done using the virtual arrays, call jpeg_finish_decompress() 2836to release the array storage and return the decompression object to an idle 2837state; or just call jpeg_destroy() if you don't need to reuse the object. 2838 2839If you use a suspending data source, jpeg_read_coefficients() will return 2840NULL if it is forced to suspend; a non-NULL return value indicates successful 2841completion. You need not test for a NULL return value when using a 2842non-suspending data source. 2843 2844It is also possible to call jpeg_read_coefficients() to obtain access to the 2845decoder's coefficient arrays during a normal decode cycle in buffered-image 2846mode. This frammish might be useful for progressively displaying an incoming 2847image and then re-encoding it without loss. To do this, decode in buffered- 2848image mode as discussed previously, then call jpeg_read_coefficients() after 2849the last jpeg_finish_output() call. The arrays will be available for your use 2850until you call jpeg_finish_decompress(). 2851 2852 2853To write the contents of a JPEG file as DCT coefficients, you must provide 2854the DCT coefficients stored in virtual block arrays. You can either pass 2855block arrays read from an input JPEG file by jpeg_read_coefficients(), or 2856allocate virtual arrays from the JPEG compression object and fill them 2857yourself. In either case, jpeg_write_coefficients() is substituted for 2858jpeg_start_compress() and jpeg_write_scanlines(). Thus the sequence is 2859 * Create compression object 2860 * Set all compression parameters as necessary 2861 * Request virtual arrays if needed 2862 * jpeg_write_coefficients() 2863 * jpeg_finish_compress() 2864 * Destroy or re-use compression object 2865jpeg_write_coefficients() is passed a pointer to an array of virtual block 2866array descriptors; the number of arrays is equal to cinfo.num_components. 2867 2868The virtual arrays need only have been requested, not realized, before 2869jpeg_write_coefficients() is called. A side-effect of 2870jpeg_write_coefficients() is to realize any virtual arrays that have been 2871requested from the compression object's memory manager. Thus, when obtaining 2872the virtual arrays from the compression object, you should fill the arrays 2873after calling jpeg_write_coefficients(). The data is actually written out 2874when you call jpeg_finish_compress(); jpeg_write_coefficients() only writes 2875the file header. 2876 2877When writing raw DCT coefficients, it is crucial that the JPEG quantization 2878tables and sampling factors match the way the data was encoded, or the 2879resulting file will be invalid. For transcoding from an existing JPEG file, 2880we recommend using jpeg_copy_critical_parameters(). This routine initializes 2881all the compression parameters to default values (like jpeg_set_defaults()), 2882then copies the critical information from a source decompression object. 2883The decompression object should have just been used to read the entire 2884JPEG input file --- that is, it should be awaiting jpeg_finish_decompress(). 2885 2886jpeg_write_coefficients() marks all tables stored in the compression object 2887as needing to be written to the output file (thus, it acts like 2888jpeg_start_compress(cinfo, TRUE)). This is for safety's sake, to avoid 2889emitting abbreviated JPEG files by accident. If you really want to emit an 2890abbreviated JPEG file, call jpeg_suppress_tables(), or set the tables' 2891individual sent_table flags, between calling jpeg_write_coefficients() and 2892jpeg_finish_compress(). 2893 2894 2895Progress monitoring 2896------------------- 2897 2898Some applications may need to regain control from the JPEG library every so 2899often. The typical use of this feature is to produce a percent-done bar or 2900other progress display. (For a simple example, see cjpeg.c or djpeg.c.) 2901Although you do get control back frequently during the data-transferring pass 2902(the jpeg_read_scanlines or jpeg_write_scanlines loop), any additional passes 2903will occur inside jpeg_finish_compress or jpeg_start_decompress; those 2904routines may take a long time to execute, and you don't get control back 2905until they are done. 2906 2907You can define a progress-monitor routine which will be called periodically 2908by the library. No guarantees are made about how often this call will occur, 2909so we don't recommend you use it for mouse tracking or anything like that. 2910At present, a call will occur once per MCU row, scanline, or sample row 2911group, whichever unit is convenient for the current processing mode; so the 2912wider the image, the longer the time between calls. During the data 2913transferring pass, only one call occurs per call of jpeg_read_scanlines or 2914jpeg_write_scanlines, so don't pass a large number of scanlines at once if 2915you want fine resolution in the progress count. (If you really need to use 2916the callback mechanism for time-critical tasks like mouse tracking, you could 2917insert additional calls inside some of the library's inner loops.) 2918 2919To establish a progress-monitor callback, create a struct jpeg_progress_mgr, 2920fill in its progress_monitor field with a pointer to your callback routine, 2921and set cinfo->progress to point to the struct. The callback will be called 2922whenever cinfo->progress is non-NULL. (This pointer is set to NULL by 2923jpeg_create_compress or jpeg_create_decompress; the library will not change 2924it thereafter. So if you allocate dynamic storage for the progress struct, 2925make sure it will live as long as the JPEG object does. Allocating from the 2926JPEG memory manager with lifetime JPOOL_PERMANENT will work nicely.) You 2927can use the same callback routine for both compression and decompression. 2928 2929The jpeg_progress_mgr struct contains four fields which are set by the library: 2930 long pass_counter; /* work units completed in this pass */ 2931 long pass_limit; /* total number of work units in this pass */ 2932 int completed_passes; /* passes completed so far */ 2933 int total_passes; /* total number of passes expected */ 2934During any one pass, pass_counter increases from 0 up to (not including) 2935pass_limit; the step size is usually but not necessarily 1. The pass_limit 2936value may change from one pass to another. The expected total number of 2937passes is in total_passes, and the number of passes already completed is in 2938completed_passes. Thus the fraction of work completed may be estimated as 2939 completed_passes + (pass_counter/pass_limit) 2940 -------------------------------------------- 2941 total_passes 2942ignoring the fact that the passes may not be equal amounts of work. 2943 2944When decompressing, pass_limit can even change within a pass, because it 2945depends on the number of scans in the JPEG file, which isn't always known in 2946advance. The computed fraction-of-work-done may jump suddenly (if the library 2947discovers it has overestimated the number of scans) or even decrease (in the 2948opposite case). It is not wise to put great faith in the work estimate. 2949 2950When using the decompressor's buffered-image mode, the progress monitor work 2951estimate is likely to be completely unhelpful, because the library has no way 2952to know how many output passes will be demanded of it. Currently, the library 2953sets total_passes based on the assumption that there will be one more output 2954pass if the input file end hasn't yet been read (jpeg_input_complete() isn't 2955TRUE), but no more output passes if the file end has been reached when the 2956output pass is started. This means that total_passes will rise as additional 2957output passes are requested. If you have a way of determining the input file 2958size, estimating progress based on the fraction of the file that's been read 2959will probably be more useful than using the library's value. 2960 2961 2962Memory management 2963----------------- 2964 2965This section covers some key facts about the JPEG library's built-in memory 2966manager. For more info, please read structure.txt's section about the memory 2967manager, and consult the source code if necessary. 2968 2969All memory and temporary file allocation within the library is done via the 2970memory manager. If necessary, you can replace the "back end" of the memory 2971manager to control allocation yourself (for example, if you don't want the 2972library to use malloc() and free() for some reason). 2973 2974Some data is allocated "permanently" and will not be freed until the JPEG 2975object is destroyed. Most data is allocated "per image" and is freed by 2976jpeg_finish_compress, jpeg_finish_decompress, or jpeg_abort. You can call the 2977memory manager yourself to allocate structures that will automatically be 2978freed at these times. Typical code for this is 2979 ptr = (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) ((j_common_ptr)cinfo, JPOOL_IMAGE, size); 2980Use JPOOL_PERMANENT to get storage that lasts as long as the JPEG object. 2981Use alloc_large instead of alloc_small for anything bigger than a few Kbytes. 2982There are also alloc_sarray and alloc_barray routines that automatically 2983build 2-D sample or block arrays. 2984 2985The library's minimum space requirements to process an image depend on the 2986image's width, but not on its height, because the library ordinarily works 2987with "strip" buffers that are as wide as the image but just a few rows high. 2988Some operating modes (eg, two-pass color quantization) require full-image 2989buffers. Such buffers are treated as "virtual arrays": only the current strip 2990need be in memory, and the rest can be swapped out to a temporary file. 2991 2992When using temporary files, the library will make the in-memory buffers for 2993its virtual arrays just big enough to stay within a "maximum memory" setting. 2994Your application can set this limit by setting cinfo->mem->max_memory_to_use 2995after creating the JPEG object. (Of course, there is still a minimum size for 2996the buffers, so the max-memory setting is effective only if it is bigger than 2997the minimum space needed.) If you allocate any large structures yourself, you 2998must allocate them before jpeg_start_compress() or jpeg_start_decompress() in 2999order to have them counted against the max memory limit. Also keep in mind 3000that space allocated with alloc_small() is ignored, on the assumption that 3001it's too small to be worth worrying about; so a reasonable safety margin 3002should be left when setting max_memory_to_use. 3003 3004NOTE: Unless you develop your own memory manager back end, then temporary files 3005will never be used. The back end provided in libjpeg-turbo (jmemnobs.c) simply 3006malloc()s and free()s virtual arrays, and an error occurs if the required 3007memory exceeds the limit specified in cinfo->mem->max_memory_to_use. 3008 3009 3010Memory usage 3011------------ 3012 3013Working memory requirements while performing compression or decompression 3014depend on image dimensions, image characteristics (such as colorspace and 3015JPEG process), and operating mode (application-selected options). 3016 3017As of v6b, the decompressor requires: 3018 1. About 24K in more-or-less-fixed-size data. This varies a bit depending 3019 on operating mode and image characteristics (particularly color vs. 3020 grayscale), but it doesn't depend on image dimensions. 3021 2. Strip buffers (of size proportional to the image width) for IDCT and 3022 upsampling results. The worst case for commonly used sampling factors 3023 is about 34 bytes * width in pixels for a color image. A grayscale image 3024 only needs about 8 bytes per pixel column. 3025 3. A full-image DCT coefficient buffer is needed to decode a multi-scan JPEG 3026 file (including progressive JPEGs), or whenever you select buffered-image 3027 mode. This takes 2 bytes/coefficient. At typical 2x2 sampling, that's 3028 3 bytes per pixel for a color image. Worst case (1x1 sampling) requires 3029 6 bytes/pixel. For grayscale, figure 2 bytes/pixel. 3030 4. To perform 2-pass color quantization, the decompressor also needs a 3031 128K color lookup table and a full-image pixel buffer (3 bytes/pixel). 3032This does not count any memory allocated by the application, such as a 3033buffer to hold the final output image. 3034 3035The above figures are valid for 8-bit JPEG data precision and a machine with 303632-bit ints. For 12-bit JPEG data, double the size of the strip buffers and 3037quantization pixel buffer. The "fixed-size" data will be somewhat smaller 3038with 16-bit ints, larger with 64-bit ints. Also, CMYK or other unusual 3039color spaces will require different amounts of space. 3040 3041The full-image coefficient and pixel buffers, if needed at all, do not 3042have to be fully RAM resident; you can have the library use temporary 3043files instead when the total memory usage would exceed a limit you set. 3044(But if your OS supports virtual memory, it's probably better to just use 3045jmemnobs and let the OS do the swapping.) 3046 3047The compressor's memory requirements are similar, except that it has no need 3048for color quantization. Also, it needs a full-image DCT coefficient buffer 3049if Huffman-table optimization is asked for, even if progressive mode is not 3050requested. 3051 3052If you need more detailed information about memory usage in a particular 3053situation, you can enable the MEM_STATS code in jmemmgr.c. 3054 3055 3056Library compile-time options 3057---------------------------- 3058 3059A number of compile-time options are available by modifying jmorecfg.h. 3060 3061The JPEG standard provides for both the baseline 8-bit DCT process and 3062a 12-bit DCT process. The IJG code supports 12-bit lossy JPEG if you define 3063BITS_IN_JSAMPLE as 12 rather than 8. Note that this causes JSAMPLE to be 3064larger than a char, so it affects the surrounding application's image data. 3065The sample applications cjpeg and djpeg can support 12-bit mode only for PPM 3066and GIF file formats; you must disable the other file formats to compile a 306712-bit cjpeg or djpeg. At present, a 12-bit library can handle *only* 12-bit 3068images, not both precisions. 3069 3070Note that a 12-bit library always compresses in Huffman optimization mode, 3071in order to generate valid Huffman tables. This is necessary because our 3072default Huffman tables only cover 8-bit data. If you need to output 12-bit 3073files in one pass, you'll have to supply suitable default Huffman tables. 3074You may also want to supply your own DCT quantization tables; the existing 3075quality-scaling code has been developed for 8-bit use, and probably doesn't 3076generate especially good tables for 12-bit. 3077 3078The maximum number of components (color channels) in the image is determined 3079by MAX_COMPONENTS. The JPEG standard allows up to 255 components, but we 3080expect that few applications will need more than four or so. 3081 3082On machines with unusual data type sizes, you may be able to improve 3083performance or reduce memory space by tweaking the various typedefs in 3084jmorecfg.h. In particular, on some RISC CPUs, access to arrays of "short"s 3085is quite slow; consider trading memory for speed by making JCOEF, INT16, and 3086UINT16 be "int" or "unsigned int". UINT8 is also a candidate to become int. 3087You probably don't want to make JSAMPLE be int unless you have lots of memory 3088to burn. 3089 3090You can reduce the size of the library by compiling out various optional 3091functions. To do this, undefine xxx_SUPPORTED symbols as necessary. 3092 3093You can also save a few K by not having text error messages in the library; 3094the standard error message table occupies about 5Kb. This is particularly 3095reasonable for embedded applications where there's no good way to display 3096a message anyway. To do this, remove the creation of the message table 3097(jpeg_std_message_table[]) from jerror.c, and alter format_message to do 3098something reasonable without it. You could output the numeric value of the 3099message code number, for example. If you do this, you can also save a couple 3100more K by modifying the TRACEMSn() macros in jerror.h to expand to nothing; 3101you don't need trace capability anyway, right? 3102 3103 3104Portability considerations 3105-------------------------- 3106 3107The JPEG library has been written to be extremely portable; the sample 3108applications cjpeg and djpeg are slightly less so. This section summarizes 3109the design goals in this area. (If you encounter any bugs that cause the 3110library to be less portable than is claimed here, we'd appreciate hearing 3111about them.) 3112 3113The code works fine on ANSI C and C++ compilers, using any of the popular 3114system include file setups, and some not-so-popular ones too. 3115 3116The code is not dependent on the exact sizes of the C data types. As 3117distributed, we make the assumptions that 3118 char is at least 8 bits wide 3119 short is at least 16 bits wide 3120 int is at least 16 bits wide 3121 long is at least 32 bits wide 3122(These are the minimum requirements of the ANSI C standard.) Wider types will 3123work fine, although memory may be used inefficiently if char is much larger 3124than 8 bits or short is much bigger than 16 bits. The code should work 3125equally well with 16- or 32-bit ints. 3126 3127In a system where these assumptions are not met, you may be able to make the 3128code work by modifying the typedefs in jmorecfg.h. However, you will probably 3129have difficulty if int is less than 16 bits wide, since references to plain 3130int abound in the code. 3131 3132char can be either signed or unsigned, although the code runs faster if an 3133unsigned char type is available. If char is wider than 8 bits, you will need 3134to redefine JOCTET and/or provide custom data source/destination managers so 3135that JOCTET represents exactly 8 bits of data on external storage. 3136 3137The JPEG library proper does not assume ASCII representation of characters. 3138But some of the image file I/O modules in cjpeg/djpeg do have ASCII 3139dependencies in file-header manipulation; so does cjpeg's select_file_type() 3140routine. 3141 3142The JPEG library does not rely heavily on the C library. In particular, C 3143stdio is used only by the data source/destination modules and the error 3144handler, all of which are application-replaceable. (cjpeg/djpeg are more 3145heavily dependent on stdio.) malloc and free are called only from the memory 3146manager "back end" module, so you can use a different memory allocator by 3147replacing that one file. 3148 3149More info about porting the code may be gleaned by reading jconfig.txt, 3150jmorecfg.h, and jinclude.h. 3151