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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