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Bellard Creates New Image Format To Replace JPEG

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-pictures dept.

An anonymous reader writes Fabrice Bellard (creator of FFMPEG, QEMU, JSLinux...) proposes a new image format that could replace JPEG : BPG. For the same quality, files are about half the size of their JPEG equivalents. He released libbpg (with source) as well as a JS decompressor, and set up a demo including the famous Lena image.

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  1. Better comparison site by tal_mud · · Score: 5, Informative

    The below site offers a better comparison interface than the Lena image link from the post. Drag your mouse across the image to see the effect:

    http://xooyoozoo.github.io/yol...

  2. Massively patent-encumbered by roca · · Score: 5, Informative

    The problem here is that H.265 and by extension BPG are heavily patent-encumbered. These are not just latent patents but patents that the H.265 contributors are using for a revenue stream.

    Bellard suggests "just use the licensed hardware decoder you probably already have" but a) that doesn't make technical sense in lots of cases and b) most people don't, in fact, have such a thing currently and c) the encoding situation is even worse.