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Official Repository for the JasPer Image Coding Toolkit

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JasPer Transcoder (Version 4.2.9).
Copyright (c) 2001-2022 Michael David Adams.
Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Image Power, Inc. and the University of
  British Columbia.
All rights reserved.

For information about the JasPer project, see:
    https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper
    https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper
For online documentation on the JasPer software, see:
    https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper-manual
Please submit bug reports using the bug-tracker at:
    https://github.com/jasper-software/jasper/issues

usage: jasper [options]
Some of the supported options include:
    --help                  Print this help information and exit.
    --version               Print version information and exit.
    --verbose               Enable verbose mode.
    --debug-level $lev      Set the debug level to $lev.
    --input $file           Read the input image from the file named $file
                            instead of standard input.
    --input-format $fmt     Specify the format of the input image as $fmt.
                            (See below for the list of supported formats.)
    --input-option $opt     Provide the option $opt to the decoder.
    --output $file          Write the output image to the file named $file
                            instead of standard output.
    --output-format $fmt    Specify the format of the output image as $fmt.
                            (See below for the list of supported formats.)
    --output-option $opt    Provide the option $opt to the encoder.
    --force-srgb            Force conversion to the sRGB color space.
For additional information, please see the online documentation.

The following formats are supported:
    [enabled]  pnm      Portable Graymap/Pixmap (PNM)
    [enabled]  bmp      Microsoft Bitmap (BMP)
    [enabled]  ras      Sun Rasterfile (RAS)
    [enabled]  pgx      JPEG-2000 VM Format (PGX)
    [enabled]  jpc      JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax (ISO/IEC 15444-1)
    [enabled]  jp2      JPEG-2000 JP2 File Format Syntax (ISO/IEC 15444-1)
    [disabled] mif      My Image Format (MIF)
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpPrint this help information and exit.help
--versionPrint version information and exit.help
--verboseEnable verbose mode.help
--debug-level $levSet the debug level to $lev.help
--input $fileRead the input image from the file named $file instead of standard input.help
--input-format $fmtSpecify the format of the input image as $fmt.help
--input-option $optProvide the option $opt to the decoder.help
--output $fileWrite the output image to the file named $file instead of standard output.help
--output-format $fmtSpecify the format of the output image as $fmt.help
--output-option $optProvide the option $opt to the encoder.help
--force-srgbForce conversion to the sRGB color space.help

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