JPEG library

The jpeg library found in the uClinux distribution is the industry standard version from the Independent JPEG Group, latest release was done 27-Mar-1998.

There is an FAQ about jpeg which can be found at: www.faqs.org

There are a few examples using the libjpeg library which can be found in the uClinux-dist/lib/libjpeg directory:

• cjpeg - compress an image file to a JPEG file
• djpeg - decompress a JPEG file to an image file
• jpegtran - lossless transformation of JPEG files
• rdjpgcom - display text comments from a JPEG file
• wrjpgcom - insert text comments into a JPEG file

Each application most likely has a man page installed on your host - check there for options.

The example applications have included help, just add the flag -? to the command:

root:~> /usr/bin/cjpeg -?
usage: /usr/bin/cjpeg [switches] [inputfile]
Switches (names may be abbreviated):
  -quality N     Compression quality (0..100; 5-95 is useful range)
  -grayscale     Create monochrome JPEG file
  -optimize      Optimize Huffman table (smaller file, but slow compression)
  -progressive   Create progressive JPEG file
  -targa         Input file is Targa format (usually not needed)
Switches for advanced users:
  -dct int       Use integer DCT method (default)
  -dct fast      Use fast integer DCT (less accurate)
  -dct float     Use floating-point DCT method
  -restart N     Set restart interval in rows, or in blocks with B
  -smooth N      Smooth dithered input (N=1..100 is strength)
  -maxmemory N   Maximum memory to use (in kbytes)
  -outfile name  Specify name for output file
  -verbose  or  -debug   Emit debug output
Switches for wizards:
  -baseline      Force baseline quantization tables
  -qtables file  Use quantization tables given in file
  -qslots N[,...]    Set component quantization tables
  -sample HxV[,...]  Set component sampling factors
  -scans file    Create multi-scan JPEG per script file

root:~> for i in 20 40 60 80 95 ; do echo $i ; time cjpeg -quality $i mandrill.bmp > mandrill.jpg ; ls -l mandrill.jpg ; time djpeg mandrill.jpg > /dev/null ; done
20
Caution: quantization tables are too coarse for baseline JPEG
real    0m 0.21s
user    0m 0.20s
sys     0m 0.01s
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        27440 Jun 27 12:22 mandrill.jpg
real    0m 0.12s
user    0m 0.12s
sys     0m 0.00s
40
real    0m 0.24s
user    0m 0.23s
sys     0m 0.01s
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        43667 Jun 27 12:22 mandrill.jpg
real    0m 0.14s
user    0m 0.14s
sys     0m 0.00s
60
real    0m 0.24s
user    0m 0.23s
sys     0m 0.01s
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        58338 Jun 27 12:22 mandrill.jpg
real    0m 0.14s
user    0m 0.12s
sys     0m 0.01s
80
real    0m 0.27s
user    0m 0.24s
sys     0m 0.03s
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        88762 Jun 27 12:22 mandrill.jpg
real    0m 0.15s
user    0m 0.14s
sys     0m 0.00s
95
real    0m 0.35s
user    0m 0.32s
sys     0m 0.03s
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       190020 Jun 27 12:22 mandrill.jpg
real    0m 0.20s
user    0m 0.19s
sys     0m 0.00s

If we examine the -quality 95 output, since the image is the standard mandrill, which is 512×512 pixels, (262,144 pixels), 0.35s (1.33514404296875 useconds per pixel) for encode and .20s (0.762939453125 useconds per pixel)for decode. Based on a processor speed of 525(MHz CCLK):

root:~> cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : Analog Devices
cpu family      : 0x27de000
model name      : ADSP-BF548 525(MHz CCLK) 131(MHz SCLK)

That is around 700 clocks per pixel for encode, and 400 for decode. This is about 5.3x (700/131) encode and 2.2x (400/179) for decode what a hand optimized assembly version can provide (based on results from ADI's proprietary JPEG software module.

We are currently working on improving that and will update things here as that is done.