J2K-Codec is a software component, developed to be as easy to deploy as possible.

It was started as a replacement for the JasPer codec, because JasPer is too slow and complicated.

J2K-Codec supports a limited, most commonly used, sub-set of JPEG2000 standard (Part 1). Despite its name (reflecting the future plans), it is still only a decoder, not a full codec. There is also a 16-bit version available that can decode 16-bit JPEG2000 images.

J2K-Codec is significantly faster than non-commercial JPEG2000 implementations (see the comparison graph on the site). Plus, lots of samples for various programming languages (C++, C#, VisualBasic, VB.NET, etc.) in its package make the deployment very easy.

Currently, only Windows OS are supported, but future development plans include porting J2K-Codec to PocketPC and Linux.

External links

• J2K-Codec homepage