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Re: Question on Compression for Raw Image


From: Alberto Garcia
Subject: Re: Question on Compression for Raw Image
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:49:02 +0200
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On Tue 20 Oct 2020 04:32:23 PM CEST, Eric Blake wrote:
> My recommendation would be implementing a new BDS filter that does
> uncompression.  Then, you could do things like:
>
> raw -> decompress -> file.xz

This would work, although read-only and you would need a compression
format that supports random access (I think that's the case with xz, at
least if you compress it using small blocks).

Berto



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