[NTG-context] .jpx and .jxl

[Jim <zlists+context@jdvb.ca>]

Recently I've been trying to make some PDFs smaller by using better
compression of JPEG pictures.

I was happy to see that \externalfigure cheerfully accepts .jp2 (JPEG 2000)
files.  However, my understanding (and I could well be wrong, but I've seen
it multiple places) is that JPEG 2000 *Part 2* files should have extension
.jpx, not .jp2.

By default, ConTeXt does not recognize .jpx.  But if I rename a .jpx file
to have a .jp2 extension, then ConTeXt properly processes the file and I
see the picture in the PDF.

Q: are there any plans to make ConTeXt recognize the .jpx extension?
   If not, can anyone suggest some ConTeXt code which allows me to tell
   ConTeXt to process a .jpx file as a .jp2 file?


I have also been investigating the use to JPEG-XL files (.jxl).  One of the
interesting aspects of JXL files is that .jpg files can be **losslessly**
compressed into .jxl files.  (That is, you can recover the exact .jpg from
the .jxl file if you want, so there is no further degradation of the image
by doing this lossless compression.)  I have been seeing 20% to 30%
reduction in file sizes by converting JPGs into JXLs, which I would be
happy to make use of in my PDFs, if possible.

Bonus question: is there any plan to support JXL files in ConTeXt?

Thanks.
                                Jim
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