Adding new compression is an interesting field, indeed
The underlying nx is prepared structured in a way that make adding additional image compression algorithms quite simple. However, so far we have not implemented any other compression beyond the ones NoMachine already had, making the code very compatible.
On the other hand I am not sure how much we could gain from that. Are 10-20% smaller images worth it? Is that number reasonable at all? Images are cached and only transferred once, if possible. So I guess we should first do some measurements to explore the potential.
Do you have any case where a better image compression could help significantly?
Uli
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:46 AM Pär Larsson <par.larsson@umu.se> wrote:
Hi!
Thanks for creating x2go, I'm a big fan!
In the image compression field there has been progress during recent years. Would there be a point to implementing something like jpeg xl in X2Go? As I understand, it compares favorably to standard jpeg and png in every aspect. But perhaps it would not make a big difference or be difficult?
Best,
Pär Larsson, Sweden
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