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Glymur: a Python interface for JPEG 2000
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**Glymur** is an interface to the OpenJPEG library
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which allows one to read and write JPEG 2000 files from Python.
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Glymur supports both reading and writing of JPEG 2000 images, but writing
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JPEG 2000 images is currently limited to images that can fit in memory.
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**Glymur** can read images using OpenJPEG library versions as far back as 1.3,
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but it is strongly recommended to use version 2.1.0, which is the most recently
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released version of OpenJPEG at this time.
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In regards to metadata, most JP2 boxes are properly interpreted.
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Certain optional JP2 boxes can also be written, including XML boxes and
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XMP UUIDs. There is incomplete support for reading JPX metadata.
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Glymur works on Python versions 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4. If you have Python 2.6,
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you should use the 0.5 series of Glymur.
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For more information about OpenJPEG, please consult http://www.openjpeg.org.
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Glymur Installation
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You can retrieve the source for Glymur from either of
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* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Glymur/ (stable releases)
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* http://github.com/quintusdias/glymur (bleeding edge, use the devel branch)
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but you should also be able to install Glymur via pip ::
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$ pip install glymur
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In addition to the package, this also gives you a command line script
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**jp2dump** that can be used from the command line line to print JPEG 2000
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metadata.
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