JPEG XR

JPEG XR
Filename extension
Internet media type
  • image/vnd.ms-photo
  • image/jxr[3]
Developed byMicrosoft, ITU-T, ISO/IEC
Initial release14 April 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-14)
Latest release
06/2019 (ITU-T); 2020 edition (ISO/IEC)
June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06)
Type of formatGraphics file format
Contained byTIFF
StandardITU-T Rec. T.832 (06/2019),
ISO/IEC 29199-2:2020
Open format?Yes
WebsiteITU-T T.832 (06/2019),
ISO/IEC 29199-2:2020

JPEG XR[4] (JPEG extended range[5]) is an image compression standard for continuous tone photographic images, based on the HD Photo (formerly Windows Media Photo) specifications that Microsoft originally developed and patented.[6] It supports both lossy and lossless compression, and is the preferred image format for Ecma-388 Open XML Paper Specification documents.

Support for the format was made available in Adobe Flash Player 11.0, Adobe AIR 3.0, Sumatra PDF 2.1, Windows Imaging Component, .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, Internet Explorer 11, Pale Moon 27.2.[7][8][9] As of January 2021, there were still no cameras that shoot photos in the JPEG XR (.JXR) format.

  1. ^ "Recommendation T.832 (06/2019): Information technology – JPEG XR image coding system – Image coding specification". International Telecommunication Union – Standardization sector (ITU-T). June 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Microsoft Device Porting Kit Specification". Microsoft Corporation. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Media Types". IANA. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ Bill, Crow (17 November 2006). "Introducing HD Photo". Bill Crow's Digital Imaging & Photography Blog. Microsoft.
  5. ^ Bill, Crow (31 July 2007). "Industry Standardization for HD Photo". Bill Crow's Digital Imaging & Photography Blog. Microsoft.
  6. ^ "HD Photo, Version 1.0 (Windows Media Photo)". Digital Preservation. Library of Congress. 19 February 2008.
  7. ^ matthewu (31 January 2014). "Readme". jxrlib repo. Archived from the original on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014 – via CodePlex. The JPEG XR format replaces the HD Photo/Windows Media™ Photo format in both Windows 8 and the Windows Image Component (WIC). WIC accompanies the Internet Explorer 10 redistributable packages for down-level versions of Windows.
  8. ^ "Platform update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1". Microsoft Support. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Pale Moon Release Notes". Moonchild Productions.