BPG File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
File Extension .bpg
Format Type Image File
Developed By Fabrice Bellard
Release Date 2014
MIME Type image/bpg
Compression Lossy & Lossless
Based on HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)
Color Depth Up to 14 bits per channel
Alpha Channel Supported
Animation Supported
Metadata Supported (EXIF, ICC profile, XMP)
Maximum Image Dimensions 16384 x 16384 pixels
Chroma Subsampling 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0
Bitrate Control Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
License GNU GPL v2 or later
Advantages High compression efficiency, good for web usage
Limitations Not widely supported in web browsers and image editing software
Use Cases Where space or bandwidth are constrained
Security Does not inherently contain or execute code, but vulnerabilities may arise from the parsers used by applications
Comparisons More efficient than JPEG, PNG, and GIF in various scenarios