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Not the GP, but for archiving, you want to know that you'll be able to decode the files well into the future. If you adopt a format that's not well accepted and the code base gets dropped and not maintained so that in the future it is no longer able to be run on modern gear, your archive is worthless.

As a counter, J2K has been well established by the professional market even if your mom doesn't know anything about what it is. It has been standardized by the ISO, so it's not something that will be forgotten about. It's a good tool for the right job. It's also true that not all jobs will be the right ones for that tool



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