[FWTools] Trying to translate gtif ASTER image to jpg but v. slow

[Frank Warmerdam]

Simon Hook wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a 3 band, byte ASTER satellite image that is stored as a geotif 
> that I want to convert to a jpg with a world file. I run the command:
> 
> F:\Windows\geotif2jpg>gdal_translate -of JPEG -co WORLDFILE=ON 
> aster_vnir.gtif aster.jpg
> Input file size is 5796, 4888
> 0...10...20...30...40...50..
> 
> However, thats the output after about 10 mins, FWTools takes about 20 
> mins per scene and I want to convert hundreds of scenes. Is there any 
> way to speed up gdal_translate. I tried the:
> 
> gdal_translate --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 512
> 
> and then ran the gdal_translate but it is still v. sloow.

Simon,

I'm sorry, but I haven't seen this slowness.  If you can provide a pointer
to the file, I could download and try to reproduce.

Best regards,
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