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 # bigdataviewer-core
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+
+ImgLib2-based viewer for registered SPIM stacks and more
+
+
+## Usage:
+```
+java -ea -jar bigdataviewer-core.jar <INPUT-FILE>
+```
+Input file may be local XML file or dataset url on BigDataViwer Server, for example: http://127.0.0.1:8080/drosophila32.
+
+## QCMP Compression Extension
+This extension adds one command line option `-qcmp`. If this option is specified, then the client request compressed data from the BigDataViewer web server.
+
+This extension doesn't limit functionality of original viewer application in any way.