2.2. Multi-planar format structures

The struct v4l2_plane_pix_format structures define size and layout for each of the planes in a multi-planar format. The struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane structure contains information common to all planes (such as image width and height) and an array of struct v4l2_plane_pix_format structures, describing all planes of that format.

v4l2_plane_pix_format

struct v4l2_plane_pix_format

__u32	sizeimage	Maximum size in bytes required for image data in this plane.
__u32	bytesperline	Distance in bytes between the leftmost pixels in two adjacent lines. See struct v4l2_pix_format.
__u16	reserved[6]	Reserved for future extensions. Should be zeroed by drivers and applications.

v4l2_pix_format_mplane

struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane

__u32	width	Image width in pixels. See struct v4l2_pix_format.
__u32	height	Image height in pixels. See struct v4l2_pix_format.
__u32	pixelformat	The pixel format. Both single- and multi-planar four character codes can be used.
enum v4l2_field	field	See struct v4l2_pix_format.
enum v4l2_colorspace	colorspace	See struct v4l2_pix_format.
struct v4l2_plane_pix_format	plane_fmt[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES]	An array of structures describing format of each plane this pixel format consists of. The number of valid entries in this array has to be put in the num_planes field.
__u8	num_planes	Number of planes (i.e. separate memory buffers) for this format and the number of valid entries in the plane_fmt array.
__u8	flags	Flags set by the application or driver, see Format Flags.
enum v4l2_ycbcr_encoding	ycbcr_enc	This information supplements the colorspace and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
enum v4l2_hsv_encoding	hsv_enc	This information supplements the colorspace and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
enum v4l2_quantization	quantization	This information supplements the colorspace and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
enum v4l2_xfer_func	xfer_func	This information supplements the colorspace and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
__u8	reserved[7]	Reserved for future extensions. Should be zeroed by drivers and applications.