2.10.1. Packed YUV formats

2.10.1.1. Description

Similar to the packed RGB formats these formats store the Y, Cb and Cr component of each pixel in one 16 or 32 bit word.

Packed YUV Image Formats
Identifier Code   Byte 0 in memory   Byte 1   Byte 2   Byte 3
    Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0   7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV444 ‘Y444’ Cb3 Cb2 Cb1 Cb0 Cr3 Cr2 Cr1 Cr0 a3 a2 a1 a0 Y’3 Y’2 Y’1

Y’0

V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV555 ‘YUVO’ Cb2 Cb1 Cb0 Cr4 Cr3 Cr2 Cr1 Cr0 a Y’4 Y’3 Y’2 Y’1 Y’0 Cb4

Cb3

V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV565 ‘YUVP’ Cb2 Cb1 Cb0 Cr4 Cr3 Cr2 Cr1 Cr0 Y’4 Y’3 Y’2 Y’1 Y’0 Cb5 Cb4

Cb3

V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV32 ‘YUV4’ a7 a6 a5 a4 a3 a2 a1 a0 Y’7 Y’6 Y’5 Y’4 Y’3 Y’2 Y’1 Y’0 Cb7 Cb6 Cb5 Cb4 Cb3 Cb2 Cb1 Cb0 Cr7 Cr6 Cr5 Cr4 Cr3 Cr2 Cr1

Cr0

Note

  1. Bit 7 is the most significant bit;
  2. The value of a = alpha bits is undefined when reading from the driver, ignored when writing to the driver, except when alpha blending has been negotiated for a Video Overlay or Video Output Overlay.

Table Of Contents

Previous topic

2.10. YUV Formats

Next topic

2.10.2. V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY (‘GREY’)

This Page