Guidelines for Video4Linux 4CC codes defined using v4l2_fourcc() are specified in this document. First of the characters defines the nature of the pixel format, compression and colour space. The interpretation of the other three characters depends on the first one.
Existing 4CCs may not obey these guidelines.
The following first characters are used by raw bayer formats:
2nd character: pixel order
3rd character: uncompressed bits-per-pixel 0–9, A–
4th character: compressed bits-per-pixel 0–9, A–