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.. _packed-yuv:

******************
Packed YUV formats
******************

Similarly to the packed RGB formats, the packed YUV formats store the Y, Cb and
Cr components consecutively in memory. They may apply subsampling to the chroma
components and thus differ in how they interlave the three components.

.. note::

   - In all the tables that follow, bit 7 is the most significant bit in a byte.
   - 'Y', 'Cb' and 'Cr' denote bits of the luma, blue chroma (also known as
     'U') and red chroma (also known as 'V') components respectively. 'A'
     denotes bits of the alpha component (if supported by the format), and 'X'
     denotes padding bits.


4:4:4 Subsampling
=================

These formats do not subsample the chroma components and store each pixels as a
full triplet of Y, Cb and Cr values.

.. raw:: latex

    \begingroup
    \tiny
    \setlength{\tabcolsep}{2pt}

.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{0.69cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|p{0.31cm}|

.. flat-table:: Packed YUV 4:4:4 Image Formats (less than 8bpc)
    :header-rows:  2
    :stub-columns: 0

    * - Identifier
      - Code

      - :cspan:`7` Byte 0 in memory

      - :cspan:`7` Byte 1

    * -
      -
      - 7
      - 6
      - 5
      - 4
      - 3
      - 2
      - 1
      - 0

      - 7
      - 6
      - 5
      - 4
      - 3
      - 2
      - 1
      - 0

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV444:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV444``
      - 'Y444'

      - Cb\ :sub:`3`
      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
      - Cb\ :sub:`1`
      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`3`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
      - Cr\ :sub:`1`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`

      - a\ :sub:`3`
      - a\ :sub:`2`
      - a\ :sub:`1`
      - a\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Y'\ :sub:`0`

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV555:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV555``
      - 'YUVO'

      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
      - Cb\ :sub:`1`
      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`4`
      - Cr\ :sub:`3`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
      - Cr\ :sub:`1`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`

      - a
      - Y'\ :sub:`4`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`4`
      - Cb\ :sub:`3`

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV565:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV565``
      - 'YUVP'

      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
      - Cb\ :sub:`1`
      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`4`
      - Cr\ :sub:`3`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
      - Cr\ :sub:`1`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`

      - Y'\ :sub:`4`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`5`
      - Cb\ :sub:`4`
      - Cb\ :sub:`3`

.. raw:: latex

    \endgroup

.. note::

    For the YUV444 and YUV555 formats, the value of alpha bits is undefined
    when reading from the driver, ignored when writing to the driver, except
    when alpha blending has been negotiated for a :ref:`Video Overlay
    <overlay>` or :ref:`Video Output Overlay <osd>`.


.. flat-table:: Packed YUV Image Formats (8bpc)
    :header-rows: 1
    :stub-columns: 0

    * - Identifier
      - Code
      - Byte 0
      - Byte 1
      - Byte 2
      - Byte 3

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV32:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV32``
      - 'YUV4'

      - A\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`7-0`

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-AYUV32:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_AYUV32``
      - 'AYUV'

      - A\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`7-0`

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-XYUV32:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_XYUV32``
      - 'XYUV'

      - X\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`7-0`

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-VUYA32:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_VUYA32``
      - 'VUYA'

      - Cr\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`7-0`
      - A\ :sub:`7-0`

    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-VUYX32:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_VUYX32``
      - 'VUYX'

      - Cr\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`7-0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`7-0`
      - X\ :sub:`7-0`

.. note::

    - The alpha component is expected to contain a meaningful value that can be
      used by drivers and applications.
    - The padding bits contain undefined values that must be ignored by all
      applications and drivers.


4:2:2 Subsampling
=================

These formats, commonly referred to as YUYV or YUY2, subsample the chroma
components horizontally by 2, storing 2 pixels in 4 bytes.

.. flat-table:: Packed YUV 4:2:2 Formats
    :header-rows: 1
    :stub-columns: 0

    * - Identifier
      - Code
      - Byte 0
      - Byte 1
      - Byte 2
      - Byte 3
      - Byte 4
      - Byte 5
      - Byte 6
      - Byte 7
    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-UYVY:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_UYVY``
      - 'UYVY'

      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-VYUY:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_VYUY``
      - 'VYUY'

      - Cr\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUYV:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV``
      - 'YUYV'

      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVYU:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVYU``
      - 'YVYU'

      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
      - Cb\ :sub:`2`

**Color Sample Location:**
Chroma samples are :ref:`interstitially sited<yuv-chroma-centered>`
horizontally.


4:1:1 Subsampling
=================

This format subsamples the chroma components horizontally by 4, storing 8
pixels in 12 bytes.

.. flat-table:: Packed YUV 4:1:1 Formats
    :header-rows: 1
    :stub-columns: 0

    * - Identifier
      - Code
      - Byte 0
      - Byte 1
      - Byte 2
      - Byte 3
      - Byte 4
      - Byte 5
      - Byte 6
      - Byte 7
      - Byte 8
      - Byte 9
      - Byte 10
      - Byte 11
    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-Y41P:

      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y41P``
      - 'Y41P'

      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
      - Cr\ :sub:`0`
      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
      - Cb\ :sub:`4`
      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
      - Cr\ :sub:`4`
      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
      - Y'\ :sub:`4`
      - Y'\ :sub:`5`
      - Y'\ :sub:`6`
      - Y'\ :sub:`7`

.. note::

    Do not confuse ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y41P`` with
    :ref:`V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV411P <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV411P>`. Y41P is derived from
    "YUV 4:1:1 *packed*", while YUV411P stands for "YUV 4:1:1 *planar*".

**Color Sample Location:**
Chroma samples are :ref:`interstitially sited<yuv-chroma-centered>`
horizontally.