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1# Introduction
2
3Formats (FOURCC) supported by libyuv are detailed here.
4
5# Core Formats
6
7There are 2 core formats supported by libyuv - I420 and ARGB.
8  All YUV formats can be converted to/from I420.
9  All RGB formats can be converted to/from ARGB.
10
11Filtering functions such as scaling and planar functions work on I420 and/or ARGB.
12
13# OSX Core Media Pixel Formats
14
15This is how OSX formats map to libyuv
16
17    enum {
18      kCMPixelFormat_32ARGB          = 32,      FOURCC_BGRA
19      kCMPixelFormat_32BGRA          = 'BGRA',  FOURCC_ARGB
20      kCMPixelFormat_24RGB           = 24,      FOURCC_RAW
21      kCMPixelFormat_16BE555         = 16,      Not supported.
22      kCMPixelFormat_16BE565         = 'B565',  Not supported.
23      kCMPixelFormat_16LE555         = 'L555',  FOURCC_RGBO
24      kCMPixelFormat_16LE565         = 'L565',  FOURCC_RGBP
25      kCMPixelFormat_16LE5551        = '5551',  FOURCC_RGBO
26      kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr8      = '2vuy',  FOURCC_UYVY
27      kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr8_yuvs = 'yuvs',  FOURCC_YUY2
28      kCMPixelFormat_444YpCbCr8      = 'v308',  FOURCC_I444 ?
29      kCMPixelFormat_4444YpCbCrA8    = 'v408',  Not supported.
30      kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr16     = 'v216',  Not supported.
31      kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr10     = 'v210',  FOURCC_V210 previously.  Removed now.
32      kCMPixelFormat_444YpCbCr10     = 'v410',  Not supported.
33      kCMPixelFormat_8IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero = 0x00000028,  Not supported.
34    };
35
36
37# FOURCC (Four Charactacter Code) List
38
39The following is extracted from video_common.h as a complete list of formats supported by libyuv.
40    enum FourCC {
41      // 10 Primary YUV formats: 5 planar, 2 biplanar, 2 packed.
42      FOURCC_I420 = FOURCC('I', '4', '2', '0'),
43      FOURCC_I422 = FOURCC('I', '4', '2', '2'),
44      FOURCC_I444 = FOURCC('I', '4', '4', '4'),
45      FOURCC_I400 = FOURCC('I', '4', '0', '0'),
46      FOURCC_NV21 = FOURCC('N', 'V', '2', '1'),
47      FOURCC_NV12 = FOURCC('N', 'V', '1', '2'),
48      FOURCC_YUY2 = FOURCC('Y', 'U', 'Y', '2'),
49      FOURCC_UYVY = FOURCC('U', 'Y', 'V', 'Y'),
50      FOURCC_H010 = FOURCC('H', '0', '1', '0'),  // unofficial fourcc. 10 bit lsb
51      FOURCC_U010 = FOURCC('U', '0', '1', '0'),  // bt.2020, unofficial fourcc.
52                                                 // 10 bit lsb
53
54      // 1 Secondary YUV format: row biplanar.
55      FOURCC_M420 = FOURCC('M', '4', '2', '0'),  // deprecated.
56
57      // 13 Primary RGB formats: 4 32 bpp, 2 24 bpp, 3 16 bpp, 1 10 bpc, 2 64 bpp
58      FOURCC_ARGB = FOURCC('A', 'R', 'G', 'B'),
59      FOURCC_BGRA = FOURCC('B', 'G', 'R', 'A'),
60      FOURCC_ABGR = FOURCC('A', 'B', 'G', 'R'),
61      FOURCC_AR30 = FOURCC('A', 'R', '3', '0'),  // 10 bit per channel. 2101010.
62      FOURCC_AB30 = FOURCC('A', 'B', '3', '0'),  // ABGR version of 10 bit
63      FOURCC_AR64 = FOURCC('A', 'R', '6', '4'),  // 16 bit per channel.
64      FOURCC_AB64 = FOURCC('A', 'B', '6', '4'),  // ABGR version of 16 bit
65      FOURCC_24BG = FOURCC('2', '4', 'B', 'G'),
66      FOURCC_RAW = FOURCC('r', 'a', 'w', ' '),
67      FOURCC_RGBA = FOURCC('R', 'G', 'B', 'A'),
68      FOURCC_RGBP = FOURCC('R', 'G', 'B', 'P'),  // rgb565 LE.
69      FOURCC_RGBO = FOURCC('R', 'G', 'B', 'O'),  // argb1555 LE.
70      FOURCC_R444 = FOURCC('R', '4', '4', '4'),  // argb4444 LE.
71
72      // 1 Primary Compressed YUV format.
73      FOURCC_MJPG = FOURCC('M', 'J', 'P', 'G'),
74
75      // 11 Auxiliary YUV variations: 3 with U and V planes are swapped, 1 Alias.
76      FOURCC_YV12 = FOURCC('Y', 'V', '1', '2'),
77      FOURCC_YV16 = FOURCC('Y', 'V', '1', '6'),
78      FOURCC_YV24 = FOURCC('Y', 'V', '2', '4'),
79      FOURCC_YU12 = FOURCC('Y', 'U', '1', '2'),  // Linux version of I420.
80      FOURCC_J420 = FOURCC('J', '4', '2', '0'),
81      FOURCC_J400 = FOURCC('J', '4', '0', '0'),  // unofficial fourcc
82      FOURCC_H420 = FOURCC('H', '4', '2', '0'),  // unofficial fourcc
83      FOURCC_H422 = FOURCC('H', '4', '2', '2'),  // unofficial fourcc
84      FOURCC_U420 = FOURCC('U', '4', '2', '0'),  // bt.2020, unofficial fourcc
85      FOURCC_U422 = FOURCC('U', '4', '2', '2'),  // bt.2020, unofficial fourcc
86      FOURCC_U444 = FOURCC('U', '4', '4', '4'),  // bt.2020, unofficial fourcc
87
88      // 14 Auxiliary aliases.  CanonicalFourCC() maps these to canonical fourcc.
89      FOURCC_IYUV = FOURCC('I', 'Y', 'U', 'V'),  // Alias for I420.
90      FOURCC_YU16 = FOURCC('Y', 'U', '1', '6'),  // Alias for I422.
91      FOURCC_YU24 = FOURCC('Y', 'U', '2', '4'),  // Alias for I444.
92      FOURCC_YUYV = FOURCC('Y', 'U', 'Y', 'V'),  // Alias for YUY2.
93      FOURCC_YUVS = FOURCC('y', 'u', 'v', 's'),  // Alias for YUY2 on Mac.
94      FOURCC_HDYC = FOURCC('H', 'D', 'Y', 'C'),  // Alias for UYVY.
95      FOURCC_2VUY = FOURCC('2', 'v', 'u', 'y'),  // Alias for UYVY on Mac.
96      FOURCC_JPEG = FOURCC('J', 'P', 'E', 'G'),  // Alias for MJPG.
97      FOURCC_DMB1 = FOURCC('d', 'm', 'b', '1'),  // Alias for MJPG on Mac.
98      FOURCC_BA81 = FOURCC('B', 'A', '8', '1'),  // Alias for BGGR.
99      FOURCC_RGB3 = FOURCC('R', 'G', 'B', '3'),  // Alias for RAW.
100      FOURCC_BGR3 = FOURCC('B', 'G', 'R', '3'),  // Alias for 24BG.
101      FOURCC_CM32 = FOURCC(0, 0, 0, 32),  // Alias for BGRA kCMPixelFormat_32ARGB
102      FOURCC_CM24 = FOURCC(0, 0, 0, 24),  // Alias for RAW kCMPixelFormat_24RGB
103      FOURCC_L555 = FOURCC('L', '5', '5', '5'),  // Alias for RGBO.
104      FOURCC_L565 = FOURCC('L', '5', '6', '5'),  // Alias for RGBP.
105      FOURCC_5551 = FOURCC('5', '5', '5', '1'),  // Alias for RGBO.
106
107# Planar YUV
108      The following formats contains a full size Y plane followed by 1 or 2
109        planes for UV: I420, I422, I444, I400, NV21, NV12, I400
110      The size (subsampling) of the UV varies.
111        I420, NV12 and NV21 are half width, half height
112        I422, NV16 and NV61 are half width, full height
113        I444, NV24 and NV42 are full width, full height
114        I400 and J400 have no chroma channel.
115
116# Color space
117      The YUV formats start with a letter to specify the color space. e.g. I420
118        I = BT.601 limited range
119        J = BT.601 full range     (J = JPEG that uses this)
120        H = BT.709 limited range  (H for HD)
121        F = BT.709 full range     (F for Full range)
122        U = BT.2020 limited range (U for UHD)
123        V = BT.2020 full range
124        For YUV to RGB conversions, a matrix can be passed.  See also convert_argh.h
125
126# HDR formats
127      Planar formats with 10 or 12 bits use the following fourcc:
128        I010, I012, P010, P012 are half width, half height
129        I210, I212, P210, P212 are half width, full height
130        I410, I412, P410, P412 are full width, full height
131      where
132        I is the color space (see above) and 3 planes: Y, U and V.
133        P is a biplanar format, similar to NV12 but 16 bits, with the valid bits in the high bits.  There is a Y plane and a UV plane.
134        0, 2 or 4 is the last digit of subsampling: 4:2:0, 4:2:2, or 4:4:4
135        10 or 12 is the bits per channel.  The bits are in the low bits of a 16 bit channel.
136
137# The ARGB FOURCC
138
139There are 4 ARGB layouts - ARGB, BGRA, ABGR and RGBA.  ARGB is most common by far, used for screen formats, and windows webcam drivers.
140
141The fourcc describes the order of channels in a ***register***.
142
143A fourcc provided by capturer, can be thought of string, e.g. "ARGB".
144
145On little endian machines, as an int, this would have 'A' in the lowest byte.  The FOURCC macro reverses the order:
146
147    #define FOURCC(a, b, c, d) (((uint32)(a)) | ((uint32)(b) << 8) | ((uint32)(c) << 16) | ((uint32)(d) << 24))
148
149So the "ARGB" string, read as an uint32, is
150
151    FOURCC_ARGB = FOURCC('A', 'R', 'G', 'B')
152
153If you were to read ARGB pixels as uint32's, the alpha would be in the high byte, and the blue in the lowest byte.  In memory, these are stored little endian, so 'B' is first, then 'G', 'R' and 'A' last.
154
155When calling conversion functions, the names match the FOURCC, so in this case it would be I420ToARGB().
156
157All formats can be converted to/from ARGB.
158
159Most 'planar_functions' work on ARGB (e.g. ARGBBlend).
160
161Some are channel order agnostic (e.g. ARGBScale).
162
163Some functions are symmetric (e.g. ARGBToBGRA is the same as BGRAToARGB, so its a macro).
164
165ARGBBlend expects preattenuated ARGB. The R,G,B are premultiplied by alpha.  Other functions don't care.
166
167# RGB24 and RAW
168
169There are 2 RGB layouts - RGB24 (aka 24BG) and RAW
170
171RGB24 is B,G,R in memory
172RAW is R,G,B in memory
173
174# AR30 and XR30
175
176AR30 is 2 10 10 10 ARGB stored in little endian order.
177The 2 bit alpha has 4 values.  Here are the comparable 8 bit alpha values.
1780 - 0.    00000000b = 0x00 = 0
1791 - 33%.  01010101b = 0x55 = 85
1802 - 66%.  10101010b = 0xaa = 170
1813 - 100%. 11111111b = 0xff = 255
182The 10 bit RGB values range from 0 to 1023.
183XR30 is the same as AR30 but with no alpha channel.
184
185# AB64 and AR64
186
187AB64 is similar to ABGR, with 16 bit (2 bytes) per channel. Each channel stores an unsigned short.
188In memory R is the lowest and A is the highest.
189Each channel has value ranges from 0 to 65535.
190AR64 is similar to ARGB.
191
192# NV12 and NV21
193
194NV12 is a biplanar format with a full sized Y plane followed by a single
195chroma plane with weaved U and V values.
196NV21 is the same but with weaved V and U values.
197The 12 in NV12 refers to 12 bits per pixel.  NV12 has a half width and half
198height chroma channel, and therefore is a 420 subsampling.
199NV16 is 16 bits per pixel, with half width and full height.  aka 422.
200NV24 is 24 bits per pixel with full sized chroma channel. aka 444.
201Most NV12 functions allow the destination Y pointer to be NULL.
202
203# YUY2 and UYVY
204
205YUY2 is a packed YUV format with half width, full height.
206
207YUY2 is YUYV in memory
208UYVY is UYVY in memory
209