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1     <refentry>
2       <refmeta>
3         <refentrytitle>V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12 ('NV12'), V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV21 ('NV21')</refentrytitle>
4         &manvol;
5       </refmeta>
6       <refnamediv>
7         <refname id="V4L2-PIX-FMT-NV12"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12</constant></refname>
8         <refname id="V4L2-PIX-FMT-NV21"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV21</constant></refname>
9         <refpurpose>Formats with &frac12; horizontal and vertical
10 chroma resolution, also known as YUV 4:2:0. One luminance and one
11 chrominance plane with alternating chroma samples as opposed to
12 <constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVU420</constant></refpurpose>
13       </refnamediv>
14       <refsect1>
15         <title>Description</title>
17         <para>These are two-plane versions of the YUV 4:2:0 format.
18 The three components are separated into two sub-images or planes. The
19 Y plane is first. The Y plane has one byte per pixel. For
20 <constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12</constant>, a combined CbCr plane
21 immediately follows the Y plane in memory.  The CbCr plane is the same
22 width, in bytes, as the Y plane (and of the image), but is half as
23 tall in pixels. Each CbCr pair belongs to four pixels. For example,
24 Cb<subscript>0</subscript>/Cr<subscript>0</subscript> belongs to
25 Y'<subscript>00</subscript>, Y'<subscript>01</subscript>,
26 Y'<subscript>10</subscript>, Y'<subscript>11</subscript>.
27 <constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV21</constant> is the same except the Cb and
28 Cr bytes are swapped, the CrCb plane starts with a Cr byte.</para>
30         <para>If the Y plane has pad bytes after each row, then the
31 CbCr plane has as many pad bytes after its rows.</para>
33         <example>
34           <title><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12</constant> 4 &times; 4
35 pixel image</title>
37           <formalpara>
38             <title>Byte Order.</title>
39             <para>Each cell is one byte.
40                 <informaltable frame="none">
41                 <tgroup cols="5" align="center">
42                   <colspec align="left" colwidth="2*" />
43                   <tbody valign="top">
44                     <row>
45                       <entry>start&nbsp;+&nbsp;0:</entry>
46                       <entry>Y'<subscript>00</subscript></entry>
47                       <entry>Y'<subscript>01</subscript></entry>
48                       <entry>Y'<subscript>02</subscript></entry>
49                       <entry>Y'<subscript>03</subscript></entry>
50                     </row>
51                     <row>
52                       <entry>start&nbsp;+&nbsp;4:</entry>
53                       <entry>Y'<subscript>10</subscript></entry>
54                       <entry>Y'<subscript>11</subscript></entry>
55                       <entry>Y'<subscript>12</subscript></entry>
56                       <entry>Y'<subscript>13</subscript></entry>
57                     </row>
58                     <row>
59                       <entry>start&nbsp;+&nbsp;8:</entry>
60                       <entry>Y'<subscript>20</subscript></entry>
61                       <entry>Y'<subscript>21</subscript></entry>
62                       <entry>Y'<subscript>22</subscript></entry>
63                       <entry>Y'<subscript>23</subscript></entry>
64                     </row>
65                     <row>
66                       <entry>start&nbsp;+&nbsp;12:</entry>
67                       <entry>Y'<subscript>30</subscript></entry>
68                       <entry>Y'<subscript>31</subscript></entry>
69                       <entry>Y'<subscript>32</subscript></entry>
70                       <entry>Y'<subscript>33</subscript></entry>
71                     </row>
72                     <row>
73                       <entry>start&nbsp;+&nbsp;16:</entry>
74                       <entry>Cb<subscript>00</subscript></entry>
75                       <entry>Cr<subscript>00</subscript></entry>
76                       <entry>Cb<subscript>01</subscript></entry>
77                       <entry>Cr<subscript>01</subscript></entry>
78                     </row>
79                     <row>
80                       <entry>start&nbsp;+&nbsp;20:</entry>
81                       <entry>Cb<subscript>10</subscript></entry>
82                       <entry>Cr<subscript>10</subscript></entry>
83                       <entry>Cb<subscript>11</subscript></entry>
84                       <entry>Cr<subscript>11</subscript></entry>
85                     </row>
86                   </tbody>
87                 </tgroup>
88                 </informaltable>
89               </para>
90           </formalpara>
92           <formalpara>
93             <title>Color Sample Location.</title>
94             <para>
95                 <informaltable frame="none">
96                 <tgroup cols="7" align="center">
97                   <tbody valign="top">
98                     <row>
99                       <entry></entry>
100                       <entry>0</entry><entry></entry><entry>1</entry><entry></entry>
101                       <entry>2</entry><entry></entry><entry>3</entry>
102                     </row>
103                     <row>
104                       <entry>0</entry>
105                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry><entry></entry>
106                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry>
107                     </row>
108                     <row>
109                       <entry></entry>
110                       <entry></entry><entry>C</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry>
111                       <entry></entry><entry>C</entry><entry></entry>
112                     </row>
113                     <row>
114                       <entry>1</entry>
115                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry><entry></entry>
116                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry>
117                     </row>
118                     <row>
119                       <entry></entry>
120                     </row>
121                     <row>
122                       <entry>2</entry>
123                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry><entry></entry>
124                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry>
125                     </row>
126                     <row>
127                       <entry></entry>
128                       <entry></entry><entry>C</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry>
129                       <entry></entry><entry>C</entry><entry></entry>
130                     </row>
131                     <row>
132                       <entry>3</entry>
133                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry><entry></entry>
134                       <entry>Y</entry><entry></entry><entry>Y</entry>
135                     </row>
136                   </tbody>
137                 </tgroup>
138                 </informaltable>
139               </para>
140           </formalpara>
141         </example>
142       </refsect1>
143     </refentry>
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