1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
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6 Reserved Format Identifiers
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9 These formats are not defined by this specification, they are just
10 listed for reference and to avoid naming conflicts. If you want to
11 register your own format, send an e-mail to the linux-media mailing list
12 `https://linuxtv.org/lists.php <https://linuxtv.org/lists.php>`__
13 for inclusion in the ``videodev2.h`` file. If you want to share your
14 format with other developers add a link to your documentation and send a
15 copy to the linux-media mailing list for inclusion in this section. If
16 you think your format should be listed in a standard format section
17 please make a proposal on the linux-media mailing list.
20 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
24 .. flat-table:: Reserved Image Formats
32 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-DV:
37 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-ET61X251:
39 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_ET61X251``
41 - Compressed format of the ET61X251 driver.
42 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-HI240:
44 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_HI240``
46 - 8 bit RGB format used by the BTTV driver.
47 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-HM12:
49 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_HM12``
51 - YUV 4:2:0 format used by the IVTV driver,
52 `http://www.ivtvdriver.org/ <http://www.ivtvdriver.org/>`__
54 The format is documented in the kernel sources in the file
55 ``Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/README.hm12``
56 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-CPIA1:
58 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_CPIA1``
60 - YUV format used by the gspca cpia1 driver.
61 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-JPGL:
63 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_JPGL``
65 - JPEG-Light format (Pegasus Lossless JPEG) used in Divio webcams NW
67 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA501:
69 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA501``
71 - YUYV per line used by the gspca driver.
72 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA505:
74 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA505``
76 - YYUV per line used by the gspca driver.
77 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA508:
79 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA508``
81 - YUVY per line used by the gspca driver.
82 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA561:
84 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA561``
86 - Compressed GBRG Bayer format used by the gspca driver.
87 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-PAC207:
89 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_PAC207``
91 - Compressed BGGR Bayer format used by the gspca driver.
92 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-MR97310A:
94 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_MR97310A``
96 - Compressed BGGR Bayer format used by the gspca driver.
97 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-JL2005BCD:
99 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_JL2005BCD``
101 - JPEG compressed RGGB Bayer format used by the gspca driver.
102 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-OV511:
104 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_OV511``
106 - OV511 JPEG format used by the gspca driver.
107 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-OV518:
109 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_OV518``
111 - OV518 JPEG format used by the gspca driver.
112 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-PJPG:
114 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_PJPG``
116 - Pixart 73xx JPEG format used by the gspca driver.
117 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SE401:
119 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SE401``
121 - Compressed RGB format used by the gspca se401 driver
122 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SQ905C:
124 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SQ905C``
126 - Compressed RGGB bayer format used by the gspca driver.
127 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-MJPEG:
129 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG``
131 - Compressed format used by the Zoran driver
132 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-PWC1:
134 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_PWC1``
136 - Compressed format of the PWC driver.
137 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-PWC2:
139 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_PWC2``
141 - Compressed format of the PWC driver.
142 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SN9C10X:
144 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C10X``
146 - Compressed format of the SN9C102 driver.
147 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SN9C20X-I420:
149 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C20X_I420``
151 - YUV 4:2:0 format of the gspca sn9c20x driver.
152 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-SN9C2028:
154 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C2028``
156 - Compressed GBRG bayer format of the gspca sn9c2028 driver.
157 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-STV0680:
159 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_STV0680``
161 - Bayer format of the gspca stv0680 driver.
162 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-WNVA:
164 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_WNVA``
166 - Used by the Winnov Videum driver,
167 `http://www.thedirks.org/winnov/ <http://www.thedirks.org/winnov/>`__
168 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-TM6000:
170 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_TM6000``
172 - Used by Trident tm6000
173 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-CIT-YYVYUY:
175 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_CIT_YYVYUY``
177 - Used by xirlink CIT, found at IBM webcams.
179 Uses one line of Y then 1 line of VYUY
180 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-KONICA420:
182 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_KONICA420``
184 - Used by Konica webcams.
186 YUV420 planar in blocks of 256 pixels.
187 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YYUV:
189 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YYUV``
192 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-Y4:
194 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y4``
196 - Old 4-bit greyscale format. Only the most significant 4 bits of
197 each byte are used, the other bits are set to 0.
198 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-Y6:
200 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y6``
202 - Old 6-bit greyscale format. Only the most significant 6 bits of
203 each byte are used, the other bits are set to 0.
204 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-S5C-UYVY-JPG:
206 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_S5C_UYVY_JPG``
208 - Two-planar format used by Samsung S5C73MX cameras. The first plane
209 contains interleaved JPEG and UYVY image data, followed by meta
210 data in form of an array of offsets to the UYVY data blocks. The
211 actual pointer array follows immediately the interleaved JPEG/UYVY
212 data, the number of entries in this array equals the height of the
213 UYVY image. Each entry is a 4-byte unsigned integer in big endian
214 order and it's an offset to a single pixel line of the UYVY image.
215 The first plane can start either with JPEG or UYVY data chunk. The
216 size of a single UYVY block equals the UYVY image's width
217 multiplied by 2. The size of a JPEG chunk depends on the image and
218 can vary with each line.
220 The second plane, at an offset of 4084 bytes, contains a 4-byte
221 offset to the pointer array in the first plane. This offset is
222 followed by a 4-byte value indicating size of the pointer array.
223 All numbers in the second plane are also in big endian order.
224 Remaining data in the second plane is undefined. The information
225 in the second plane allows to easily find location of the pointer
226 array, which can be different for each frame. The size of the
227 pointer array is constant for given UYVY image height.
229 In order to extract UYVY and JPEG frames an application can
230 initially set a data pointer to the start of first plane and then
231 add an offset from the first entry of the pointers table. Such a
232 pointer indicates start of an UYVY image pixel line. Whole UYVY
233 line can be copied to a separate buffer. These steps should be
234 repeated for each line, i.e. the number of entries in the pointer
235 array. Anything what's in between the UYVY lines is JPEG data and
236 should be concatenated to form the JPEG stream.
237 * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-MT21C:
239 - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_MT21C``
241 - Compressed two-planar YVU420 format used by Mediatek MT8173.
242 The compression is lossless.
243 It is an opaque intermediate format and the MDP hardware must be
244 used to convert ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_MT21C`` to ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12M``,
245 ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV420M`` or ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVU420``.
248 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
252 .. flat-table:: Format Flags
257 * - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PREMUL_ALPHA``
259 - The color values are premultiplied by the alpha channel value. For
260 example, if a light blue pixel with 50% transparency was described
261 by RGBA values (128, 192, 255, 128), the same pixel described with
262 premultiplied colors would be described by RGBA values (64, 96,