Packed YUV formats
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# Packed YUV formats

Packed YUV formats

## Description

Similar to the packed RGB formats these formats store the Y, Cb and Cr component of each pixel in one 16 or 32 bit word.

### Packed YUV Image Formats

Identifier | Code |  | Byte 0 in memory | Byte 1 | Byte 2 | Byte 3
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
|  | Bit | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0
`V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV444` | 'Y444' |  | Cb3 | Cb2 | Cb1 | Cb0 | Cr3 | Cr2 | Cr1 | Cr0 |  | a3 | a2 | a1 | a0 | Y'3 | Y'2 | Y'1 | Y'0
`V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV555` | 'YUVO' |  | Cb2 | Cb1 | Cb0 | Cr4 | Cr3 | Cr2 | Cr1 | Cr0 |  | a | Y'4 | Y'3 | Y'2 | Y'1 | Y'0 | Cb4 | Cb3
`V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV565` | 'YUVP' |  | Cb2 | Cb1 | Cb0 | Cr4 | Cr3 | Cr2 | Cr1 | Cr0 |  | Y'4 | Y'3 | Y'2 | Y'1 | Y'0 | Cb5 | Cb4 | Cb3
`V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV32` | 'YUV4' |  | a7 | a6 | a5 | a4 | a3 | a2 | a1 | a0 |  | Y'7 | Y'6 | Y'5 | Y'4 | Y'3 | Y'2 | Y'1 | Y'0 |  | Cb7 | Cb6 | Cb5 | Cb4 | Cb3 | Cb2 | Cb1 | Cb0 |  | Cr7 | Cr6 | Cr5 | Cr4 | Cr3 | Cr2 | Cr1 | Cr0

Bit 7 is the most significant bit. The value of a = alpha bits is undefined when reading from the driver, ignored when writing to the driver, except when alpha blending has been negotiated for a Video Overlay or Video Output Overlay.