YUV格式分析

YUV Formats

YUV formats fall into two distinct groups, the packed formats where Y, U (Cb) and V (Cr) samples are packed together into macropixels which are stored in a single array, and the planar formats where each component is stored as a separate array, the final image being a fusing of the three separate planes.

In the diagrams below, the numerical suffix attached to each Y, U or V sample indicates the sampling position across the image line, so, for example, V0 indicates the leftmost V sample and Yn indicates the Y sample at the (n+1)th pixel from the left.

Subsampling intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions may merit some explanation. The horizontal subsampling interval describes how frequently across a line a sample of that component is taken while the vertical interval describes on which lines samples are taken. For example, UYVY format has a horizontal subsampling period of 2 for both the U and V components indicating that U and V samples are taken for every second pixel across a line. Their vertical subsampling period is 1 indicating that U and V samples are taken on each line of the image.

For YVU9, though, the vertical subsampling interval is 4. This indicates that U and V samples are only taken on every fourth line of the original image. Since the horizontal sampling period is also 4, a single U and a single V sample are taken for each square block of 16 image pixels.

Also, if you are interested in YCrCb to RGB conversion, you may find this page helpful.

Packed YUV Formats

LabelFOURCC in HexBits per pixelDescriptionAYUV0x5655594132Combined YUV and alphaCLJR0x524A4C438Cirrus Logic format with 4 pixels packed into a u_int32. A form of YUV 4:1:1 wiht less than 8 bits per Y, U and V sample.cyuv0x7675796316Essentially a copy of UYVY except that the sense of the height is reversed - the image is upside down with respect to the UYVY version.GREY0x594552478Apparently a duplicate of Y800 (and also, presumably, "Y8  ")IRAW0x57615349?Intel uncompressed YUV. I have no information on this format - can you help?IUYV0x5659554916Interlaced version of UYVY (line order 0, 2, 4,....,1, 3, 5....) registered by Silviu Brinzei of Lead Technologies.IY410x3134594912Interlaced version of Y41P (line order 0, 2, 4,....,1, 3, 5....) registered by Silviu Brinzei of Lead Technologies.IYU10x315559491212 bit format used in mode 2 of the IEEE 1394 Digital Camera 1.04 spec. This is equivalent to Y411IYU20x325559492424 bit format used in mode 0 of the IEEE 1394 Digital Camera 1.04 specUYNV0x564E595516A direct copy of UYVY registered by NVidia to work around problems in some old codecs which did not like hardware which offered more than 2 UYVY surfaces.UYVP0x5056595524?YCbCr 4:2:2 extended precision 10-bits per component in U0Y0V0Y1 order. Registered by Rich Ehlers of Evans & Sutherland. (Awaiting confirmation of component packing structure)UYVY0x5956595516YUV 4:2:2 (Y sample at every pixel, U and V sampled at every second pixel horizontally on each line). A macropixel contains 2 pixels in 1 u_int32.V2100x303132563210-bit 4:2:2 YCrCb equivalent to the Quicktime format of the same name.V4220x3232345616I am told that this is an upside down version of UYVY.V6550x3535365616?16 bit YUV 4:2:2 format registered by Vitec Multimedia. I have no information on the component ordering or packing.VYUY0x59555956?ATI Packed YUV Data (format unknown but you can get hold of a codec supporting it here)Y4220x3232345916Direct copy of UYVY as used by ADS Technologies Pyro WebCam firewire camera.YUY20x3259555916YUV 4:2:2 as for UYVY but with different component ordering within the u_int32 macropixel.YUYV0x5659555916Duplicate of YUY2YUNV0x564E555916A direct copy of YUY2 registered by NVidia to work around problems in some old codecs which did not like hardware which offered more than 2 YUY2 surfaces.YVYU0x5559565916YUV 4:2:2 as for UYVY but with different component ordering within the u_int32 macropixel.Y41P0x5031345912YUV 4:1:1 (Y sample at every pixel, U and V sampled at every fourth pixel horizontally on each line). A macropixel contains 8 pixels in 3 u_int32s.Y4110x3131345912YUV 4:1:1 with a packed, 6 byte/4 pixel macroblock structure.Y2110x313132598Packed YUV format with Y sampled at every second pixel across each line and U and V sampled at every fourth pixel.Y41T0x5431345912Format as for Y41P but the lsb of each Y component is used to signal pixel transparency .Y42T0x5432345916Format as for UYVY but the lsb of each Y component is used to signal pixel transparency .YUVP0x5056555924?YCbCr 4:2:2 extended precision 10-bits per component in Y0U0Y1V0 order. Registered by Rich Ehlers of Evans & Sutherland. Y8000x303038598Simple, single Y plane for monochrome images.Y80x202038598Duplicate of Y800 as far as I can see.

AYUV

This is a 4:4:4 YUV format with 8 bit samples for each component along with an 8 bit alpha blend value per pixel. Component ordering is A Y U V (as the name suggests).

UYVY (and Y422 and UYNV)

UYVY is probably the most popular of the various YUV 4:2:2 formats. It is output as the format of choice by the Radius Cinepak codec and is often the second choice of software MPEG codecs after YV12.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period21U Sample Period21

Effective bits per pixel : 16

Positive biHeight implies top-down imge (top line first)

IUYV

IUYV is basically the same as UYVY with the exception that the data is interlaced. Lines are ordered 0,2,4,....,1,3,5.... instead of 0,1,2,3,4,5,....

cyuv

This FOURCC, allegedly registered by Creative Labs, is essentially a duplicate of UYVY. The only difference is that the image is flipped vertically, the first u_int16 in the buffer representing the bottom line of the viewed image. Note that the FOURCC is comprised of lower case characters (so much for the upper case convention !)

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period21U Sample Period21

Effective bits per pixel : 16

Positive biHeight implies bottom-up image (botton line first)

YUY2 (and YUNV and V422 and YUYV)

YUY2 is another in the family of YUV 4:2:2 formats and appears to be used by all the same codecs as UYVY.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period21U Sample Period21

Effective bits per pixel : 16

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

There is a help page here which contains information on playing AVIs which include video stored in YUY2 format.

YVYU

Despite being a simple byte ordering change from YUY2 or UYVY, YVYU seems to be seen somewhat less often than the other two formats defined above.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period21U Sample Period21

Effective bits per pixel : 16

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

Y41P

This YUV 4:1:1 format is registered as a PCI standard format. Mediamatics MPEG 1 engine is the only codec (other than a Brooktree internal one) that I know of that can generate it.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period41U Sample Period41

Effective bits per pixel : 12

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

Y411

I was originally told that this was a duplicate of Y41P however it seems that this is not the case after all. Y411 is a packed YUV 4:1:1 format with a 6 pixel macroblock structure containing 4 pixels. Component packing order is:

U2 Y0 Y1 V2 Y2 Y3

I have not been able to find 100% confirmation of the position for the U and V samples. I suspect that the chroma samples are probably both taken at the position of Y2 but this is a guess just now.

I have recently been informed that this format is identical to IYU1.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period41U Sample Period41

Effective bits per pixel : 12

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

IY41

IY41 is basically the same as Y41P with the exception that the data is interlaced. Lines are ordered 0,2,4,....,1,3,5.... instead of 0,1,2,3,4,5,....

Y211

I have yet to find anything that will output Y211 ! The format looks very much like the missing YUV 4:2:2 ordering but Y samples are only taken on every second pixel. Think of it as a half width 4:2:2 image and double the width on display.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period21V Sample Period41U Sample Period41

Effective bits per pixel : 8

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

Y41T

This format is identical to Y41P except for the fact that the least significant bit of each Y component forms a chromakey channel. If this bit is set, the YUV image pixel is displayed, if cleared, the pixel is transparent (and the underlying graphics pixel is shown).

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

Y42T

This format is identical to UYVY except for the fact that the least significant bit of each Y component forms a chromakey channel. If this bit is set, the YUV image pixel is displayed, if cleared, the pixel is transparent (and the underlying graphics pixel is shown).

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

CLJR

Cirrus Logic's format packs 4 pixel samples into a single u_int32 by sacrificing precision on each sample. Y samples are truncated to 5 bits each, U and V have 6 bits per sample.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period41U Sample Period41

Effective bits per pixel : 8

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

IYU1

The IYU1 format is a 12 bit format used in mode 2 of the IEEE 1394 Digital Camera 1.04 spec ("1394-based Digital Camera Specification, Version 1.04, August 9, 1996", page 14.). The format, a duplicate of Y411, is YUV (4:1:1) according to the following pattern:

Byte01234₅SampleU_(K+0)Y_(K+0)Y_(K+1)V_(K+0)Y_(K+2)Y_(K+3)

 

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period41U Sample Period41

IYU2

The IYU2 format is a 24 bit format used in mode 0 of the IEEE 1394 Digital Camera 1.04 spec (ibid.) The format is YUV (4:4:4) according to the following pattern:

Byte012₃4₅SampleU_(K+0)Y_(K+0)V_(K+0)U_(K+1)Y(K+1)V_(K+1)

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period11U Sample Period11

YUVP

This is another format similar to YUY2 and it's aliases. The difference here is that each Y, U and V samples is 10 bits rather than 8. I am still waiting to hear how the samples are packed - is a macropixel just 5 bytes long with all the samples packed together or is there more to it than this?

V210

AJA Video Systems have implemented this Quicktime format for Windows. It is a 10 bit per component, YCrCb 4:2:2 format in which samples for 5 pixels are packed into 4 4-byte little endian words. Rather than repeat the details here, I suggest looking at the original definition on the Quicktime web site.

Planar YUV Formats

LabelFOURCC in HexBits per pixel

Description

YVU90x3955565998 bit Y plane followed by 8 bit 4x4 subsampled V and U planes. Registered by Intel.YUV90x395655599?Registered by Intel. I have no other information on this format. Probably a copy of YVU9.IF090x393046499.5As YVU9 but an additional 4x4 subsampled plane is appended containing delta information relative to the last frame. (Bpp is reported as 9)YV160x36315659168 bit Y plane followed by 8 bit 2x1 subsampled V and U planes.YV120x32315659128 bit Y plane followed by 8 bit 2x2 subsampled V and U planes.I4200x30323449128 bit Y plane followed by 8 bit 2x2 subsampled U and V planes.IYUV0x5655594912Duplicate FOURCC, identical to I420.NV120x3231564E128-bit Y plane followed by an interleaved U/V plane with 2x2 subsamplingNV210x3132564E12As NV12 with U and V reversed in the interleaved planeIMC10x31434D4912As YV12 except the U and V planes each have the same stride as the Y planeIMC20x32434D4912Similar to IMC1 except that the U and V lines are interleaved at half stride boundariesIMC30x33434D4912As IMC1 except that U and V are swappedIMC40x34434D4912As IMC2 except that U and V are swappedCLPL0x4C504C4312Format similar to YV12 but including a level of indirection. Y41B0x4231345912?Weitek format listed as "YUV 4:1:1 planar". I have no other information on this format.Y42B0x4232345916?Weitek format listed as "YUV 4:2:2 planar". I have no other information on this format.Y8000x303038598Simple, single Y plane for monochrome images.Y80x202038598Duplicate of Y800 as far as I can see.CXY10x3159584312Awaiting clarification of format.CXY20x3259584216Awaiting clarification of format.

YVU9

This format dates back to the days of the ActionMedia II adapter and comprises an NxN plane of Y samples, 8 bits each, followed by (N/4)x(N/4) V and U planes.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period44U Sample Period44

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

ATI has a codec supporting this format that you can download from here.

IF09

A derivative of YVU9, IF09 contains the basic 3 planes for Y, V and U followed by an additional (N/4)x(N/4) plane of "skip blocks". This final plane forms a basic delta encoding scheme which can be used by a displayer to decide which pixels in the image are unchanged from the previous displayed frame. The strange number of bits per pixel listed for the format results from the fact that an NxN image is described using N²+3(N/4)² bytes.

This format is generated by Intel's Indeo codecs though users should beware - the original 32 bit Indeo 3.2 shipped with Windows 95 and the beta levels of Indeo 4.1 contain bugs which cause them to generate protection faults when using IF09. Fixed versions of these codecs are available from Intel.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period44U Sample Period44

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

Delta plane definition

To be completed...

YV12

This is the format of choice for many software MPEG codecs. It comprises an NxM Y plane followed by (N/2)x(M/2) V and U planes.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period22U Sample Period22

 

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

ATI says they have a download which contains this codec but I can't find it on their site. If you would like something similar for Quicktime, try here.

YV16

This format is basically a version of YV12 with higher chroma resolution. It comprises an NxM Y plane followed by (N/2)xM U and V planes.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period21U Sample Period21

IYUV and I420

These formats are identical to YV12 except that the U and V plane order is reversed. They comprise an NxN Y plane followed by (N/2)x(N/2) U and V planes. Full marks to Intel for registering the same format twice and full marks to Microsoft for not picking up on this and rejecting the second registration.

(Note: There is some confusion over these formats thanks to the definitions on Microsoft's site which tend to suggest that the two FOURCCs are different. Once is described as a 4:2:0 format while the other is described as 4:1:1. Later, however, the same page states that YV12 is the same as both of these with the U and V plane order reversed. I would consider 4:2:0 to imply 1 chroma sample for every 2x2 luma block and 4:1:1 to imply 1 chroma sample for every 4x1 luma block but it seems as if the Microsoft writer may have been using the terms interchangeably. If you know these formats, please could you let me know whether the definition here is correct or whether I need to update one or other?)

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period22U Sample Period22

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

CLPL

This format introduces an extra level of indirection in the process of accessing YUV pixels in the surface. Locking the DirectDraw or DCI CLPL surface returns a pointer which itself points to three other pointers. These pointers respectively point to an NxN Y plane, an (N/2)x(N/2) U plane and an (N/2)x(N/2) V plane. The Y plane pointer retrieved is (allegedly) valid even when the surface is subsequently unlocked but the U and V pointers can only be used with a lock held (as you should be doing anyway if adhereing to the DirectDraw/DCI spec).

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample Period22U Sample Period22

Positive biHeight implies top-down image (top line first)

Y800

This format contains only a single, 8 bit Y plane for monochrome images. Apparent duplicate FOURCCs are "Y8" and "GREY".

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V Sample PeriodN/AN/AU Sample PeriodN/AN/A

  

NV12

YUV 4:2:0 image with a plane of 8 bit Y samples followed by an interleaved U/V plane containing 8 bit 2x2 subsampled colour difference samples.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V (Cr) Sample Period22U (Cb) Sample Period22

Microsoft defines this format as follows:

 "A format in which all Y samples are found first in memory as an array of unsigned char with an even number of lines (possibly with a larger stride for memory alignment), followed immediately by an array of unsigned char containing interleaved Cb and Cr samples (such that if addressed as a little-endian WORD type, Cb would be in the LSBs and Cr would be in the MSBs) with the same total stride as the Y samples. This is the preferred 4:2:0 pixel format."

NV21

YUV 4:2:0 image with a plane of 8 bit Y samples followed by an interleaved V/U plane containing 8 bit 2x2 subsampled chroma samples. The same as NV12 except the interleave order of U and V is reversed.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V (Cr) Sample Period22U (Cb) Sample Period22

Microsoft defines this format as follows:

 "The same as NV12, except that Cb and Cr samples are swapped so that the chroma array of unsigned char would have Cr followed by Cb for each sample (such that if addressed as a little-endian WORD type, Cr would be in the LSBs and Cb would be in the MSBs)."

IMC1

Similar to YV12, this format comprises an NxN Y plane followed by (N/2)x(N/2) U and V planes. The U and V planes have the same stride as the Y plane and are restricted to start on 16 line boundaries.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V (Cr) Sample Period22U (Cb) Sample Period22

Microsoft defines this format as follows:

 "The same as YV12, except that the stride of the Cb and Cr planes is the same as the stride in the Y plane. The Cb and Cr planes are also restricted to fall on memory boundaries that are a multiple of 16 lines (a restriction that has no effect on usage for the standard formats, since the standards all use 16×16 macroblocks)."

IMC2

Similar to YV12, this format comprises an NxN Y plane followed by "rectangularly adjacent" (N/2)x(N/2) U and V planes. Lines of U and V pixels are interleaved at half stride boundaries below the Y plane.

 HorizontalVerticalY Sample Period11V (Cr) Sample Period22U (Cb) Sample Period22

Microsoft defines this format as follows:

 "The same as IMC1, except that Cb and Cr lines are interleaved at half-stride boundaries. In other words, each full-stride line in the chrominance area starts with a line of Cr, followed by a line of Cb that starts at the next half-stride boundary. (This is a more address-space-efficient format than IMC1, cutting the chrominance address space in half, and thus cutting the total address space by 25%.) This runs a close second in preference relative to NV12, but NV12 appears to be more popular."

IMC3

The same as IMC1 except for swapping the U and V order.

IMC4

The same as IMC2 except for swapping the U and V order.

CXY1

Planar YUV 4:1:1 format registered by Conexant. Awaiting clarification of pixel component ordering.

CXY2

Planar YUV 4:2:2 format registered by Conexant. Awaiting clarification of pixel component ordering.