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RGBvsBGR added
author arpi
date Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:17:43 +0000
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77 YV12: 12 bpp, full sized Y plane followed by 2x2 subsampled V and U planes 77 YV12: 12 bpp, full sized Y plane followed by 2x2 subsampled V and U planes
78 I420: 12 bpp, full sized Y plane followed by 2x2 subsampled U and V planes 78 I420: 12 bpp, full sized Y plane followed by 2x2 subsampled U and V planes
79 IYUV: the same as I420 79 IYUV: the same as I420
80 YVU9: 9 bpp, full sized Y plane followed by 4x4 subsampled V and U planes 80 YVU9: 9 bpp, full sized Y plane followed by 4x4 subsampled V and U planes
81 81
82 Huh 2. RGB vs. BGR ?
83 ====================
84
85 The 2nd most missunderstood thingie...
86
87 You know, there are Intel and Motorola, and they use different byteorder.
88 There are also others, like MIPS or Alpha, they all follow either Intel
89 or Motorola byteorder.
90 Unfortunatelly, the packed colorspaces depend on CPU byteorder. So, RGB
91 on Intel and Motorola means different order of bytes.
92
93 In MPlayer, we have constants IMGFMT_RGBxx and IMGFMT_BGRxx.
94 Unfortunatelly, some codecs and vo drivers follow Intel, some follow Motorola
95 byteorder, so they are incompatible. We had to find a stable base, so long
96 time ago I've choose OpenGL, as it's a wide-spreaded standard, and it well
97 defines what is RGB and what is BGR. So, MPlayer's RGB is compatible with
98 OpenGL's GL_RGB on all platforms, and the same stay for BGR - GL_BGR.
99 Unfortunatelly, most of the x86 codecs call our BGR to RGB, so it sometimes
100 confuse developers.
101
102 If you are unsure, try the OpenGL driver (-vo gl). There is at least software
103 OpenGL implementation for all major platforms and OSes.
104