Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt.rst
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
.. _pixfmt:
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Image Formats
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The V4L2 API was primarily designed for devices exchanging image data
with applications. The struct :c:type:v4l2_pix_format and
struct :c:type:v4l2_pix_format_mplane structures define the
format and layout of an image in memory. The former is used with the
single-planar API, while the latter is used with the multi-planar
version (see :ref:planar-apis). Image formats are negotiated with
the :ref:VIDIOC_S_FMT <VIDIOC_G_FMT> ioctl. (The explanations here
focus on video capturing and output, for overlay frame buffer formats
see also :ref:VIDIOC_G_FBUF <VIDIOC_G_FBUF>.)
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1
pixfmt-v4l2
pixfmt-v4l2-mplane
pixfmt-intro
pixfmt-indexed
pixfmt-rgb
pixfmt-bayer
yuv-formats
hsv-formats
depth-formats
pixfmt-compressed
sdr-formats
tch-formats
meta-formats
pixfmt-reserved
colorspaces
colorspaces-defs
colorspaces-details