YUV / YCbCr formats in the major image and video compression applications
Currently Breeze supports 42 YUV / YCbCr image formats.
These image formats are used in the number major image and video compression applications such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.261, H.262, H.263, H.264, JPEG, JPEG-2000 etc.
| Color format / Data Range / Sub sampling | MPEG-1 | MPEG-2 | MPEG-4 | H.261 | H.262 | H.263 | H.264 | JPEG / JFIF | JPEG 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YCbCr 444 ITU601 8bit 0-255 | + | + | + | ||||||
| YCbCr 444 ITU601 8bit 16-255 | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 444 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 0-255 CosEven | + | + | + | ||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 16-255 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 0-255 CosOdd | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 16-255 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 0-255 Center | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 16-255 Center | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 Center | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 0-255 CosEven | + | + | + | + | + | ||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 16-255 CosEven | + | + | + | + | |||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 CosEven | + | + | + | + | |||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 0-255 CosOdd | + | + | |||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 16-255 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 0-255 Center | + | + | |||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 16-255 Center | + | + | |||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU601 8bit 16-235-240 Center | + | + | |||||||
| YCbCr 444 ITU709 8bit 0-255 | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 444 ITU709 8bit 16-255 | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 444 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 0-255 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 16-255 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 0-255 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 16-255 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 0-255 Center | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 16-255 Center | |||||||||
| YCbCr 422 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 Center | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 0-255 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 16-255 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 CosEven | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 0-255 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 16-255 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 CosOdd | |||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 0-255 Center | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 16-255 Center | + | ||||||||
| YCbCr 420 ITU709 8bit 16-235-240 Center | + |
References:
- RECOMMENDATION ITU-R BT.601-5, 1982-1995.
- RECOMMENDATION ITU-R BT.709-5, 1990-2002.
The following below topics give more detailed technical information about YUV formats implemented in the Breeze media software. Click highlighted links to learn more: