gavl: Video format definitions

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Video format definitions
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Definitions for several variations of video data. More...

## Data Structures
struct | gavl_video_format_s
| Video format. More...

## Macros
#define | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR (1<<8)
#define | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB (1<<9)
#define | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV (1<<10)
#define | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ (1<<11)
#define | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA (1<<12)
#define | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY (1<<13)
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_8 GAVL_GRAY_8
| Pixelformat for storing 1-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_8 GAVL_GRAYA_16
| Pixelformat for storing 2-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_8 GAVL_RGB_24
| Pixelformat for storing 3-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_8 GAVL_RGBA_32
| Pixelformat for storing 4-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_16 GAVL_GRAY_16
| Pixelformat for storing 1-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_16 GAVL_GRAYA_32
| Pixelformat for storing 2-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_16 GAVL_RGB_48
| Pixelformat for storing 3-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_16 GAVL_RGBA_64
| Pixelformat for storing 4-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_FLOAT GAVL_GRAY_FLOAT
| Pixelformat for storing 1-dimensional FLOAT data.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_FLOAT GAVL_GRAYA_FLOAT
| Pixelformat for storing 2-dimensional FLOAT data.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_FLOAT GAVL_RGB_FLOAT
| Pixelformat for storing 3-dimensional FLOAT data.
#define | GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_FLOAT GAVL_RGBA_FLOAT
| Pixelformat for storing 4-dimensional FLOAT data.
#define | gavl_pixelformat_is_gray(fmt)
| Check if a pixelformat is grayscale.
#define | gavl_pixelformat_is_rgb(fmt)
| Check if a pixelformat is RGB based.
#define | gavl_pixelformat_is_yuv(fmt)
| Check if a pixelformat is YUV based.
#define | gavl_pixelformat_is_jpeg_scaled(fmt)
| Check if a pixelformat is jpeg (full range) scaled.
#define | gavl_pixelformat_has_alpha(fmt)
| Check if a pixelformat has a transparency channel.
#define | gavl_pixelformat_is_planar(fmt)
| Check if a pixelformat is planar.

## Typedefs
typedef struct gavl_video_format_s | gavl_video_format_t
| Video format.
typedef enum gavl_pixelformat_e | gavl_pixelformat_t
| Pixelformat.

## Enumerations
enum | gavl_pixelformat_e { GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_NONE = 0 , GAVL_GRAY_8 = 1 | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY , GAVL_GRAY_16 = 2 | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY , GAVL_GRAY_FLOAT = 3 | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY , GAVL_GRAYA_16 = 1 | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_GRAYA_32 = 2 | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_GRAYA_FLOAT = 3 | GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_RGB_15 = 1 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_BGR_15 = 2 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_RGB_16 = 3 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_BGR_16 = 4 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_RGB_24 = 5 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_BGR_24 = 6 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_RGB_32 = 7 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_BGR_32 = 8 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_RGBA_32 = 9 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_RGB_48 = 10 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_RGBA_64 = 11 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_RGB_FLOAT = 12 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB , GAVL_RGBA_FLOAT = 13 | GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_YUY2 = 1 | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_UYVY = 2 | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUVA_32 = 3 | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_YUVA_64 = 4 | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_YUV_FLOAT = 5 | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUVA_FLOAT = 6 | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV | GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA , GAVL_YUV_420_P = 1 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUV_422_P = 2 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUV_444_P = 3 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUV_411_P = 4 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUV_410_P = 5 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUVJ_420_P = 6 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ , GAVL_YUVJ_422_P = 7 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ , GAVL_YUVJ_444_P = 8 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ , GAVL_YUV_444_P_16 = 9 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV , GAVL_YUV_422_P_16 = 10 | GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR | GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV }
| Pixelformat definition. More...
enum | gavl_color_channel_t { GAVL_CCH_NONE = 0 , GAVL_CCH_RED , GAVL_CCH_GREEN , GAVL_CCH_BLUE , GAVL_CCH_Y , GAVL_CCH_CB , GAVL_CCH_CR , GAVL_CCH_ALPHA }
| Color channel definitions. More...
enum | gavl_chroma_placement_t { GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_DEFAULT = 0 , GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_MPEG2 , GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_DVPAL }
| Chroma placement. More...
enum | gavl_framerate_mode_t { GAVL_FRAMERATE_UNKNOWN = -1 , GAVL_FRAMERATE_CONSTANT = 0 , GAVL_FRAMERATE_VARIABLE = 1 , GAVL_FRAMERATE_STILL = 2 }
| Framerate mode. More...
enum | gavl_interlace_mode_t { GAVL_INTERLACE_UNKNOWN = -1 , GAVL_INTERLACE_NONE = 0 , GAVL_INTERLACE_TOP_FIRST = 1 , GAVL_INTERLACE_BOTTOM_FIRST = 2 , GAVL_INTERLACE_MIXED = (0x10 | 1) , GAVL_INTERLACE_MIXED_TOP = (0x10 | 2) , GAVL_INTERLACE_MIXED_BOTTOM = (0x10 | 3) }
| Interlace mode. More...

## Functions
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_pixelformat_num_channels (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Get the number of channels.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_color_channel_t | gavl_pixelformat_get_channel (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat, int index)
| Get the color channel.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_pixelformat_num_planes (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Get the number of planes.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_pixelformat_chroma_sub (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat, int *sub_h, int *sub_v)
| Get the horizontal and vertical subsampling factors.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_pixelformat_bytes_per_component (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Get bytes per component for planar formats.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_pixelformat_bytes_per_pixel (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Get bytes per pixel for packed formats.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_pixelformat_bits_per_pixel (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Get the effective number of bits for one pixel.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_pixelformat_conversion_penalty (gavl_pixelformat_t src, gavl_pixelformat_t dst)
| Get the conversion penalty for pixelformat conversions.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t | gavl_pixelformat_get_best (gavl_pixelformat_t src, const gavl_pixelformat_t *dst_supported, int *penalty)
| Get the best destination format for a given source format.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_pixelformat_to_string (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Translate a pixelformat into a human readable string.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_pixelformat_to_short_string (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Translate a pixelformat into a short string.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t | gavl_string_to_pixelformat (const char *name)
| Translate a pixelformat name into a pixelformat.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t | gavl_short_string_to_pixelformat (const char *name)
| Translate a short pixelformat name into a pixelformat.
GAVL_PUBLIC const uint32_t * | gavl_pixelformat_get_masks (gavl_pixelformat_t pixelformat)
| Get the masks for the components.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_num_pixelformats (void)
| Get total number of supported pixelformats.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t | gavl_get_pixelformat (int index)
| Get the pixelformat from index.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_chroma_placement_to_string (gavl_chroma_placement_t mode)
| Translate a chroma placement into a human readable string.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_chroma_placement_to_short_string (gavl_chroma_placement_t mode)
| Translate a chroma placement into a short string.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_chroma_placement_t | gavl_short_string_to_chroma_placement (const char *mode)
| Translate a short string into a chroma placement.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_framerate_mode_to_string (gavl_framerate_mode_t mode)
| Translate a framerate mode into a human readable string.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_framerate_mode_to_short_string (gavl_framerate_mode_t mode)
| Translate a framerate mode into a short string.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_framerate_mode_t | gavl_short_string_to_framerate_mode (const char *mode)
| Translate a short string into a framerate mode.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_interlace_mode_to_string (gavl_interlace_mode_t mode)
| Translate an interlace mode into a human readable string.
GAVL_PUBLIC const char * | gavl_interlace_mode_to_short_string (gavl_interlace_mode_t mode)
| Translate an interlace mode into a short string.
GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_interlace_mode_t | gavl_short_string_to_interlace_mode (const char *mode)
| Translate a short string to an interlace mode.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_interlace_mode_is_mixed (gavl_interlace_mode_t mode)
| Check if an interlace mode is mixed.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_video_format_copy (gavl_video_format_t *dst, const gavl_video_format_t *src)
| Copy one video format to another.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_video_formats_equal (const gavl_video_format_t *format_1, const gavl_video_format_t *format_2)
| Compare 2 video formats.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_video_format_get_chroma_offset (const gavl_video_format_t *format, int field, int plane, float *off_x, float *off_y)
| Get the chroma offsets relative to the luma samples.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_video_format_fit_to_source (gavl_video_format_t *dst, const gavl_video_format_t *src)
| Set the image size of a destination format from a source format.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_video_format_get_image_size (const gavl_video_format_t *format)
| Get the unpadded image size.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_video_format_set_frame_size (gavl_video_format_t *format, int pad_h, int pad_v)
| Set the frame size from the image size.
GAVL_PUBLIC int | gavl_get_color_channel_format (const gavl_video_format_t *frame_format, gavl_video_format_t *channel_format, gavl_color_channel_t ch)
| Get the video format for extracting/merging one channel.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_get_field_format (const gavl_video_format_t *frame_format, gavl_video_format_t *field_format, int field)
| Get the video format of one field.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_video_format_dump (const gavl_video_format_t *format)
| Dump a video format to stderr.
GAVL_PUBLIC void | gavl_video_format_dumpi (const gavl_video_format_t *format, int indent)
| Dump a video format to stderr.

## Detailed Description

Definitions for several variations of video data.

## Macro Definition Documentation

## ◆ GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR

#define GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR (1<<8)

Flag for planar pixelformats

## ◆ GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB

#define GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB (1<<9)

Flag for rgb pixelformats

## ◆ GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV

#define GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV (1<<10)

Flag for yuv pixelformats

## ◆ GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ

#define GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ (1<<11)

Flag for yuvj pixelformats

## ◆ GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA

#define GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA (1<<12)

Alpha flag

## ◆ GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY

#define GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY (1<<13)

Flag for grayscale pixelformats

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_8

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_8 GAVL_GRAY_8

Pixelformat for storing 1-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_8

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_8 GAVL_GRAYA_16

Pixelformat for storing 2-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_8

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_8 GAVL_RGB_24

Pixelformat for storing 3-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_8

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_8 GAVL_RGBA_32

Pixelformat for storing 4-dimensional integer data with 8 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_16

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_16 GAVL_GRAY_16

Pixelformat for storing 1-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_16

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_16 GAVL_GRAYA_32

Pixelformat for storing 2-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_16

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_16 GAVL_RGB_48

Pixelformat for storing 3-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_16

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_16 GAVL_RGBA_64

Pixelformat for storing 4-dimensional integer data with 16 bits each.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_FLOAT

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_1D_FLOAT GAVL_GRAY_FLOAT

Pixelformat for storing 1-dimensional FLOAT data.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_FLOAT

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_2D_FLOAT GAVL_GRAYA_FLOAT

Pixelformat for storing 2-dimensional FLOAT data.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_FLOAT

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_3D_FLOAT GAVL_RGB_FLOAT

Pixelformat for storing 3-dimensional FLOAT data.

## ◆ GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_FLOAT

#define GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_4D_FLOAT GAVL_RGBA_FLOAT

Pixelformat for storing 4-dimensional FLOAT data.

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_is_gray

#define gavl_pixelformat_is_gray | ( |  | fmt | ) |

Value:
((fmt) & GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY)
GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY
#define GAVL_PIXFMT_GRAY
Definition gavl.h:1809

Check if a pixelformat is grayscale.

Parameters

  fmt | A pixelformat

Returns
  1 if the pixelformat is grayscale, 0 else

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_is_rgb

#define gavl_pixelformat_is_rgb | ( |  | fmt | ) |

Value:
((fmt) & GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB)
GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB
#define GAVL_PIXFMT_RGB
Definition gavl.h:1789

Check if a pixelformat is RGB based.

Parameters

  fmt | A pixelformat

Returns
  1 if the pixelformat is RGB based, 0 else

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_is_yuv

#define gavl_pixelformat_is_yuv | ( |  | fmt | ) |

Value:
((fmt) & GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV)
GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV
#define GAVL_PIXFMT_YUV
Definition gavl.h:1794

Check if a pixelformat is YUV based.

Parameters

  fmt | A pixelformat

Returns
  1 if the pixelformat is YUV based, 0 else

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_is_jpeg_scaled

#define gavl_pixelformat_is_jpeg_scaled | ( |  | fmt | ) |

Value:
((fmt) & GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ)
GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ
#define GAVL_PIXFMT_YUVJ
Definition gavl.h:1799

Check if a pixelformat is jpeg (full range) scaled.

Parameters

  fmt | A pixelformat

Returns
  1 if the pixelformat is jpeg scaled, 0 else

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_has_alpha

#define gavl_pixelformat_has_alpha | ( |  | fmt | ) |

Value:
((fmt) & GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA)
GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA
#define GAVL_PIXFMT_ALPHA
Definition gavl.h:1804

Check if a pixelformat has a transparency channel.

Parameters

  fmt | A pixelformat

Returns
  1 if the pixelformat has a transparency channel, 0 else

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_is_planar

#define gavl_pixelformat_is_planar | ( |  | fmt | ) |

Value:
((fmt) & GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR)
GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR
#define GAVL_PIXFMT_PLANAR
Definition gavl.h:1784

Check if a pixelformat is planar.

Parameters

  fmt | A pixelformat

Returns
  1 if the pixelformat is planar, 0 else

## Typedef Documentation

## ◆ gavl_video_format_t

typedef struct gavl_video_format_s gavl_video_format_t

Video format.

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_t

typedef enum gavl_pixelformat_e gavl_pixelformat_t

Pixelformat.

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_e

enum gavl_pixelformat_e

Pixelformat definition.

Enumerator
GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_NONE | Undefined.
GAVL_GRAY_8 | 8 bit gray, scaled 0x00..0xff
GAVL_GRAY_16 | 16 bit gray, scaled 0x0000..0xffff
GAVL_GRAY_FLOAT | floating point gray, scaled 0.0..1.0
GAVL_GRAYA_16 | 8 bit gray + alpha, scaled 0x00..0xff
GAVL_GRAYA_32 | 16 bit gray + alpha, scaled 0x0000..0xffff
GAVL_GRAYA_FLOAT | floating point gray + alpha, scaled 0.0..1.0
GAVL_RGB_15 | 15 bit RGB. Each pixel is a uint16_t in native byte order. Color masks are: for red: 0x7C00, for green: 0x03e0, for blue: 0x001f
GAVL_BGR_15 | 15 bit BGR. Each pixel is a uint16_t in native byte order. Color masks are: for red: 0x001f, for green: 0x03e0, for blue: 0x7C00
GAVL_RGB_16 | 16 bit RGB. Each pixel is a uint16_t in native byte order. Color masks are: for red: 0xf800, for green: 0x07e0, for blue: 0x001f
GAVL_BGR_16 | 16 bit BGR. Each pixel is a uint16_t in native byte order. Color masks are: for red: 0x001f, for green: 0x07e0, for blue: 0xf800
GAVL_RGB_24 | 24 bit RGB. Each color is an uint8_t. Color order is RGBRGB
GAVL_BGR_24 | 24 bit BGR. Each color is an uint8_t. Color order is BGRBGR
GAVL_RGB_32 | 32 bit RGB. Each color is an uint8_t. Color order is RGBXRGBX, where X is unused
GAVL_BGR_32 | 32 bit BGR. Each color is an uint8_t. Color order is BGRXBGRX, where X is unused
GAVL_RGBA_32 | 32 bit RGBA. Each color is an uint8_t. Color order is RGBARGBA
GAVL_RGB_48 | 48 bit RGB. Each color is an uint16_t in native byte order. Color order is RGBRGB
GAVL_RGBA_64 | 64 bit RGBA. Each color is an uint16_t in native byte order. Color order is RGBARGBA
GAVL_RGB_FLOAT | float RGB. Each color is a float (0.0 .. 1.0) in native byte order. Color order is RGBRGB
GAVL_RGBA_FLOAT | float RGBA. Each color is a float (0.0 .. 1.0) in native byte order. Color order is RGBARGBA
GAVL_YUY2 | Packed YCbCr 4:2:2. Each component is an uint8_t. Component order is Y1 U1 Y2 V1
GAVL_UYVY | Packed YCbCr 4:2:2. Each component is an uint8_t. Component order is U1 Y1 V1 Y2
GAVL_YUVA_32 | Packed YCbCrA 4:4:4:4. Each component is an uint8_t. Component order is YUVA. Luma and chroma are video scaled, alpha is 0..255.
GAVL_YUVA_64 | Packed YCbCrA 4:4:4:4. Each component is an uint16_t. Component order is YUVA. Luma and chroma are video scaled, alpha is 0..65535.
GAVL_YUV_FLOAT | Packed YCbCr 4:4:4. Each component is a float. Luma is scaled 0.0..1.0, chroma is -0.5..0.5
GAVL_YUVA_FLOAT | Packed YCbCrA 4:4:4:4. Each component is a float. Luma is scaled 0.0..1.0, chroma is -0.5..0.5
GAVL_YUV_420_P | Packed YCbCrA 4:4:4:4. Each component is an uint16_t. Component order is YUVA. Luma and chroma are video scaled, alpha is 0..65535.
GAVL_YUV_422_P | Planar YCbCr 4:2:2. Each component is an uint8_t
GAVL_YUV_444_P | Planar YCbCr 4:4:4. Each component is an uint8_t
GAVL_YUV_411_P | Planar YCbCr 4:1:1. Each component is an uint8_t
GAVL_YUV_410_P | Planar YCbCr 4:1:0. Each component is an uint8_t
GAVL_YUVJ_420_P | Planar YCbCr 4:2:0. Each component is an uint8_t, luma and chroma values are full range (0x00 .. 0xff)
GAVL_YUVJ_422_P | Planar YCbCr 4:2:2. Each component is an uint8_t, luma and chroma values are full range (0x00 .. 0xff)
GAVL_YUVJ_444_P | Planar YCbCr 4:4:4. Each component is an uint8_t, luma and chroma values are full range (0x00 .. 0xff)
GAVL_YUV_444_P_16 | 16 bit Planar YCbCr 4:4:4. Each component is an uint16_t in native byte order.
GAVL_YUV_422_P_16 | 16 bit Planar YCbCr 4:2:2. Each component is an uint16_t in native byte order.

## ◆ gavl_color_channel_t

enum gavl_color_channel_t

Color channel definitions.

Enum definitions for color channels

Enumerator
GAVL_CCH_NONE | None/undefined.
GAVL_CCH_RED | Red.
GAVL_CCH_GREEN | Green.
GAVL_CCH_BLUE | Blue.
GAVL_CCH_Y | Luminance (also grayscale).
GAVL_CCH_CB | Chrominance blue (aka U).
GAVL_CCH_CR | Chrominance red (aka V).
GAVL_CCH_ALPHA | Transparency (or, to be more precise opacity).

## ◆ gavl_chroma_placement_t

enum gavl_chroma_placement_t

Chroma placement.

Specification of the 3 variants of 4:2:0 YCbCr as described at http://www.mir.com/DMG/chroma.html . For other pixelformats, it's meaningless and should be set to GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_DEFAULT.

Enumerator
GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_DEFAULT | MPEG-1/JPEG
GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_MPEG2 | MPEG-2
GAVL_CHROMA_PLACEMENT_DVPAL | DV PAL

## ◆ gavl_framerate_mode_t

enum gavl_framerate_mode_t

Framerate mode.

Enumerator
GAVL_FRAMERATE_UNKNOWN | Unknown (never use in public APIs)
GAVL_FRAMERATE_CONSTANT | Constant framerate
GAVL_FRAMERATE_VARIABLE | Variable framerate
GAVL_FRAMERATE_STILL | Still image

## ◆ gavl_interlace_mode_t

enum gavl_interlace_mode_t

Interlace mode.

Enumerator
GAVL_INTERLACE_UNKNOWN | Unknown interlacing (never use in public APIs)
GAVL_INTERLACE_NONE | Progressive
GAVL_INTERLACE_TOP_FIRST | Top field first
GAVL_INTERLACE_BOTTOM_FIRST | Bottom field first
GAVL_INTERLACE_MIXED | Use interlace_mode of the frames
GAVL_INTERLACE_MIXED_TOP | Progressive + top
GAVL_INTERLACE_MIXED_BOTTOM | Progressive + bottom

## Function Documentation

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_num_channels()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_pixelformat_num_channels | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Get the number of channels.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  The number of color channels

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_get_channel()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_color_channel_t gavl_pixelformat_get_channel | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat,
|  | int | index )

Get the color channel.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat
  index | Index (starting with 0)

Returns
  The color channel for this index

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_num_planes()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_pixelformat_num_planes | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Get the number of planes.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  The number of planes (1 for packet formats)

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_chroma_sub()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_pixelformat_chroma_sub | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat,
|  | int * | sub_h,
|  | int * | sub_v )

Get the horizontal and vertical subsampling factors.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat
  sub_h | returns the horizontal subsampling factor
  sub_v | returns the vertical subsampling factor

E.g. for 4:2:0 subsampling: sub_h = 2, sub_v = 2

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_bytes_per_component()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_pixelformat_bytes_per_component | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Get bytes per component for planar formats.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  The number of bytes per component for planar formats, 0 for packed formats

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_bytes_per_pixel()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_pixelformat_bytes_per_pixel | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Get bytes per pixel for packed formats.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  The number of bytes per pixel for packed formats, 0 for planar formats

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_bits_per_pixel()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_pixelformat_bits_per_pixel | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Get the effective number of bits for one pixel.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  Number of bits per pixel

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_conversion_penalty()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_pixelformat_conversion_penalty | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | src,
|  | gavl_pixelformat_t | dst )

Get the conversion penalty for pixelformat conversions.

Parameters

  src | Source pixelformat
  dst | Destination pixelformat

Returns
  A number denoting the "cost" of the conversion

The number (the larger the worse) is calculated from several criteria and considers both speed and quality issues. Don't ever rely on specific absolute values, since they can change from version to version (except 0, which is returned when and only when src and dst are equal). Instead, only compare values returned for different combinations among each other.

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_get_best()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t gavl_pixelformat_get_best | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | src,
|  | const gavl_pixelformat_t * | dst_supported,
|  | int * | penalty )

Get the best destination format for a given source format.

Parameters

  src | Source pixelformat
  dst_supported | List of supported destination format
  penalty | If non-null, returns the conversion penalty

Returns
  The best supported destination pixelformat

This function takes a source format and a list of supported destination formats (terminated with GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_NONE) and returns the format, which will result in the cheapest conversion (see gavl_pixelformat_conversion_penalty).

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_to_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_pixelformat_to_string | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Translate a pixelformat into a human readable string.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  A string describing the pixelformat

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_to_short_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_pixelformat_to_short_string | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Translate a pixelformat into a short string.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  A string describing the pixelformat

Short strings are guaranteed to contain no spaces and are more suitable for commandline arguments.

## ◆ gavl_string_to_pixelformat()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t gavl_string_to_pixelformat | ( | const char * | name | ) |

Translate a pixelformat name into a pixelformat.

Parameters

  name | A string describing the pixelformat (returned by gavl_pixelformat_to_string)

Returns
  The pixelformat or GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_NONE if no match.

## ◆ gavl_short_string_to_pixelformat()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t gavl_short_string_to_pixelformat | ( | const char * | name | ) |

Translate a short pixelformat name into a pixelformat.

Parameters

  name | A string describing the pixelformat (returned by gavl_pixelformat_to_short_string)

Returns
  The pixelformat or GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_NONE if no match.

## ◆ gavl_pixelformat_get_masks()

GAVL_PUBLIC const uint32_t * gavl_pixelformat_get_masks | ( | gavl_pixelformat_t | pixelformat | ) |

Get the masks for the components.

Parameters

  pixelformat | A pixelformat

Returns
  The masks for R, G, B and A (in this order) or NULL

## ◆ gavl_num_pixelformats()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_num_pixelformats | ( | void |  | ) |

Get total number of supported pixelformats.

Returns
  total number of supported pixelformats

## ◆ gavl_get_pixelformat()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_pixelformat_t gavl_get_pixelformat | ( | int | index | ) |

Get the pixelformat from index.

Parameters

  index | index (must be between 0 and the result of gavl_num_pixelformats)

Returns
  The pixelformat corresponding to index or GAVL_PIXELFORMAT_NONE.

## ◆ gavl_chroma_placement_to_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_chroma_placement_to_string | ( | gavl_chroma_placement_t | mode | ) |

Translate a chroma placement into a human readable string.

Parameters

  mode | A chroma placement

Returns
  A human readable string describing the chroma placement

## ◆ gavl_chroma_placement_to_short_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_chroma_placement_to_short_string | ( | gavl_chroma_placement_t | mode | ) |

Translate a chroma placement into a short string.

Parameters

  mode | A chroma placement

Returns
  A short string describing the chroma placement

## ◆ gavl_short_string_to_chroma_placement()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_chroma_placement_t gavl_short_string_to_chroma_placement | ( | const char * | mode | ) |

Translate a short string into a chroma placement.

Parameters

  mode | A short string describing the chroma placement

Returns
  A chroma placement

## ◆ gavl_framerate_mode_to_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_framerate_mode_to_string | ( | gavl_framerate_mode_t | mode | ) |

Translate a framerate mode into a human readable string.

Parameters

  mode | A framerate mode

Returns
  A human readable string describing the framerate mode

## ◆ gavl_framerate_mode_to_short_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_framerate_mode_to_short_string | ( | gavl_framerate_mode_t | mode | ) |

Translate a framerate mode into a short string.

Parameters

  mode | A framerate mode

Returns
  A short string describing the framerate mode

## ◆ gavl_short_string_to_framerate_mode()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_framerate_mode_t gavl_short_string_to_framerate_mode | ( | const char * | mode | ) |

Translate a short string into a framerate mode.

Parameters

  mode | A short string describing the framerate mode

Returns
  A framerate mode

## ◆ gavl_interlace_mode_to_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_interlace_mode_to_string | ( | gavl_interlace_mode_t | mode | ) |

Translate an interlace mode into a human readable string.

Parameters

  mode | An interlace mode

Returns
  A human readable string describing the interlace mode

## ◆ gavl_interlace_mode_to_short_string()

GAVL_PUBLIC const char * gavl_interlace_mode_to_short_string | ( | gavl_interlace_mode_t | mode | ) |

Translate an interlace mode into a short string.

Parameters

  mode | An interlace mode

Returns
  A short string describing the interlace mode

## ◆ gavl_short_string_to_interlace_mode()

GAVL_PUBLIC gavl_interlace_mode_t gavl_short_string_to_interlace_mode | ( | const char * | mode | ) |

Translate a short string to an interlace mode.

Parameters

  mode | A short string describing the interlace mode

Returns
  An interlace mode

## ◆ gavl_interlace_mode_is_mixed()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_interlace_mode_is_mixed | ( | gavl_interlace_mode_t | mode | ) |

Check if an interlace mode is mixed.

Parameters

  mode | An interlace mode

Returns
  1 if the interlace mode is set for each frame, 0 else

Since 1.5.0

## ◆ gavl_video_format_copy()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_video_format_copy | ( | gavl_video_format_t * | dst,
|  | const gavl_video_format_t * | src )

Copy one video format to another.

Parameters

  dst | Destination format
  src | Source format

## ◆ gavl_video_formats_equal()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_video_formats_equal | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | format_1,
|  | const gavl_video_format_t * | format_2 )

Compare 2 video formats.

Parameters

  format_1 | First format
  format_2 | Second format

Returns
  1 if the formats are equal, 0 else

## ◆ gavl_video_format_get_chroma_offset()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_video_format_get_chroma_offset | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | format,
|  | int | field,
|  | int | plane,
|  | float * | off_x,
|  | float * | off_y )

Get the chroma offsets relative to the luma samples.

Parameters

  format | A video format
  field | Index of the field (0 = top, 1 = bottom). For progressive format, this is unused
  plane | Index of the plane (1 = Cb, 2 = Cr)
  off_x | Returns the offset in x-direction
  off_y | Returns the offset in y-direction

## ◆ gavl_video_format_fit_to_source()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_video_format_fit_to_source | ( | gavl_video_format_t * | dst,
|  | const gavl_video_format_t * | src )

Set the image size of a destination format from a source format.

Parameters

  dst | Destination format
  src | Source format

Sets the image size of dst according src. Before you call this function, you must set the pixel_width and pixel_height of dst. This function will preserve the display aspect ratio, i.e. when the pixel aspect ratios are different in source and destination, the images will be scaled.

## ◆ gavl_video_format_get_image_size()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_video_format_get_image_size | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | format | ) |

Get the unpadded image size.

Parameters

  format | A video format

Returns
  The image size in bytes of a video frame (all planes combined)

## ◆ gavl_video_format_set_frame_size()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_video_format_set_frame_size | ( | gavl_video_format_t * | format,
|  | int | pad_h,
|  | int | pad_v )

Set the frame size from the image size.

Parameters

  format | A video format
  align_h | Horizontal alignment value
  align_v | Vertical alignment value

Set the frame_width and frame_height of the format from the image_width and image_height. Pad them to multiples of align_v and align_h pixels.

If pad_h or pad_v is zero or less, use the chroma subsampling factors (e.g. a 4:1:1 format will have width as a multiple of 4 and the height as a multiple of 1).

## ◆ gavl_get_color_channel_format()

GAVL_PUBLIC int gavl_get_color_channel_format | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | frame_format,
|  | gavl_video_format_t * | channel_format,
|  | gavl_color_channel_t | ch )

Get the video format for extracting/merging one channel.

Parameters

  frame_format | The video format of the full frame
  channel_format | Format of the extracted channel (grayscale)
  ch | Channel

Returns
  1 on success, 0 if the requested channel is not available in the format

Use this function in conjunction with gavl_video_frame_extract_channel and gavl_video_frame_insert_channel

Since 1.1.2

## ◆ gavl_get_field_format()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_get_field_format | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | frame_format,
|  | gavl_video_format_t * | field_format,
|  | int | field )

Get the video format of one field.

Parameters

  frame_format | The video format of the full frame
  field_format | Format of the field
  field | Field (0 or 1)

Use this function if you need to split a frame into fields. It handles odd heights correctly

Since 1.2.1

## ◆ gavl_video_format_dump()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_video_format_dump | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | format | ) |

Dump a video format to stderr.

Parameters

  format | A video format

## ◆ gavl_video_format_dumpi()

GAVL_PUBLIC void gavl_video_format_dumpi | ( | const gavl_video_format_t * | format,
|  | int | indent )

Dump a video format to stderr.

Parameters

  format | A video format
  indent | Indentation

Like gavl_video_format_dump but it places indent whitespaces in front of each line

Since 1.5.0