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| .. _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 :ref:`struct v4l2_pix_format <v4l2-pix-format>` and |
| :ref:`struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane <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>`.) |
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| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
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| pixfmt-002 |
| pixfmt-003 |
| pixfmt-004 |
| colorspaces |
| pixfmt-006 |
| pixfmt-007 |
| pixfmt-008 |
| pixfmt-indexed |
| pixfmt-rgb |
| yuv-formats |
| depth-formats |
| pixfmt-013 |
| sdr-formats |
| pixfmt-reserved |