Editing FFmpeg (section)

=== Pixel formats ===
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2022}}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan=2| Type
! rowspan=2| Color
! colspan=2| [[Packed pixel|Packed]]
! colspan=3| [[Planar (computer graphics)|Planar]]
! [[Indexed color|Palette]]
|-
! Without alpha !! With [[Alpha compositing|alpha]] !! Without alpha !! With alpha !! Chroma-interleaved !! With alpha
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Monochrome]]
| [[Binary image|Binary]] (1-bit monochrome) || {{yes|monoblack, monowhite}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| [[Grayscale]] || {{yes|8/9/10/12/14/16bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|16/32bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! rowspan=6 | [[RGB]]
| RGB 1:2:1 (4-bit color) || {{yes|4bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| RGB 3:3:2 ([[8-bit color]]) || {{yes|8bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| RGB 5:5:5 ([[High color]]) || {{yes|16bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| RGB 5:6:5 (High color) || {{yes|16bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| RGB/BGR || {{yes|24/30<ref group="p">10-bit color components with 2-bit padding (X2RGB10)</ref>/48bpp}} || {{yes|32<ref group="p">RGBx (rgb0) and xBGR (0bgr) are also supported</ref>/64bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8bit->32bpp}}
|-
| GBR<ref group="p">used in YUV-centric codecs such like H.264</ref> || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8/9/10/12/14/16bpc}} || {{yes|8/10/12/16bpc}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | RGB [[Floating-point arithmetic|Float]]
| RGB || {{yes|32bpc}} || {{yes|16/32bpc}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| GBR || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|32bpc}} || {{yes|32bpc}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! rowspan=10 | [[YUV]]
| YVU 4:1:0 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{no|(9bpp (YVU9))<ref group="p" name="pixfmt-rawvideo">YVU9, YV12, YV16, and YV24 are supported as ''rawvideo'' codec in FFmpeg.</ref>}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YUV 4:1:0 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|9bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YUV 4:1:1 || {{yes|8bpc (UYYVYY)}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8bpc}} || {{sdash}} || {{no|(8bpc (NV11))}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YVU 4:2:0 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{no|(8bpc (YV12))<ref group="p" name="pixfmt-rawvideo" />}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8 (NV21)}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YUV 4:2:0 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8<ref group="p">I420<!--Windows, libvpx, libx264, libx265--> a.k.a. YUV420P<!--FFmepg, Video4Linux2--></ref>/9/10/12/14/16bpc}} || {{yes|8/9/10/16bpc}} || {{yes|8 (NV12)/10 (P010)/12 (P012)/16bpc (P016)}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YVU 4:2:2 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{no|(8bpc (YV16))<ref group="p" name="pixfmt-rawvideo" />}} || {{sdash}} || {{no|(8bpc (NV61))}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YUV 4:2:2 || {{partial|8 (YUYV<ref group="p">aka YUY2 in Windows</ref> and UYVY)/10 (Y210)/12bpc (Y212)<ref group="p">UYVY 10bpc without a padding is supported as ''bitpacked'' codec in FFmpeg. UYVY 10bpc with 2-bits padding is supported as ''v210'' codec in FFmpeg. 16bpc (Y216) is supported as ''targa_y216'' codec in FFmpeg.</ref>}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8<ref group="p">I422 a.k.a. YUV422P</ref>/9/10/12/14/16bpc}} || {{yes|8/9/10/12/16bpc}} || {{yes|8 (NV16)/10 (NV20 and P210)/16bpc (P216)}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YUV 4:4:0 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8/10/12bpc}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YVU 4:4:4 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{no|(8bpc (YV24))<ref group="p" name="pixfmt-rawvideo" />}} || {{sdash}} || {{yes|8bpc (NV42)}} || {{sdash}}
|-
| YUV 4:4:4 || {{partial|8 (VUYX)/10<ref group="p">XV30 a.k.a. XVYU2101010</ref>/12bpc<ref group="p">XV36</ref>}}|| {{yes|8<ref group="p">VUYA a.k.a. AYUV</ref> / 16bpc (AYUV64)<ref group="p">10bpc (Y410), 12bpc (Y412), and Y416 (16bpc) are not supported.</ref> }} || {{yes|8<ref group="p">I444 a.k.a. YUV444P</ref>/9/10/12/14/16bpc}} || {{yes|8/9/10/12/16bpc}} || {{yes|8 (NV24)/10 (P410)/ 16bpc (P416)}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! [[CIE 1931 color space|XYZ]]
| XYZ 4:4:4<ref group="p">used in JPEG2000</ref> || {{yes|12bpc}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! [[Bayer filter|Bayer]]
| BGGR/RGGB/GBRG/GRBG || {{yes|8/16bpp}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|}
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FFmpeg does not support IMC1-IMC4, AI44, CYMK, [[RGBE image format|RGBE]], Log RGB and other formats. It also does not yet support [[ARGB]] <abbr title="ARGB1555">1:5:5:5</abbr>, <abbr title="A2R10G10B10">2:10:10:10</abbr>, or other [[BMP file format#RGB video subtypes|BMP bitfield]] formats that are not commonly used.