How to find the description of a color format and check its support

Applicable for

STM32MP13x lines, STM32MP15x lines, STM32MP25x lines

Depending on the software component, a color format name and definition may slightly differ. The table below references the main information relating to the different color formats.


Software frameworks	Include links & Examples	Support checks
Linux^® kernel DRM KMS framework	include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888 - AR24 DRM_FORMAT_NV12 - NV12	modetest
Linux^® kernel V4L2 camera or V4L2 video frameworks	include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h V4L2_PIX_FMT_ARGB32 - "BA24" V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12 - "NV12" include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h MEDIA_BUS_FMT_ARGB8888_1X32 - ? MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY12_2X12 - ?	Command examples for cameras: v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video3 -D media-ctl -d platform:dcmipp -p Command examples for V4L2 video codecs: v4l2-ctl --list-formats-out-ext v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-formats-ext
GStreamer framework	video-format.html and mediatype-video-raw.html GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA - "BGRA" GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_NV12 - "NV12"	gst-inspect-1.0 waylandsink gst-inspect-1.0 --no-colors v4l2jpegenc

1. Extra information[edit source]

2. = YUV packed, full planar and semi-planar[edit source]

image from Video compression basics article on rastergrid.com

YUV (planar, semi-planar, YCbCr): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YCbCr
RAW Bayer color formats : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_filter
BT.601: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._601
BT.709: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709
FourCC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FourCC