2.2. Multi-planar format structures¶

The struct v4l2_plane_pix_format structures define size and layout for each of the planes in a multi-planar format. The struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane structure contains information common to all planes (such as image width and height) and an array of struct v4l2_plane_pix_format structures, describing all planes of that format.

v4l2_plane_pix_format¶

struct v4l2_plane_pix_format¶
__u32	`sizeimage`	Maximum size in bytes required for image data in this plane.
__u32	`bytesperline`	Distance in bytes between the leftmost pixels in two adjacent lines. See struct `v4l2_pix_format`.
__u16	`reserved[6]`	Reserved for future extensions. Should be zeroed by drivers and applications.

v4l2_pix_format_mplane¶

struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane¶
__u32	`width`	Image width in pixels. See struct `v4l2_pix_format`.
__u32	`height`	Image height in pixels. See struct `v4l2_pix_format`.
__u32	`pixelformat`	The pixel format. Both single- and multi-planar four character codes can be used.
__u32	`field`	Field order, from enum `v4l2_field`. See struct `v4l2_pix_format`.
__u32	`colorspace`	Colorspace encoding, from enum `v4l2_colorspace`. See struct `v4l2_pix_format`.
struct `v4l2_plane_pix_format`	`plane_fmt[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES]`	An array of structures describing format of each plane this pixel format consists of. The number of valid entries in this array has to be put in the `num_planes` field.
__u8	`num_planes`	Number of planes (i.e. separate memory buffers) for this format and the number of valid entries in the `plane_fmt` array.
__u8	`flags`	Flags set by the application or driver, see Format Flags.
union { (anonymous)
__u8	`ycbcr_enc`	Y’CbCr encoding, from enum `v4l2_ycbcr_encoding`. This information supplements the `colorspace` and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
__u8	`hsv_enc`	HSV encoding, from enum `v4l2_hsv_encoding`. This information supplements the `colorspace` and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
}
__u8	`quantization`	Quantization range, from enum `v4l2_quantization`. This information supplements the `colorspace` and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
__u8	`xfer_func`	Transfer function, from enum `v4l2_xfer_func`. This information supplements the `colorspace` and must be set by the driver for capture streams and by the application for output streams, see Colorspaces.
__u8	`reserved[7]`	Reserved for future extensions. Should be zeroed by drivers and applications.