YUV422 packed format - YUYV, YVYU, UYVY and VYUY

YUYV, YVYU, UYVY and VYUY

YUYV, YVYU, UYVY and VYUY are encoding format for YUV4:2:2^[1] . They are different from their sequence of each compoment stored in the memory.

• Y is luma
• U is blue projection
• V is red projection

YUYV

YUYV is also known as YUV2. ^[2]

Each Y goes to one pixel and the U and V are belong to both pixels.

YVYU

YVYU^[3]

Each Y goes to one pixel and the U and V are belong to both pixels.

UYVU

UYVU^[4]

Each Y goes to one pixel and the U and V are belong to both pixels.

VYUY

VYUY^[5]

Each Y goes to one pixel and the U and V are belong to both pixels.