On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:37:10AM +0530, Veda N wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Paulo Assis <pj.as...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2011/8/13 Veda N <ved...@gmail.com>:
> >> what should be the size of a raw bayer data from the driver.
> >>
> >> for 640x480 = i get 640x480x2.
> >
> > Is this in bytes?
> >
> >>
> >> Shouldnt i get more? It shoule be more than yuv422/rgb565
> >>
> >
> > No, that depends on the pixel size, so for 8 bit pixel you should get
> > 640x480 bytes, for 12 bit you should get 640x480x3/2 and so on.
> >
> > 640x480x2 is equivalent to a 16 bit pixel, this is a bit unusual I
> > think, the most common is 8 bit pixel, what device/driver are you
> > using ?
> 
> If it is V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG10 - it is 10 bits/color.
> If it is V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8 -   it is 8 bits/color

These formats are byte aligned.

> Shouldnt it be more? raw data is supposed to be large in size when
> compared to processed data pixel size.

No. At VGA size you still have as many pixels as you can guess but any
single pixel is either red, green or blue.

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Sakari Ailus
sakari.ai...@iki.fi
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