On 07/02/19(Thu) 13:52, Raphael Graf wrote: > [...] > The new diff below solves this yuy2/yuyv problem by defining them both under > the same name 'yuy2'.
That's great. I would just change the comment to explain that it's due to an incoherency between the names reported by XvListImageFormats(3) and V4L2 :) > The only change to the manpage is now the addition of yv12 to the list of > valid encodings. Fine, I just missed the point: why do we need to support yv12? > The trickiest part is the 'choose_enc' function where encodings are chosen > based on device capabilities. > The following conversions are now possible: > yuy2 -> uyvy > yuy2 -> yv12 > uyvy -> yuy2 > uyvy -> yv12 > > As my webcam only provides yuy2, I have used input-files for testing: > $ video -i test.yuy2 > $ video -i test.uyvy -e uyvy > $ video -i test.yv12 -e yv12 > > These examples work for me with both drivers (modesetting and intel). > The conversion to yv12 has a small performance impact, of course. Do you think > the performance is acceptable? Do you think it is? When is the conversion needed?
