V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16 ('Y16 ')

Name

V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16 -- Grey-scale image

Description

This is a grey-scale image with a depth of 16 bits per pixel. The least significant byte is stored at lower memory addresses (little-endian). Note the actual sampling precision may be lower than 16 bits, for example 10 bits per pixel with values in range 0 to 1023.

Example 2-1. V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16 4 × 4 pixel image

Byte Order. Each cell is one byte.

start + 0:Y'00lowY'00highY'01lowY'01highY'02lowY'02highY'03lowY'03high
start + 8:Y'10lowY'10highY'11lowY'11highY'12lowY'12highY'13lowY'13high
start + 16:Y'20lowY'20highY'21lowY'21highY'22lowY'22highY'23lowY'23high
start + 24:Y'30lowY'30highY'31lowY'31highY'32lowY'32highY'33lowY'33high