1Ppmtoyuv User Manual(0)                                Ppmtoyuv User Manual(0)
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NAME

6       ppmtoyuv - convert a PPM image to an Abekas YUV file
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SYNOPSIS

10       ppmtoyuv [ppmfile]
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DESCRIPTION

14       This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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16       ppmtoyuv  reads a PPM image as input and produces an Abekas YUV file as
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19       The output file contains a raster of four byte YUV codes, each uniquely
20       associated  with two side-by-side pixels in the image.  The raster con‐
21       tains rows in order from top to bottom, and  within  each  row  columns
22       from left to right.  So the output file size in bytes is twice the num‐
23       ber of pixels in the image.
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25       Each YUV code is associated with two pixels from the input  image  that
26       we  will  call the left pixel and the right pixel.  The 2nd byte of the
27       code is the Y value of the left pixel.  The 4th byte of the code is the
28       Y  value of the right pixel.  The 1st byte of the code is an average of
29       the U value of the pixel to the left of the left pixel, the left pixel,
30       and  the right pixel.  The 3rd byte of the code is analogous for V val‐
31       ues.  These averages are weighted arithmetic means where the left pixel
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34       This  format is reminiscent of but rather different from the common YUV
35       4:2:0 format (aka YUV 420) and the similar YUV 4:4:4,  YUV  4:2:2,  YUV
36       4:1:1,  YUV 4:1:1s, and YUV 4:1:0.  In YUV 4:2:0, the raster is differ‐
37       ent for even numbered lines and odd numbered lines.  On  even  numbered
38       lines,  there are twice as many bits for Y of each pixel as for U or V.
39       On odd numbered lines, there are the same number of bits for  Y  as  on
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42       Another YUV-based format is YUV4MPEG2, which is a movie format normally
43       used with MJPEGTools ⟨http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net⟩ .  Netpbm does  not
44       have converters for this format, but MJPEGTools does.
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SEE ALSO

48       yuvtoppm(1),    ppmtoeyuv(1),    ppmtoyuvsplit(1),   ppm(1),   pnmtoy4m
49       ⟨http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net⟩                ,                y4mtopnm
50       ⟨http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net⟩
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AUTHOR

55       Marc  Boucher  marc@PostImage.COM, based on Example Conversion Program,
56       A60/A64 Digital Video Interface Manual, page 69.
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58       Copyright (C) 1991 by DHD PostImage Inc.
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60       Copyright (C) 1987 by Abekas Video Systems Inc.
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64netpbm documentation             06 June 2005          Ppmtoyuv User Manual(0)
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