On 13-Jun-01 Gerd Knorr wrote:
>> > I don't like the idea of adding non-standard formats to v4l/v4l2 ...
>>
>> Thats why I added a bunch of convertors, and this is exactly why I got
>> so
>> pissed off when Alan ripped out that code.
>
> I tend to agree with Alan that the driver should not convert to most/all
> existing VIDEO_PALETTE_* format. There are some of good reasons for it:
Yeah yeayh yeah, I know, no need to start the discussion again at this point.
> But IMHO the format delivered by the driver must be a standard format.
> If the hardware format doesn't match any of the existing ones,
> converting is needed to make sure the applications can use it without
> adopting it to that particular driver (for the same reason the driver
> handles decompressing ...).
>
> For the philips webcam I'd pick YUV420P as you only need to reorder
> the bytes.
That´s my choice as well. It´s unambiguous, and most serious tools that I
know of know how to handle this. Will fix.
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