Jakob Kemi wrote: > Hello folks! > > I've got a data stream which sends data in the following format > Y1, U, Y2, V (where each sample is 1 byte) > > Is this called VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV422 or VIDEO_PALETTE_YUYV ?? > (In v4l that is) Y U Y V is the AVI FOURCC "YUY2", and V4L (at least bttv) produces that for the rather ambiguously named VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV422 format. FYI, VIDEO_PALETTE_YUYV is actually (again going by the bttv driver) Brooktree's "Y41P" format, which starts U Y V Y... :-( I've previously posted about these awful names, but received no feedback on proposed changes. Ben