On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Alok wrote: >Will I get a better frame rate if I use yuv rather than rgb when >receiving images from a camera ? I think my camera supports both modes Try that. >(it's a usb, creative labs). Are there any major differences between >these two formats, I heard that yuv can't represent some colors. The issue is what will be the final format, RGB or YUV? If you save as jpg or mpeg, use yuv, because it would be converted to it anyway. If you use png, gif, use rgb.