Avisynthplus color formats

AviSynth+

Color Format Hierarchy

 (one possible arrangement)

Color Class					Clip Property Test				Formats
All RGB clips					IsRGB
	Interleaved RGB(A)					IsInterleaved
								IsRGB24	RGB24 [8bit]
								IsRGB48	RGB48 [16bit]
								IsRGB32	RGB32 RGBA [8bit]
								IsRGB64	RGB64 RGBA [16bit]
	Planar RGB(A)					IsPlanar  or  !(IsInterleaved)
		Planar RGB						IsPlanarRGB	RGBPxx
		Planar RGBA						IsPlanarRGBA	RGBAPxx
All YUV clips					(IsYUV||IsYUVA)  or  !(IsRGB)
	Interleaved YUV					IsInterleaved
								IsYUY2	YUY2 [8bit]
								(none)	V210 [10bit] §
	Planar YUV(A)					IsPlanar  or  !(IsInterleaved)
		Planar YUV					IsYUV
								Is444	YUV444xx; YV24 [8bit]
								Is422	YUV422xx; YV16 [8bit]; P216 [16bit]
								Is420	YUV420xx; YV12 [8bit]
								IsYV411	YV411
								IsY	Yxx ‡
		Planar YUVA					IsYUVA  or  !(IsYUV)
								Is444	YUVA444xx
								Is422	YUVA422xx
								Is420	YUVA420xx

Color Format Table

Group	PixelType	FourCC¹	Bit depth²	Interleaved³	Version	Remarks
RGB	RGB24	BGR[24]	8	x	[A]
RGB	RGB48	BGR0	16	x	[+]
RGBA	RGB32	BGRA	8	x	[A]
RGBA	RGB64	BRA[64]	16	x	[+]
RGB	RGBP8	G3[0][8]	8		[+]	aka RGBP
RGB	RGBP10	G3[0][10]	10		[+]
RGB	RGBP12	G3[0][12]	12		[+]
RGB	RGBP14	G3[0][14]	14		[+]
RGB	RGBP16	G3[0][16]	16		[+]
RGB	RGBPS		32		[+]
RGBA	RGBAP8	G4[0][8]	8		[+]	aka RGBAP
RGBA	RGBAP10	G4[0][10]	10		[+]
RGBA	RGBAP12	G4[0][12]	12		[+]
RGBA	RGBAP14		14		[+]
RGBA	RGBAP16	G4[0][16]	16		[+]
RGBA	RGBAPS		32		[+]
YUV444	YUV444P8	444P	8		[A]	aka YUV444, YV24
YUV444	YUV444P10	Y3[0][10]	10		[+]
YUV444	YUV444P12	Y3[0][12]	12		[+]
YUV444	YUV444P14	Y3[0][14]	14		[+]
YUV444	YUV444P16	Y3[0][16]	16		[+]
YUV444	YUV444PS		32		[+]
YUVA444	YUVA444P8	Y4[0][8]	8		[+]	aka YUVA444
YUVA444	YUVA444P10	Y4[0][10]	10		[+]
YUVA444	YUVA444P12		12		[+]
YUVA444	YUVA444P14		14		[+]
YUVA444	YUVA444P16	Y4[0][16]	16		[+]
YUVA444	YUVA444PS		32		[+]
YUV422	YUY2	YUY2	8	x	[A]
YUV422	YUV422P8	Y42B	8		[A]	aka YUV422, YV16
YUV422	YUV422P10	Y3[10][10]	10		[+]	aka P210 special-case: V210 output available; see footnotes §
YUV422	YUV422P12	Y3[10][12]	12		[+]
YUV422	YUV422P14	Y3[10][14]	14		[+]
YUV422	YUV422P16	Y3[10][16]	16		[+]	aka P216
YUV422	YUV422PS		32		[+]
YUVA422	YUVA422P8	Y4[10][8]	8		[+]	aka YUVA422
YUVA422	YUVA422P10	Y4[10][10]	10		[+]
YUVA422	YUVA422P12		12		[+]
YUVA422	YUVA422P14		14		[+]
YUVA422	YUVA422P16	Y4[10][16]	16		[+]
YUVA422	YUVA422PS		32		[+]
YUV420	YV12	I420	8		[A]	aka YUV420, YV12
YUV420	YUV420P8	I420	8		[A]	aka YUV420, YV12
YUV420	YUV420P10	Y3[11][10]	10		[+]
YUV420	YUV420P12	Y3[11][12]	12		[+]
YUV420	YUV420P14	Y3[11][14]	14		[+]
YUV420	YUV420P16	Y3[11][16]	16		[+]
YUV420	YUV420PS		32		[+]
YUVA420	YUVA420P8	Y4[11][8]	8		[+]	aka YUVA420
YUVA420	YUVA420P10	Y4[11][10]	10		[+]
YUVA420	YUVA420P12		12		[+]
YUVA420	YUVA420P14		14		[+]
YUVA420	YUVA420P16	Y4[11][16]	16		[+]
YUVA420	YUVA420PS		32		[+]
YUV411	YUV411P8	Y41B	8		[A]	aka YUV411, YV411
YUV410	YUV9		8		[+]	read only?
Y only	Y8	Y800	8	‡	[A]
Y only	Y10		10	‡	[+]
Y only	Y12		12	‡	[+]
Y only	Y14		14	‡	[+]
Y only	Y16	Y1[0][16]	16	‡	[+]
Y only	Y32		32	‡	[+]

Footnotes

[A]	Supported in both AviSynth+ and AviSynth 2.6.x
[+]	Supported in AviSynth+ only
[8bit]	8-bit only
[16bit]	16-bit only
xx	8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 32 bits (32bit is floating-point; all others are integer)
¹	FourCC: 4 characters used to identify media data formats. Data shown is from ffmpeg. Left blank if unknown at this time (2017-10-16).
²	32bit is floating-point; all others are integer.
³	Interleaved if marked; else Planar.
‡	Y-only can be considered both planar and interleaved; however, a Y-only clip's IsInterleaved property returns false.
§	VfW only: v210 is served to Video for Windows clients but not used within AviSynth; v210 output requires OPT_Enable_V210 [+]

See also

• Convert
• ConvertBits
• BuildPixelType
• ColorSpaceNameToPixelType

External Links

• 10-bit and 16-bit YUV Video Formats (microsoft.com)
• V210 (multimedia.cx)
• YUV pixel formats (fourcc.org)
• RGB pixel formats (fourcc.org)