[Ffmpeg-devel] encode v210 raw bitstream

[mark m]

On 9/11/06, Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> wrote:
>
> mark m wrote:
> > I do not want to encode to this format. This is the uncompressed data
> > stream
> > from the video capture card. I would like to compress this data stream
> to
> > MPEG-2 i-Frame only.
>
> I'm not sure if it presently supports this format, but it should be
> possible to code it into FFmpeg.


Do you know how I can do this?


But could you live with losing the
> bottom 2 bits of precision from each Y, U, and V component (forcing the
> data to standard 8-bit components)?


Yes to begin with I will do this. Can you tell how I can do this if I have
standard 8bit components?
Thanks a lot!