[FFmpeg-user] Chroma subsampling formats
Mark Filipak
markfilipak.imdb at gmail.com
Tue Jul 15 21:00:13 EEST 2025
Are these correct? Or, is there some official reference I can consult?
--Mark.
KEY:
¤ —— Element exists in the field and is sampled
• —— Element exists in the field but is not sampled
—— (blank) Element doesn't exist in the field
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_subsampling
Y element, pixels 0..3
/ Cb element, pixels 0..3
/ / Cr element, pixels 0..3
/ / /
4:4:4 ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ —— lines in field 0
¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ —— lines in field 1
4:4:2 ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤ ¤•¤• ¤•¤•
4:4:2 ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ // JPEG variant according to the reference
¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤
4:4:1 ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤ ¤••• ¤•••
4:4:0 ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤
4:2:2 ¤¤¤¤ ¤•¤• ¤•¤•
¤¤¤¤ ¤•¤• ¤•¤•
4:2:1 ¤¤¤¤ ¤•¤• ¤•¤•
¤¤¤¤ ¤••• ¤•••
4:2:1 ¤¤¤¤ ¤•¤• ¤•¤• // JPEG variant according to the reference
¤¤¤¤ ¤•••
4:2:0 ¤¤¤¤ ¤•¤• ¤•¤•
¤¤¤¤
4:1:1 ¤¤¤¤ ¤••• ¤•••
¤¤¤¤ ¤••• ¤•••
4:1:0 ¤¤¤¤ ¤••• ¤•••
¤¤¤¤
4:0:0 ¤¤¤¤ // My conjecture
¤¤¤¤
3:1:1 ¤¤¤ ¤•• ¤•• // Sony variant according to the reference
¤¤¤ ¤•• ¤••
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