SUPPORTED INPUT FORMATS AND ENCODINGS(9)

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🎀 Supported input formats and encodings 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Supported input formats and encodings(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, it’s giving very “internal bus but make it fashion” 💅✨

Depending on the Hardware configuration of the Controller IP, it supports a subset of the following input formats and encodings on its internal 48bit bus. No cap: subset means subset, so don’t assume every row is automatically available on your setup 😌

I turned the giant table into a list because terminal scrolling is a lot, but every single format code and encoding is still here. Zero rows dropped, periodt 💖

  • RGB 4:4:4 8bit — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24; encoding: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT 🌈
  • RGB 4:4:4 10bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB101010_1X30; encoding: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT ✨
  • RGB 4:4:4 12bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB121212_1X36; encoding: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT 🎀
  • RGB 4:4:4 16bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB161616_1X48; encoding: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT 🦋
  • YCbCr 4:4:4 8bit — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV8_1X24; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 💅
  • YCbCr 4:4:4 10bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV10_1X30; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 🌸
  • YCbCr 4:4:4 12bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV12_1X36; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 🫶
  • YCbCr 4:4:4 16bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV16_1X48; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 😭
  • YCbCr 4:2:2 8bit — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY8_1X16; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 🔥
  • YCbCr 4:2:2 10bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY10_1X20; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 👑
  • YCbCr 4:2:2 12bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY12_1X24; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 ⭐
  • YCbCr 4:2:0 8bit — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY8_0_5X24; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 💀
  • YCbCr 4:2:0 10bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY10_0_5X30; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 🙈
  • YCbCr 4:2:0 12bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY12_0_5X36; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 🍓
  • YCbCr 4:2:0 16bits — format code: MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY16_0_5X48; encodings: V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601 or V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_709 🧚

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Kernel file: ./include/drm/bridge/dw_hdmi.h — go peek, bestie 👀💜

source/version ./include/drm/bridge · date October 2026 — mwah, stay hydrated and keep your bus internal 💖🫶

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