ENUM V4L2_PIXEL_ENCODING(9)

💅 enum v4l2_pixel_encoding(9)

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about enum v4l2_pixel_encoding — the little enum that tells you how the pixels in your video buffer are encoded. it's giving "small but crucial", no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

enum v4l2_pixel_encoding — specifies the pixel encoding value 🎀

like, that's the whole job. it specifies the pixel encoding value. iconic of it honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum v4l2_pixel_encoding {
    V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_UNKNOWN ,
    V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_YUV ,
    V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB ,
    V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_BAYER

};

that's the whole enum right there, copy-paste energy, don't touch it 🫶

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🦋 Constants 🦋

bestie these are the four (4) members and what each one means, i'm obsessed:

• V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_UNKNOWN — pixel encoding is unknown/un-initialized 🙈 like it literally has not been told yet. mystery era.
• V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_YUV — pixel encoding is YUV 🌈
• V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_RGB — pixel encoding is RGB 🔥
• V4L2_PIXEL_ENC_BAYER — pixel encoding is Bayer 🌸

that's it. that's the constants. four of them. each one tells you what encoding you're working with and honestly that's enough 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where the page just. lists everyone. it says the kernel file is ./include/media/v4l2-common.h and then name-drops the whole friend group 🫶 lowkey a group chat roster:

• v4l2_ctrl_query_fill(9)
• enum v4l2_i2c_tuner_type(9)
• v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(9)
• v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_board(9)
• v4l2_i2c_subdev_set_name(9)
• v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(9)
• v4l2_i2c_subdev_addr(9)
• v4l2_i2c_tuner_addrs(9)
• v4l2_i2c_subdev_unregister(9)
• v4l2_spi_new_subdev(9)
• v4l2_spi_subdev_init(9)
• v4l2_spi_subdev_unregister(9)
• v4l_bound_align_image(9)
• v4l2_find_nearest_size_conditional(9)
• v4l2_find_nearest_size(9)
• v4l2_g_parm_cap(9)
• v4l2_s_parm_cap(9)
• struct v4l2_format_info(9)
• v4l2_get_link_freq(9)
• v4l2_get_active_data_lanes(9)
• v4l2_link_freq_to_bitmap(9)
• devm_v4l2_sensor_clk_get(9)
• devm_v4l2_sensor_clk_get_legacy(9)

every single one, iykyk 💜

ngl, don't skip these — if you're lost, that list is literally your map back to sanity.

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okay that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it up ✨ this one came from ./include/media, dated October 2026, and it lives under the very cute name enum v4l2_pixel_encoding(9). mwah 💋 bye!! 🎀🦋