YUVIT

YUVIT is open source command line tool for convertinng jpeg, bmp, png, tiff images into YUV images or sequences. Tool has wide support of YUV formats. Wide support for input formats (png, jpeg, tiff, etc) provided by FreeImage library.

Build

First, you'll need build tools.

For Debian, Ubuntu, Mint:

sudo apt-get install g++ cmake libfreeimage-dev

For RadHat, Fedora, CentOS:

sudo yum install gcc-c++ cmake freeimage-devel

For OS X you'll need a Brew and Apple Command-line Tools. Install them, then continue:

brew install cmake freeimage

Now get sources and build:

git clone https://github.com/stunpix/yuvit.git
mkdir yuvit/build && cd yuvit/build
cmake ..
make

For OS X there is only way to install tool using:

make install

This installs tool under /usr/local. You can also use this approach for Linux distros, but we recommend to use your system's package manager for installs. To get .deb and .rpm packages, run:

cpack

and install package using your package manager. With this approach your system will be not polluted with files that aren't controlled by package manager.

Usage

Usage: yuvit [options] <file>

Options:
    -h
        This help
    -o
        Output filename. Could be a pattern for read multifile sequences.
    -a
       Append mode. Images will be append to output file. Doesn't truncate output file.
    -m <start>:<end>
       Start and end numbers for multifile sequences.
    -i
       Interleave UV rows for planar formats
    -w
       Swap UV components order
    -x <jpeg|sdtv|hdtv>
       Use YUV conversion matrix. Default: jpeg
            jpeg
                JFIF specification matrix:
                |Y|   | 0.299     0.587     0.114|   |R|
                |U| = |-0.168736 -0.331264  0.5  | x |G|
                |V|   | 0.5      -0.418688 -0.081|   |B|
            sdtv
                ITU-R BT.601 for SDTV specification matrix:
                |Y|   | 0.299    0.587    0.114  |   |R|
                |U| = |-0.14713 -0.28886  0.436  | x |G|
                |V|   | 0.615   -0.51499 -0.10001|   |B|
            hdtv
                ITU-R BT.709 for HDTV specification matrix:
                |Y|   | 0.2126   0.7152   0.0722 |   |R|
                |U| = |-0.09991 -0.33609  0.436  | x |G|
                |V|   | 0.615   -0.55861 -0.05639|   |B|

    -f <yuv|yuyv|uyuv|yyuv>
        Output YUV format. Default: yuv"
            yuv
                Planar format
            yuyv
                Packed format
            uyvy
                Packed format
            yyuv
                Planar packed chroma format
    -s <h1v1|h2v2|h2v1|h1v2>
        Chroma scaling. Used only for planar formats. Default: h1v1
            h1v1
                UV not scaled down [DEFAULT]
            h2v2
                UV scaled down by 2x horizontally and vertically
            h2v1
                UV scaled down by 2x horizontally
            h1v2
                UV scaled down by 2x vertically
Multifile sequences:
    Use '#' in file names, so they will be replaced with numbers.
    Examples:
        yuvit -a -m 0:100 -o out.yuv test###.bmp
            Converts: 'test000.bmp'...'test100.bmp' -> 'out.yuv'
        yuvit -m 10:200 -o out###.yuv test######.jpg
            Converts: 'test000010.jpg'...'test000200.jpg' -> 'out010.yuv'...'out200.yuv'

YUV Formats

Here are examples of how 4x4 pixels image can be stored in YUV format depending on options (not all possible cases are shown).

1. -f yuv -s h1v1 [Default]

    YYYY
    YYYY
    UUUU
    UUUU
    VVVV
    VVVV
   

2. -f yuv -s h2v1

    YYYY
    YYYY
    UU
    UU
    VV
    VV
   

3. -f yuv -s h1v2

    YYYY
    YYYY
    UUUU
    VVVV
   

4. -f yuv -s h2v1 -i

    YYYY
    YYYY
    UUVV
    UUVV
   

5. -f yuyv

    YUYVYUYV
    YUYVYUYV
   

6. -f uyvy

    UYVYUYVY
    UYVYUYVY
   

7. -f yuyv -w

    YVYUYVYU
    YVYUYVYU
   

8. -f yuv -s h2v1 -i -w

    YYYY
    YYYY
    VVUU
    VVUU
   

9. -f yuv -s h1v1

    YYYY
    YYYY
    UVUV
   

History

Initially tool has been released in 2006 on Sourceforge and named as any2yuv. In 2011 after several requests and bug reports, it was rewritten from the ground, renamed to yuvit and moved to github.

Author

2005-2015 Alexander Shashkevych <stunpix_gmail.com>

License

Source code licensed under LGPLv3.