How to convert y4m file to yuv?

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roberutsu picture roberutsu · May 31, 2013 · Viewed 15.7k times · Source

I searched the internet and Stack Overflow, but I could not find an answer:

  • Does anyone know how to convert a y4m file to yuv?

Answer

Fredrik Pihl picture Fredrik Pihl · May 31, 2013

ffmpeg to the rescue!

A detailed description of the format is found here:

Example files can be downloaded from http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/yuv4mpeg2/

To convert the file to YV12-format, do

$ ffmpeg -i example.y4m test.yuv

The first frame looks like this:

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