[FFmpeg-user] FFv1: Encode rgb48le?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Peter B. <pb <at> das-werkstatt.com> writes:

> > ffv1 currently encodes up to 16 bit but 16bit RGB needs 
> > 17bit, so this is definitely not trivial.
> Would you be so kind an point me to any kind of information where I
> could read up on "why 16bit RGB requires 17bits?". Right now, I would
> not understand why.

(Me neither.)
It is related to yuv-rgb conversion iiuc.

Carl Eugen