[Libav-user] How can i extract Y plane from any frame in video

[Alex Cohn]

On Windows, download a free program called IrfanView.
Alex

On Wednesday, June 22, 2011, Amir Rouhi-Rmit <amir.rouhi at rmit.edu.au> wrote:
> When i use the below command
> ffmpeg -i input.wmv -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 Img-%03d.Y
> i will get three different output file for each image which the extensions are Img-xxx.u and Img-xxx.v and Img-xxx.y
> it seems that the command separate the picture of each frame to 3 plane y,u and v. But i cant view them to see the result. are they correct or not? Can you recommend a software for viewing this images with extensions *.y *.u and *.v?
>
> But when i use the command:
> ffmpeg -i input.wmv -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 -pic_fmt gray Img-%03d.Y
> the result contains like previous command , for each image three planes with *.y ,*.u and *.v which the size of *.u and *.v is 0.
> how can i see the image of *.y resulted in this command and compare it with previous one? size in both are same and hex editor shows same content but i need to see the images. how to view them?
> Tnx
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> On date Thursday 2011-06-16 16:02:43 +1000, Amir Rouhi-Rmit encoded:
>> I know that i can extract images of a video by ffmpeg as can be seen in
>> below command:
>> ffmpeg -i input.avi -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 Img-%03d.jpeg
>> But what i want is a separated Y plane and cb and cr plane. can i i achieve
>> this by ffmpeg? if yes pleas let me now how and if no do you suggest any
>> idea?
>
> You may use the .Y raw image format:
> ffmpeg -i input.avi -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 Img-%03d.Y
>
> to get separate .Y, .U, .V raw images. A possibly better solution
> would be to use the lut filter, soon to be committed, and I suppose
> you can achieve the same purpose using some of the MPlayer filters
> wrapped by mp.
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