[MPlayer-dev-eng] Defining MPlayers RGB color formats

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,

> I think this question has already been answered in the thread
> starting with:
> 
> From: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
> To: mplayer-dev-eng at mplayer.dev.hu
> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:47:56 +0100
> Subject: [MPlayer-dev-eng] RGB vs. BGR
> Message-Id: <200401211647.56307.michaelni at gmx.at>

No, it wasn't answered because it is plain wrong.

 > memory order:
 > RGB			???24
RGB24

 > order in an int
 > 8R8G8B			???24
RGB24

just plain can't be true on both big/little endian.

and e.g.

 > 5R6G5B			???16
RGB16

is actually BGR16 currently, at least on x86.

Not to mention that RGB8 doesn't appear at all in this list.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger