class QVideoFrameFormat

The QVideoFrameFormat class specifies the stream format of a video presentation surface. More

Added in version 6.1.

Synopsis

Methods

Static functions

Note

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Detailed Description

A video sink presents a stream of video frames. QVideoFrameFormat describes the type of the frames and determines how they should be presented.

The core properties of a video stream required to set up a video sink are the pixel format given by pixelFormat() , and the frame dimensions given by frameSize() .

The region of a frame that is actually displayed on a video surface is given by the viewport() . A stream may have a viewport less than the entire region of a frame to allow for videos smaller than the nearest optimal size of a video frame. For example the width of a frame may be extended so that the start of each scan line is eight byte aligned.

Other common properties are the scanLineDirection() , frameRate() and the yCrCbColorSpace().

class PixelFormat

Enumerates video data types.

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_Invalid

The frame is invalid.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_ARGB8888

The frame is stored using a ARGB format with 8 bits per component.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_ARGB8888_Premultiplied

The frame stored using a premultiplied ARGB format with 8 bits per component.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_XRGB8888

The frame stored using a 32 bits per pixel RGB format (0xff, R, G, B).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_BGRA8888

The frame is stored using a 32-bit BGRA format (0xBBGGRRAA).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_BGRA8888_Premultiplied

The frame is stored using a premultiplied 32bit BGRA format.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_ABGR8888

The frame is stored using a 32-bit ABGR format (0xAABBGGRR).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_XBGR8888

The frame is stored using a 32-bit BGR format (0xffBBGGRR).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_RGBA8888

The frame is stored in memory as the bytes R, G, B, A/X, with R at the lowest address and A/X at the highest address.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_BGRX8888

The frame is stored in format 32-bit BGRx format, [31:0] B:G:R:x 8:8:8:8 little endian

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_RGBX8888

The frame is stored in memory as the bytes R, G, B, A/X, with R at the lowest address and A/X at the highest address.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_AYUV

The frame is stored using a packed 32-bit AYUV format (0xAAYYUUVV).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_AYUV_Premultiplied

The frame is stored using a packed premultiplied 32-bit AYUV format (0xAAYYUUVV).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_YUV420P

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YUV format with the U and V planes horizontally and vertically sub-sampled, i.e. the height and width of the U and V planes are half that of the Y plane.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_YUV422P

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YUV format with the U and V planes horizontally sub-sampled, i.e. the width of the U and V planes are half that of the Y plane, and height of U and V planes is the same as Y.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_YV12

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YVU format with the V and U planes horizontally and vertically sub-sampled, i.e. the height and width of the V and U planes are half that of the Y plane.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_UYVY

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component packed YUV format with the U and V planes horizontally sub-sampled (U-Y-V-Y), i.e. two horizontally adjacent pixels are stored as a 32-bit macropixel which has a Y value for each pixel and common U and V values.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_YUYV

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component packed YUV format with the U and V planes horizontally sub-sampled (Y-U-Y-V), i.e. two horizontally adjacent pixels are stored as a 32-bit macropixel which has a Y value for each pixel and common U and V values.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_NV12

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component semi-planar YUV format with a Y plane (Y) followed by a horizontally and vertically sub-sampled, packed UV plane (U-V).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_NV21

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component semi-planar YUV format with a Y plane (Y) followed by a horizontally and vertically sub-sampled, packed VU plane (V-U).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_IMC1

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YUV format with the U and V planes horizontally and vertically sub-sampled. This is similar to the Format_YUV420P type, except that the bytes per line of the U and V planes are padded out to the same stride as the Y plane.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_IMC2

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YUV format with the U and V planes horizontally and vertically sub-sampled. This is similar to the Format_YUV420P type, except that the lines of the U and V planes are interleaved, i.e. each line of U data is followed by a line of V data creating a single line of the same stride as the Y data.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_IMC3

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YVU format with the V and U planes horizontally and vertically sub-sampled. This is similar to the Format_YV12 type, except that the bytes per line of the V and U planes are padded out to the same stride as the Y plane.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_IMC4

The frame is stored using an 8-bit per component planar YVU format with the V and U planes horizontally and vertically sub-sampled. This is similar to the Format_YV12 type, except that the lines of the V and U planes are interleaved, i.e. each line of V data is followed by a line of U data creating a single line of the same stride as the Y data.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_P010

The frame is stored using a 16bit per component semi-planar YUV format with a Y plane (Y) followed by a horizontally and vertically sub-sampled, packed UV plane (U-V). Only the 10 most significant bits of each component are being used.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_P016

The frame is stored using a 16bit per component semi-planar YUV format with a Y plane (Y) followed by a horizontally and vertically sub-sampled, packed UV plane (U-V).

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_Y8

The frame is stored using an 8-bit greyscale format.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_Y16

The frame is stored using a 16-bit linear greyscale format. Little endian.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_Jpeg

The frame is stored in compressed Jpeg format.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_SamplerExternalOES

The frame is stored in external OES texture format. This is currently only being used on Android.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_SamplerRect

The frame is stored in rectangle texture format (GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE). This is only being used on macOS with an OpenGL based Rendering Hardware interface. The underlying pixel format stored in the texture is Format_BRGA8888.

QVideoFrameFormat.Format_YUV420P10

Similar to YUV420, but uses 16bits per component, 10 of those significant.

class Direction

Enumerates the layout direction of video scan lines.

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.TopToBottom

Scan lines are arranged from the top of the frame to the bottom.

QVideoFrameFormat.BottomToTop

Scan lines are arranged from the bottom of the frame to the top.

class YCbCrColorSpace

Use ColorSpace instead.

Enumerates the Y’CbCr color space of video frames.

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_Undefined

No color space is specified.

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_BT601

A Y’CbCr color space defined by ITU-R recommendation BT.601 with Y value range from 16 to 235, and Cb/Cr range from 16 to 240. Used mostly by older videos that were targeting CRT displays.

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_BT709

A Y’CbCr color space defined by ITU-R BT.709 with the same values range as YCbCr_BT601. The most commonly used color space today.

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_xvYCC601

This value is deprecated. Please check the ColorRange instead. The BT.601 color space with the value range extended to 0 to 255. It is backward compatible with BT.601 and uses values outside BT.601 range to represent a wider range of colors.

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_xvYCC709

This value is deprecated. Please check the ColorRange instead. The BT.709 color space with the value range extended to 0 to 255.

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_JPEG

The full range Y’CbCr color space used in most JPEG files.

QVideoFrameFormat.YCbCr_BT2020

The color space defined by ITU-R BT.2020. Used mainly for HDR videos.

class ColorSpace

Enumerates the color space of video frames.

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorSpace_Undefined

No color space is specified.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorSpace_BT601

A color space defined by ITU-R recommendation BT.601 with Y value range from 16 to 235, and Cb/Cr range from 16 to 240. Used mostly by older videos that were targeting CRT displays.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorSpace_BT709

A color space defined by ITU-R BT.709 with the same values range as ColorSpace_BT601. The most commonly used color space today.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorSpace_AdobeRgb

The full range YUV color space used in most JPEG files.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorSpace_BT2020

The color space defined by ITU-R BT.2020. Used mainly for HDR videos.

Added in version 6.4.

class ColorTransfer

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_Unknown

The color transfer function is unknown.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_BT709

Color values are encoded according to BT709. See also https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.709/en. This is close to, but not identical to a gamma curve of 2.2, and the same transfer curve as is used in sRGB.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_BT601

Color values are encoded according to BT601. See also https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.601/en.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_Linear

Color values are linear

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_Gamma22

Color values are encoded with a gamma of 2.2

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_Gamma28

Color values are encoded with a gamma of 2.8

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_ST2084

Color values are encoded using STME ST 2084. This transfer function is the most common HDR transfer function and often called the ‘perceptual quantizer’. See also https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.2100 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_quantizer.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorTransfer_STD_B67

Color values are encoded using ARIB STD B67. This transfer function is also often referred to as ‘hybrid log gamma’. See also https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.2100 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_log–gamma.

Added in version 6.4.

class ColorRange

Describes the color range used by the video data. Video data usually comes in either full color range, where all values are being used, or a more limited range traditionally used in YUV video formats, where a subset of all values is being used.

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorRange_Unknown

The color range of the video is unknown.

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorRange_Video

The color range traditionally used by most YUV video formats. For 8 bit formats, the Y component is limited to values between 16 and 235. The U and V components are limited to values between 16 and 240

For higher bit depths multiply these values with 2^(depth-8).

Constant

Description

QVideoFrameFormat.ColorRange_Full

Full color range. All values from 0 to 2^depth - 1 are valid.

Added in version 6.4.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QVideoFrameFormat.NPixelFormats
__init__()

Constructs a null video stream format.

__init__(format)
Parameters:

formatQVideoFrameFormat

Constructs a copy of other.

__init__(size, pixelFormat)
Parameters:

Constructs a video stream with the given frame size and pixel format.

colorRange()
Return type:

ColorRange

Returns the color range that should be used to render the video stream.

See also

setColorRange()

colorSpace()
Return type:

ColorSpace

Returns the color space of a video stream.

See also

setColorSpace()

colorTransfer()
Return type:

ColorTransfer

Returns the color transfer function that should be used to render the video stream.

fragmentShaderFileName()
Return type:

str

frameHeight()
Return type:

int

Returns the height of frame in a video stream.

frameRate()
Return type:

float

Note

This function is deprecated.

Returns the frame rate of a video stream in frames per second.

See also

setFrameRate()

frameSize()
Return type:

QSize

Returns the dimensions of frames in a video stream.

frameWidth()
Return type:

int

Returns the width of frames in a video stream.

static imageFormatFromPixelFormat(format)
Parameters:

formatPixelFormat

Return type:

Format

Returns an image format equivalent to a video frame pixel format. If there is no equivalent format QImage::Format_Invalid is returned instead.

Note

In general QImage does not handle YUV formats.

isMirrored()
Return type:

bool

Returns true if the surface is mirrored around its vertical axis.

Transformations of QVideoFrameFormat, specifically, rotation and mirroring, can be determined by the orientation of the camera sensor, camera settings, or the orientation of the video stream.

Mirroring is applied after rotation.

Note

The mirroring here differs from QImage::mirrored, as a vertically mirrored QImage will be mirrored around its x-axis.

isValid()
Return type:

bool

Identifies if a video surface format has a valid pixel format and frame size.

Returns true if the format is valid, and false otherwise.

maxLuminance()
Return type:

float

__ne__(format)
Parameters:

formatQVideoFrameFormat

Return type:

bool

Returns true if other is different to this video format, and false if they are the same.

__eq__(format)
Parameters:

formatQVideoFrameFormat

Return type:

bool

Returns true if other is the same as this video format, and false if they are different.

pixelFormat()
Return type:

PixelFormat

Returns the pixel format of frames in a video stream.

static pixelFormatFromImageFormat(format)
Parameters:

formatFormat

Return type:

PixelFormat

Returns a video pixel format equivalent to an image format. If there is no equivalent format Format_Invalid is returned instead.

Note

In general QImage does not handle YUV formats.

static pixelFormatToString(pixelFormat)
Parameters:

pixelFormatPixelFormat

Return type:

str

Returns a string representation of the given pixelFormat.

planeCount()
Return type:

int

Returns the number of planes used. This number is depending on the pixel format and is 1 for RGB based formats, and a number between 1 and 3 for YUV based formats.

rotation()
Return type:

Rotation

Returns the angle by which the surface is rotated clockwise.

Transformations of QVideoFrameFormat, specifically, rotation and mirroring, can be determined by the orientation of the camera sensor, camera settings, or the orientation of the video stream.

Rotation is applied before mirroring.

See also

setRotation()

scanLineDirection()
Return type:

Direction

Returns the direction of scan lines.

setColorRange(range)
Parameters:

rangeColorRange

Sets the color transfer range that should be used to render the video stream to range.

See also

colorRange()

setColorSpace(colorSpace)
Parameters:

colorSpaceColorSpace

Sets the colorSpace of a video stream.

See also

colorSpace()

setColorTransfer(colorTransfer)
Parameters:

colorTransferColorTransfer

Sets the color transfer function that should be used to render the video stream to colorTransfer.

See also

colorTransfer()

setFrameRate(rate)
Parameters:

rate – float

Note

This function is deprecated.

Sets the frame rate of a video stream in frames per second.

See also

frameRate()

setFrameSize(size)
Parameters:

sizeQSize

Sets the size of frames in a video stream to size.

This will reset the viewport() to fill the entire frame.

See also

frameSize()

setFrameSize(width, height)
Parameters:
  • width – int

  • height – int

This is an overloaded function.

Sets the width and height of frames in a video stream.

This will reset the viewport() to fill the entire frame.

setMaxLuminance(lum)
Parameters:

lum – float

Sets the maximum luminance to the given value, lum.

setMirrored(mirrored)
Parameters:

mirrored – bool

Sets if the surface is mirrored around its vertical axis.

Transformations of QVideoFrameFormat, specifically, rotation and mirroring, can be determined by the orientation of the camera sensor, camera settings, or the orientation of the video stream.

Mirroring is applied after rotation.

Default value is false.

Note

The mirroring here differs from QImage::mirrored, as a vertically mirrored QImage will be mirrored around its x-axis.

See also

isMirrored()

setRotation(rotation)
Parameters:

rotationRotation

Sets the angle by which the surface is rotated clockwise.

Transformations of QVideoFrameFormat, specifically, rotation and mirroring, can be determined by the orientation of the camera sensor, camera settings, or the orientation of the video stream.

Rotation is applied before mirroring.

Default value is QtVideo::Rotation::None.

See also

rotation()

setScanLineDirection(direction)
Parameters:

directionDirection

Sets the direction of scan lines.

setStreamFrameRate(rate)
Parameters:

rate – float

Sets the frame rate of a video stream in frames per second.

setViewport(viewport)
Parameters:

viewportQRect

Sets the viewport of a video stream to viewport.

See also

viewport()

setYCbCrColorSpace(colorSpace)
Parameters:

colorSpaceYCbCrColorSpace

Note

This function is deprecated.

Use setColorSpace() instead

Sets the Y’CbCr color space of a video stream. It is only used with raw YUV frame types.

streamFrameRate()
Return type:

float

Returns the frame rate of a video stream in frames per second.

swap(other)
Parameters:

otherQVideoFrameFormat

Swaps the current video frame format with the other.

updateUniformData(dst, frame, transform, opacity)
Parameters:
vertexShaderFileName()
Return type:

str

viewport()
Return type:

QRect

Returns the viewport of a video stream.

The viewport is the region of a video frame that is actually displayed.

By default the viewport covers an entire frame.

See also

setViewport()

yCbCrColorSpace()
Return type:

YCbCrColorSpace

Note

This function is deprecated.

Use colorSpace() instead

Returns the Y’CbCr color space of a video stream.