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-rw-r--r--DOCS/tech/colorspaces.txt3
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diff --git a/DOCS/tech/colorspaces.txt b/DOCS/tech/colorspaces.txt
index b1d7d6f22e..4a68a43ad2 100644
--- a/DOCS/tech/colorspaces.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/colorspaces.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ doesn't matter what is they order in memory:
planes[0] = Y = luminance
planes[1] = U = Cb = blue
planes[2] = V = Cr = red
+ Note: planes[1] is ALWAYS U, and planes[2] is V, the fourcc
+ (YV12 vs. I420) doesn't matter here! So, every codecs using 3 pointers
+ (not only the first one) normally supports YV12 and I420 (=IYUV) too!
But there are some codecs (vfw, dshow) and vo drivers (xv) ignoring the 2nd
and 3rd pointer, and use only a single pointer to the planar yuv image. In