MediaFormat_t

A merged formats structure

Synopsis:

See below.

Description:

This structure defines a generic media type, which can be audio, video, or image, and includes compression information. It contains the following members:

uint32_t mtype

A flag indicating media type, which can be one of:

• MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE
• MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
• MEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO

These flags can be ORed with MEDIA_TYPE_COMPRESSED if the data is compressed.

uint32_t fourcc

A standard “four character code” that describes the media type. This is the standard FOURCC value used in avi and quicktime files. A number of additional values are defined:

• RGB6 — 16 bit RGB
• RGB5 — 15 bit RGB
• RGB4 — 24 bit RGB
• RGB2 — 32 bit RGB

u

A straight union for the above media formats. The union contains members image, audio, and video, of type ImageFormat_t, AudioFormat_t, and VideoFormat_t respectively.

Classification:

See also:

ImageFormat_t, VideoFormat_t, AudioFormat_t