AVI RGB or BGR

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Nuno Magalhaes

How to know when the frames in AVI file is RGB or BGR because sometimes
Red appears first and sometimes Blue appears first in uncompressed
frames.

Does *anyone* know why?
 
Nuno,

Unfortunately, AVI files are really containers for video and audio
streams. While there is a general specification for AVI files, the encoding
of the video and audio information is dependent on the encoding of the file
(which is what requires a specific codec).

You can get the encoding from the AVI file though, and then process
accordingly.

Hope this helps.
 
I'm using avifil32.dll through p/invoke and the problem persists. How
do I know when blue or red comes first in umcompressed (_RGB) videos?
What header field should I search? Windows Media Player seems to know
that perfectly.

Nuno,

Unfortunately, AVI files are really containers for video and audio
streams. While there is a general specification for AVI files, the encoding
of the video and audio information is dependent on the encoding of the file
(which is what requires a specific codec).

You can get the encoding from the AVI file though, and then process
accordingly.

Hope this helps.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Nuno Magalhaes said:
How to know when the frames in AVI file is RGB or BGR because sometimes
Red appears first and sometimes Blue appears first in uncompressed
frames.

Does *anyone* know why?
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Nuno,

Windows Media Player actually doesn't know. Windows Media Player defers
to the DirectShow API, which reads the header, and then uses the appropriate
codecs to decode the file.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Nuno Magalhaes said:
I'm using avifil32.dll through p/invoke and the problem persists. How
do I know when blue or red comes first in umcompressed (_RGB) videos?
What header field should I search? Windows Media Player seems to know
that perfectly.

Nuno,

Unfortunately, AVI files are really containers for video and audio
streams. While there is a general specification for AVI files, the
encoding
of the video and audio information is dependent on the encoding of the
file
(which is what requires a specific codec).

You can get the encoding from the AVI file though, and then process
accordingly.

Hope this helps.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Nuno Magalhaes said:
How to know when the frames in AVI file is RGB or BGR because sometimes
Red appears first and sometimes Blue appears first in uncompressed
frames.

Does *anyone* know why?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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