y4mtoppm(1)

NAME
y4mtoppm - Convert YUV4MPEG2 stream to PPM images

SYNOPSIS
y4mtoppm [options]

DESCRIPTION
y4mtoppm converts a YUV4MPEG2 stream into a sequence of raw PPM images. Input is read from stdin, like all other YUV4MPEG2 filters and tools. Output is to stdout (but feel free to have the shell redirect to a file). YUV4MPEG2 streams contain 4:2:0 subsampled frames using the Y'CbCr colorspace (ITU-R BT.601). y4mtoppm will upsample each frame (to 4:4:4) and convert each pixel to the usual R'G'B' colorspace used for computer graphics. For interlaced streams, these operations are performed on each field individually. Fields can be output as separate PPM images in time-order (default), or interleaved into full-frame images. If multiple PPM images are generated, they are simply output one after another. If you want to turn such a "multi-image" PPM stream/file into individual files, use pnmsplit. (Some PNM filters can process multi-image files/streams; however, many written before June 2000 will only process the first image.) y4mtoppm and ppmtoy4m are inverses of each other; you can pipe the output of one into the other, and vice-versa. Note that the subsampling and colorspace operations are lossy in both directions. And, when converting to PPM, information on interlacing and sample aspect ratio is lost (but can be reconstructed by supplying command-line arguments to ppmtoy4m).

OPTIONS
y4mtoppm accepts the following options:

-L  For interlaced streams, output a single PPM image for each frame, containing two interleaved fields. (Otherwise, two PPM images will be generated for each frame; one per field.)

-S mode
    Set chroma supersampling mode. (default: 420_jpeg)
      420_jpeg - 4:2:0 JPEG/MPEG-1, interstitial cositing
     420_mpeg2 - 4:2:0 MPEG-2, horizontal cositing [NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Changing the supersampling mode from the default won't necessarily make anything better. This option is just for experimenting.

-v [0,1,2]
    Set verbosity level.
     0 = warnings and errors only.
     1 = add informative messages, too.
     2 = add chatty debugging message, too.

EXAMPLES
To turn the first 15 frames of an (MJPEG or DV) AVI file into individual PPM files:
    lav2yuv -f 15 your-video.avi | y4mtoppm | pnmsplit - "your-video-%d.ppm"

AUTHOR
This man page was written by Matt Marjanovic.
If you have questions, remarks, problems or you just want to contact the developers, the main mailing list for the MJPEG-tools is:
  mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net

For more info, see our website at
    http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/

SEE ALSO
ppm(5), pnm(5), ppmtoy4m(1), mjpegtools(1), mpeg2enc(1), lav2yuv(1), pnmsplit(1)