.yuv
File Type 1 |
YUV Encoded Image File |
File Format |
Standard |
Usage |
Referenced by an application; not meant to be opened manually; may run a program or script when opened |
Popularity |
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Average |
Description |
Image format that stores colors as Y, U, and V values; Y stores the luminance (or brightness) and U and V store the chrominance (or color) components; can be used to store image color information more accurately than the typical RGB format.
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Open With |
Windows |
Elecard YUV Viewer
ImageMagick
XnViewMP
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macOS |
XnViewMP
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Unix |
XnViewMP
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Updated |
December 9, 2006 |
File Type 2 |
YUV Video File |
File Format |
Standard |
Usage |
Open manually |
Popularity |
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Common |
Description |
Video file encoded in the YUV format; stores a sequence of YUV images as a single video file (see above description); may be saved in YUV 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 formats; some YUV video files may be decoded by MPEG-4 and H.264 decoders.
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Open With |
macOS |
MPlayerX
MPlayer
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Unix |
MPlayer
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Updated |
July 16, 2014 |
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