.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 |
| Rank |
★ ★ ★ Common |
| 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.
|
| Open With |
| Windows |
 Elecard YUV Viewer
 ImageMagick
 XnViewMP
|
| macOS |
XnViewMP |
| Unix |
XnViewMP |
|
| Updated |
December 9, 2006 |
| File Type 2 |
 YUV Video File |
| File Format |
Standard |
| Usage |
Open manually |
| Rank |
★ ★ ★ 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.
|
| Open With |
| macOS |
 MPlayerX
 MPlayer
|
| Unix |
MPlayer |
|
| Updated |
July 16, 2014 |
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