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+The cx23416 can produce (and the cx23415 can also read) raw YUV output. The
+format of a YUV frame is specific to this chip and is called HM12. 'HM' stands
+for 'Hauppauge Macroblock', which is a misnomer as 'Conexant Macroblock' would
+be more accurate.
+
+The format is YUV 4:2:0 which uses 1 Y byte per pixel and 1 U and V byte per
+four pixels.
+
+The data is encoded as two macroblock planes, the first containing the Y
+values, the second containing UV macroblocks.
+
+The Y plane is divided into blocks of 16x16 pixels from left to right
+and from top to bottom. Each block is transmitted in turn, line-by-line.
+
+So the first 16 bytes are the first line of the top-left block, the
+second 16 bytes are the second line of the top-left block, etc. After
+transmitting this block the first line of the block on the right to the
+first block is transmitted, etc.
+
+The UV plane is divided into blocks of 16x8 UV values going from left
+to right, top to bottom. Each block is transmitted in turn, line-by-line.
+
+So the first 16 bytes are the first line of the top-left block and
+contain 8 UV value pairs (16 bytes in total). The second 16 bytes are the
+second line of 8 UV pairs of the top-left block, etc. After transmitting
+this block the first line of the block on the right to the first block is
+transmitted, etc.
+
+The code below is given as an example on how to convert HM12 to separate
+Y, U and V planes. This code assumes frames of 720x576 (PAL) pixels.
+
+The width of a frame is always 720 pixels, regardless of the actual specified
+width.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static unsigned char frame[576*720*3/2];
+static unsigned char framey[576*720];
+static unsigned char frameu[576*720 / 4];
+static unsigned char framev[576*720 / 4];
+
+static void de_macro_y(unsigned char* dst, unsigned char *src, int dstride, int w, int h)
+{
+ unsigned int y, x, i;
+
+ // descramble Y plane
+ // dstride = 720 = w
+ // The Y plane is divided into blocks of 16x16 pixels
+ // Each block in transmitted in turn, line-by-line.
+ for (y = 0; y < h; y += 16) {
+ for (x = 0; x < w; x += 16) {
+ for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+ memcpy(dst + x + (y + i) * dstride, src, 16);
+ src += 16;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static void de_macro_uv(unsigned char *dstu, unsigned char *dstv, unsigned char *src, int dstride, int w, int h)
+{
+ unsigned int y, x, i;
+
+ // descramble U/V plane
+ // dstride = 720 / 2 = w
+ // The U/V values are interlaced (UVUV...).
+ // Again, the UV plane is divided into blocks of 16x16 UV values.
+ // Each block in transmitted in turn, line-by-line.
+ for (y = 0; y < h; y += 16) {
+ for (x = 0; x < w; x += 8) {
+ for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+ int idx = x + (y + i) * dstride;
+
+ dstu[idx+0] = src[0]; dstv[idx+0] = src[1];
+ dstu[idx+1] = src[2]; dstv[idx+1] = src[3];
+ dstu[idx+2] = src[4]; dstv[idx+2] = src[5];
+ dstu[idx+3] = src[6]; dstv[idx+3] = src[7];
+ dstu[idx+4] = src[8]; dstv[idx+4] = src[9];
+ dstu[idx+5] = src[10]; dstv[idx+5] = src[11];
+ dstu[idx+6] = src[12]; dstv[idx+6] = src[13];
+ dstu[idx+7] = src[14]; dstv[idx+7] = src[15];
+ src += 16;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ FILE *fin;
+ int i;
+
+ if (argc == 1) fin = stdin;
+ else fin = fopen(argv[1], "r");
+
+ if (fin == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "cannot open input\n");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+ while (fread(frame, sizeof(frame), 1, fin) == 1) {
+ de_macro_y(framey, frame, 720, 720, 576);
+ de_macro_uv(frameu, framev, frame + 720 * 576, 720 / 2, 720 / 2, 576 / 2);
+ fwrite(framey, sizeof(framey), 1, stdout);
+ fwrite(framev, sizeof(framev), 1, stdout);
+ fwrite(frameu, sizeof(frameu), 1, stdout);
+ }
+ fclose(fin);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------