README.md
1From: https://github.com/descampsa/yuv2rgb
2# yuv2rgb
3C library for fast image conversion between yuv420p and rgb24.
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5This is a simple library for optimized image conversion between YUV420p and rgb24.
6It was done mainly as an exercise to learn to use sse intrinsics, so there may still be room for optimization.
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8For each conversion, a standard c optimized function and two sse function (with aligned and unaligned memory) are implemented.
9The sse version requires only SSE2, which is available on any reasonably recent CPU.
10The library also supports the three different YUV (YCrCb to be correct) color spaces that exist (see comments in code), and others can be added simply.
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12There is a simple test program, that convert a raw YUV file to rgb ppm format, and measure computation time.
13Optionally, it also compares the result and computation time with the ffmpeg implementation (that uses MMX), and with the IPP functions.
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15To compile, simply do :
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17 mkdir build
18 cd build
19 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
20 make
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22The test program only support raw YUV files for the YUV420 format, and ppm for the RGB24 format.
23To generate a raw yuv file, you can use avconv:
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25 avconv -i example.jpg -c:v rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p example.yuv
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27To generate the rgb file, you can use the ImageMagick convert program:
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29 convert example.jpg example.ppm
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31Then, for YUV420 to RGB24 conversion, use the test program like that:
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33 ./test_yuv_rgb yuv2rgb image.yuv 4096 2160 image
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35The second and third parameters are image width and height (that are needed because not available in the raw YUV file), and fourth parameter is the output filename template (several output files will be generated, named for example output_sse.ppm, output_av.ppm, etc.)
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37Similarly, for RGB24 to YUV420 conversion:
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39 ./test_yuv_rgb yuv2rgb image.ppm image
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41On my computer, the test program on a 4K image give the following for yuv2rgb:
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43 Time will be measured in each configuration for 100 iterations...
44 Processing time (std) : 2.630193 sec
45 Processing time (sse2_unaligned) : 0.704394 sec
46 Processing time (ffmpeg_unaligned) : 1.221432 sec
47 Processing time (ipp_unaligned) : 0.636274 sec
48 Processing time (sse2_aligned) : 0.606648 sec
49 Processing time (ffmpeg_aligned) : 1.227100 sec
50 Processing time (ipp_aligned) : 0.636951 sec
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52And for rgb2yuv:
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54 Time will be measured in each configuration for 100 iterations...
55 Processing time (std) : 2.588675 sec
56 Processing time (sse2_unaligned) : 0.676625 sec
57 Processing time (ffmpeg_unaligned) : 3.385816 sec
58 Processing time (ipp_unaligned) : 0.593890 sec
59 Processing time (sse2_aligned) : 0.640630 sec
60 Processing time (ffmpeg_aligned) : 3.397952 sec
61 Processing time (ipp_aligned) : 0.579043 sec
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63configuration : gcc 4.9.2, swscale 3.0.0, IPP 9.0.1, intel i7-5500U
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