V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16_BE — Grey-scale image
This is a grey-scale image with a depth of 16 bits per pixel. The most significant byte is stored at lower memory addresses (big-endian). Note the actual sampling precision may be lower than 16 bits, for example 10 bits per pixel with values in range 0 to 1023.
Example 2.15. V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16_BE 4 × 4
pixel image
Byte Order. Each cell is one byte.
| start + 0: | Y'00high | Y'00low | Y'01high | Y'01low | Y'02high | Y'02low | Y'03high | Y'03low |
| start + 8: | Y'10high | Y'10low | Y'11high | Y'11low | Y'12high | Y'12low | Y'13high | Y'13low |
| start + 16: | Y'20high | Y'20low | Y'21high | Y'21low | Y'22high | Y'22low | Y'23high | Y'23low |
| start + 24: | Y'30high | Y'30low | Y'31high | Y'31low | Y'32high | Y'32low | Y'33high | Y'33low |