MFVideoPrimaries enumeration

Specifies the color primaries of a video source. The color primaries define how to convert colors from RGB color space to CIE XYZ color space.

Syntax

typedef enum _MFVideoPrimaries { 
  MFVideoPrimaries_Unknown        = 0,
  MFVideoPrimaries_reserved       = 1,
  MFVideoPrimaries_BT709          = 2,
  MFVideoPrimaries_BT470_2_SysM   = 3,
  MFVideoPrimaries_BT470_2_SysBG  = 4,
  MFVideoPrimaries_SMPTE170M      = 5,
  MFVideoPrimaries_SMPTE240M      = 6,
  MFVideoPrimaries_EBU3213        = 7,
  MFVideoPrimaries_SMPTE_C        = 8,
  MFVideoPrimaries_BT2020         = 9,
  MFVideoPrimaries_XYZ            = 10,
  MFVideoPrimaries_DCI_P3         = 11,
  MFVideoPrimaries_ACES           = 12,
  MFVideoPrimaries_Last,
  MFVideoPrimaries_ForceDWORD     = 0x7FFFFFFF
} MFVideoPrimaries;

Constants

MFVideoPrimaries_Unknown

The color primaries are unknown.

MFVideoPrimaries_reserved

Reserved.

MFVideoPrimaries_BT709

ITU-R BT.709. Also used for sRGB and scRGB.

MFVideoPrimaries_BT470_2_SysM

ITU-R BT.470-4 System M (NTSC).

MFVideoPrimaries_BT470_2_SysBG

ITU-R BT.470-4 System B,G (NTSC).

MFVideoPrimaries_SMPTE170M

SMPTE 170M.

MFVideoPrimaries_SMPTE240M

SMPTE 240M.

MFVideoPrimaries_EBU3213

EBU 3213.

MFVideoPrimaries_SMPTE_C

SMPTE C (SMPTE RP 145).

MFVideoPrimaries_BT2020

ITU-R BT.2020 color primaries.

Note  Requires Windows 8 or later.

 

MFVideoPrimaries_XYZ

CIE 1931 XYZ (see: CIE 1931 color space). Note that this color space is only well-defined for floating point representations.

Note  Requires Windows 8 or later.

 

MFVideoPrimaries_DCI_P3

DCI-P3

Note  Requires Windows 10, version 1703 or later.

 

MFVideoPrimaries_ACES

Academy Color Encoding System

Note  Requires Windows 10, version 1703 or later.

 

MFVideoPrimaries_Last

Reserved.

MFVideoPrimaries_ForceDWORD

Reserved. This member forces the enumeration type to compile as a DWORD value.

Remarks

This enumeration is used with the MF_MT_VIDEO_PRIMARIES attribute.

For more information about these values, see the remarks for the DXVA2_VideoPrimaries enumeration, which is the DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) equivalent of this enumeration.

Requirements

See also

Media Foundation Enumerations

Video Media Types

Extended Color Information