Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 is for cutting and archiving standard-precision digitized video that has been digitized in the obsolete format 'yuvu', or 'yuv2' .

This codec perfectly encodes all Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 source footage in real time, with an average compression power of 2.32, so that the Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 files take up only 43% as much space as the uncompressed Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 originals, with zero loss of information.

Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 both encodes and decodes losslessly in real time from and to all Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 pixel formats ('yuvu' and 'yuv2'), making it ideal for processing in those formats.

The Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 codec is provided for backward compatibility only, and does not support alpha or Synchromy. The wide-range Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 pixel formats are considered obsolete, and have been superseded by video-range Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 pixel formats.

Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 Codec Encoding and Decoding Capabilities

		Pixel					lossless			real-time
Pixel Type		Format		encode	decode		encode	decode		encode	decode
RGB[A] 16bf		'b64a'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 16bf		'L64A'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 16bf		'A46L'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 16bf		'b48r'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 10bf		'F10k'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 10bf		'F210'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 10b		'R10k'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 10b		'r210'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 10bv		'S10k'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 10bv		'S210'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 8bf		ARGB		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 8bf		ABGR		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 8bf		RGBA		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 8bf		BGRA		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB[A] 8bv		'VRGB'		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 8bf		RGB		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 8bf		BGR		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 5bf		B555		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 5bf		L555		-	-		-	-		-	-
RGB 5bf		L565		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr[A] 32bu 4:4:4[:4]		'r4fl'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr[A] 16bu 4:4:4[:4]		'V416'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 10bv 4:4:4		'v410'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr[A] 8bv 4:4:4[:4]		'v408'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr[A] 8bv 4:4:4[:4]		'VUYA'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr[A] 8bu 4:4:4[:4]		'r408'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 16bv 4:2:2		'v216'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 16bv 4:2:2		'Y216'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 10bv 4:2:2		'v210'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 8bv 4:2:2		'2vuy'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 8bv 4:2:2		'2Vuy'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 8bv 4:2:2		'yuvs'		-	-		-	-		-	-
Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2		'yuvu'		•	•		•	•		•	•
Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2		'yuv2'		•	•		•	•		•	•

Key:

•	fully supported
-	not supported

Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 has two variant formats: and progressive versus interlaced scan mode. The scan mode is selected as a Sheer setting, and is indicated by a p (progressive) or i (interlaced) at the end.

Sheer Y'CbCrA 8bw 4:2:2:4 i		with alpha		interlaced scan
Sheer Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 i		without alpha		interlaced scan