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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

B/W Video to RGB using the VIP

Hello, I would like to display b/w video to VGA screen using the vip 9.1. Is it possible in the vip to transfer Y to RGB? The color space conversion need 3 color components inputs. Any i...
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16 years ago

Of course you can't create color where there is none.

But if you're just trying to get the luma into the RGB space what you'll want to do is fake the Cr and Cb color planes. Set them both to appropriate 0 levels. For 10-bit data I believe the value is 0x200.

Jake