YV12 is a codec package geared towards image processing developers, providing useful tools for their work.
YV12 is a planar Y'CbCr 4:2:0 image format that typically serves as an intermediate format for reference codecs like the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 video decoder reference code. End users might find this codec less fitting because it doesn't provide significant video compression and requires less convenient pixel data storage for playback purposes.
Still, the YV12 QuickTime Codec is available for both Mac OS X and Windows platforms for those who want to try it out. Minimum requirement: QuickTime 7.0 or later.
Version 1.0b3: N/A