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I am working with conversion from YUV420 to RGB but the image colours are not producing fine. Originally my own files are 10 bit. Initially, I started with 8 bit files.

I am using the code below to read YUV420 image and convert to RGB. Because I have YUV420.YUV image file but that code is for video therefore, I only read 1 frame. Then I get YUV as Y as the full size but U and V as half size as described at Wikipedia. I then resize the images to the full size of the image and apply YUV to RGB conversion. But the RGB images are not in correct colors. I have attached the files so that you can run and see what is the problem. Here is the YUV file tulips_yuv420_inter_planar_qcif.yuv.

I have two more questions;

Firstly, The size of the "stream" for one frame should be equal to 1.5*the size of the Y but it is very large whether I use uint8 or uint16 to read the file.

Secondly, If I have 10bit YUV420 file how to I to modify this code to show correct RGB. 

fname = 'tulips_yuv420_inter_planar_qcif.yuv'; width = 176; height = 144; nFrame=1; fid = fopen(fname,'r'); % Open the video file stream = fread(fid,'uint8'); % uint16 % stream = fread(fid); % uint8 length = 1.5 * width * height; % Length of a single frame y = double(zeros(height, width, nFrame)); u = double(zeros(height/2, width/2, nFrame)); v = double(zeros(height/2, width/2, nFrame)); for iFrame = 1:nFrame frame = stream((iFrame-1)*length+1:iFrame*length); % Y component of the frame yImage = reshape(frame(1:width*height), width, height)'; % U component of the frame uImage = reshape(frame(width*height+1:1.25*width*height), width/2, height/2)'; % V component of the frame vImage = reshape(frame(1.25*width*height+1:1.5*width*height), width/2, height/2)'; y(:,:,iFrame) = double(yImage); u(:,:,iFrame) = double(uImage); v(:,:,iFrame) = double(vImage); end u=imresize(u,size(y),'bicubic'); v=imresize(v,size(y),'bicubic'); yuv=cat(3,y,u,v); T = [1,0,1.28033;1,-0.21482,-0.38059;1,2.12798,0]; RGB(:,:,1) = T(1)*yuv(:,:,1) + T(4)*yuv(:,:,2) + T(7)*yuv(:,:,3) ; RGB(:,:,2) = T(2)*yuv(:,:,1) + T(5)*yuv(:,:,2) + T(8)*yuv(:,:,3) ; RGB(:,:,3) = T(3)*yuv(:,:,1) + T(6)*yuv(:,:,2) + T(9)*yuv(:,:,3) ; figure,imshow(uint8(RGB)) 

The sample file is 8 bit (not 10 bit), and the storage format is tricky.

The tool allows you selecting the format.
The suitable format is as follows:

The frame is divided to two fields - upper filed and lower filed (interlace format).
Resolution of each filed is 176x72.
Because the format is YUV420, the size of U and V fields is 88x36.

The code sample uses the following stages:

• Read the upper filed of Y, U and V (8 bits per element).
• Read the lower filed of Y, U and V.
• Interleave upper and lower filed.
• Up-sample U and V to the size of Y.
• Convert YUV to RGB (use existing MATLAB function ycbcr2rgb).

The following code sample reads the first frame and convert to RGB: 

fname = 'tulips_yuv420_inter_planar_qcif.yuv'; width = 176; height = 144; fid = fopen(fname, 'r'); % Open the video file Y0 = (fread(fid, [width, height/2], 'uint8'))'; %Read upper field of Y plane U0 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read lower field of Y plane V0 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read upper field of U plane Y1 = (fread(fid, [width, height/2], 'uint8'))'; %Read upper field of Y plane U1 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read lower field of U plane V1 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read lower field of V plane fclose(fid); %Interleave upper and lower fields Y = zeros(height, width); Y(1:2:end, :) = Y0; Y(2:2:end, :) = Y1; U = zeros(height/2, width/2); U(1:2:end, :) = U0; U(2:2:end, :) = U1; V = zeros(height/2, width/2); V(1:2:end, :) = V0; V(2:2:end, :) = V1; U = imresize(U, size(Y), 'bicubic'); V = imresize(V, size(Y), 'bicubic'); YUV = cat(3, Y, U, V); %Convert YUV to RGB (MATLAB function ycbcr2rgb uses BT.601 conversion formula). RGB = ycbcr2rgb(uint8(YUV)); figure,imshow(RGB) 

Result:

Reading 10 bit YUV420:

Assumptions:

• Each 10 bits component is stored in 2 bytes (no "bits packing").
• Data is stored in lower part of each byte (each uint16 element holds a value in range [0, 1023]).
• Storage format is the same non-standard interlace format as the uint8 sample.

Build 10 bits YUV420 sample file from the 8 bits sample (singe frame for testing):
The following code build a 10 bits sample out of the 8 bits sample (expands the range from 8 bits stored in uint8 to 10 bits stored in uint16). 

fname = 'tulips_yuv420_inter_planar_qcif.yuv'; width = 176; height = 144; fid = fopen(fname, 'r'); % Open the video file Y0 = (fread(fid, [width, height/2], 'uint8'))'; %Read upper field of Y plane U0 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read lower field of Y plane V0 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read upper field of U plane Y1 = (fread(fid, [width, height/2], 'uint8'))'; %Read upper field of Y plane U1 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read lower field of U plane V1 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint8'))'; %Read lower field of V plane fclose(fid); fid = fopen('10bits__tulips_yuv420_inter_planar_qcif.yuv', 'w'); % Open for writing fwrite(fid, uint16(Y0'*(1023/255)), 'uint16'); %1023 = 2^10-1, and 255 = 2^8-1 fwrite(fid, uint16(U0'*(1023/255)), 'uint16'); fwrite(fid, uint16(V0'*(1023/255)), 'uint16'); fwrite(fid, uint16(Y1'*(1023/255)), 'uint16'); fwrite(fid, uint16(U1'*(1023/255)), 'uint16'); fwrite(fid, uint16(V1'*(1023/255)), 'uint16'); fclose(fid);

Reading 10 bit YUV420
The following code reads single frame of 10 bit YUV420 (matching list of assumptions): 

fname = '10bits__tulips_yuv420_inter_planar_qcif.yuv'; width = 176; height = 144; fid = fopen(fname, 'r'); % Open the video file Y0 = (fread(fid, [width, height/2], 'uint16'))'; %Read upper field of Y plane U0 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint16'))'; %Read lower field of Y plane V0 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint16'))'; %Read upper field of U plane Y1 = (fread(fid, [width, height/2], 'uint16'))'; %Read upper field of Y plane U1 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint16'))'; %Read lower field of U plane V1 = (fread(fid, [width/2, height/4], 'uint16'))'; %Read lower field of V plane fclose(fid); %Interleave upper and lower fields Y = zeros(height, width); Y(1:2:end, :) = Y0; Y(2:2:end, :) = Y1; U = zeros(height/2, width/2); U(1:2:end, :) = U0; U(2:2:end, :) = U1; V = zeros(height/2, width/2); V(1:2:end, :) = V0; V(2:2:end, :) = V1; U = imresize(U, size(Y), 'bicubic'); V = imresize(V, size(Y), 'bicubic'); YUV = cat(3, Y, U, V); %Convert elements range from [0, 1023] to range [0, 1] (MATLAB function ycbcr2rgb supports doubles in range [0, 1]). YUV = YUV/1023; %1023 applies 10 bits range. 2^10-1 = 1023 %Convet YUV to RGB (MATLAB function ycbcr2rgb uses BT.601 conversion formula). RGB = ycbcr2rgb(YUV); %Convert from double to uint8 (from range [0, 1] to range [0, 255]). RGB = im2uint8(RGB); figure,imshow(RGB)

Note:
The code YUV = YUV/1023 converts the "10 bits" format to [0, 1] double format.
Conversion is used because ycbcr2rgb is not supporting 10 bits input.

Computing the size of the file:
You are correct: "The size of one frame equals 1.5*the size of Y".
Assuming 10 bits component is stored in 2 bytes, size of Y is width*height*2, and size of one frame is width*height*3.