[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Fix pnm encoding with bpc set

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Currently no relevant codecs use 12 bits, which is 
> the reason why 9 and 10 bits exist as separate 
> formats while 12 bits does not.

Do you believe that x264 code would have to be 
less efficient than it is now if the 9 and 10 
bit colourspaces would be removed?
Am I correct that this is not the case for 
the FFmpeg decoder?

I was under the impression that adding the colour 
spaces was just a design mistake.

Carl Eugen