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 | | This is done in terms of ratios which usually take the forms 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and 4:2:0, with the left number referring to the number of the luma (Y) samples, the middle number referring to the number of Cb chroma samples, and the last number referring to the number of Cr chroma samples. |
 | | A 4:4:4 ratio represents no downsampling, a 4:2:2 represents downsampling by a factor of two in the horizontal direction, and a 4:2:0 represents downsampling by a factor or two in both the horizontal and vertical direction. |
 | | Downsampling/chroma subsampling allows the number of bytes per pixel pair to be reduced, specifically by the sampling ratio [6]. |
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