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2005.05.26 19:30 "Re: Jpeg and YCbCr", by Chris Cox
> The really annoying "new rule" that seems to have popped up recently > is that 24 bits-per-sample images are supposed to be swapped for > endianness. To me that is still a resounding "huh"? I have yet to > encounter a CPU with a 24-bit processor word. It doesn't require a certain word size. Windows prefers everything as BGR, while other OSes prefer RGB. Anything that is a multiple of 8 bits is subject to byte order rules (I have yet to see a 96 bit word CPU, either - but extended precision floating point is also subject to byte order). Chris