[FFmpeg-user] FFv1: Encode rgb48le?

[Peter B.]

On 06/13/2012 08:49 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Peter B. <pb <at> das-werkstatt.com> writes:
>
>>> ffv1 currently encodes up to 16 bit but 16bit RGB needs 
>>> 17bit, so this is definitely not trivial.
>> Would you be so kind an point me to any kind of information where I
>> could read up on "why 16bit RGB requires 17bits?". Right now, I would
>> not understand why.
> (Me neither.)
> It is related to yuv-rgb conversion iiuc.
btw: Is this conversion losslessly possible?

Thanks,
Pb