---
title: CMPixelFormatType
framework: coremedia
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: coremedia/cmpixelformattype
---

# CMPixelFormatType

A pixel format type.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias CMPixelFormatType = FourCharCode
```

## Discussion

Discussion Only some codec types are pixel formats.

## Topics

### Constants

- [kCMPixelFormat_32ARGB](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_32argb.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_32BGRA](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_32bgra.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_24RGB](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_24rgb.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_16BE555](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_16be555.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_16BE565](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_16be565.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_16LE555](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_16le555.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_16LE565](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_16le565.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_16LE5551](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_16le5551.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr8](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_422ypcbcr8.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr8_yuvs](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_422ypcbcr8_yuvs.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_444YpCbCr8](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_444ypcbcr8.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_4444YpCbCrA8](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_4444ypcbcra8.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr16](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_422ypcbcr16.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_422YpCbCr10](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_422ypcbcr10.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_444YpCbCr10](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_444ypcbcr10.md)
- [kCMPixelFormat_8IndexedGray_WhiteIsZero](coremedia/kcmpixelformat_8indexedgray_whiteiszero.md)

## See Also

### Format Types

- [CMClosedCaptionFormatType](coremedia/cmclosedcaptionformattype.md)
- [CMMetadataFormatType](coremedia/cmmetadataformattype.md)
- [Metadata Format Types](coremedia/metadata-format-types.md)
- [CMSubtitleFormatType](coremedia/cmsubtitleformattype.md)
- [Subtitle Format Types](coremedia/subtitle-format-types.md)
- [CMTimeCodeFormatType](coremedia/cmtimecodeformattype.md)
- [Time Code Formats](coremedia/time-code-formats.md)
- [CMTextFormatType](coremedia/cmtextformattype.md)
- [Tagged Buffer Group Format Types](coremedia/tagged-buffergroup-format-types.md)