YUV 4:2:0 image with a plane of 8 bit Y samples followed by an interleaved U/V plane containing 8 bit 2x2 subsampled colour difference samples.
| Horizontal | Vertical | |
| Y Sample Period | 1 | 1 |
| V (Cr) Sample Period | 2 | 2 |
| U (Cb) Sample Period | 2 | 2 |
Microsoft defines this format as follows:
"A format in which all Y samples are found first in memory as an array of unsigned char with an even number of lines (possibly with a larger stride for memory alignment), followed immediately by an array of unsigned char containing interleaved Cb and Cr samples (such that if addressed as a little-endian WORD type, Cb would be in the LSBs and Cr would be in the MSBs) with the same total stride as the Y samples. This is the preferred 4:2:0 pixel format."
Child formats: NV21