{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "ppmtoyuv",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmtoyuv/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T13:49:15Z",
    "synopsis": "ppmtoyuv [ppmfile]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "ppmtoyuv - convert a portable pixmap into an Abekas YUV file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "ppmtoyuv [ppmfile]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Reads a portable pixmap as input.  Produces an Abekas YUV file as output.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "yuvtoppm(1), ppm(5)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Marc Boucher <marc@PostImage.COM>, based on Example Conversion Program, A60/A64 Digital Video\nInterface Manual, page 69.\n\nCopyright (C) 1991 by DHD PostImage Inc.\n\nCopyright (C) 1987 by Abekas Video Systems Inc.\n\n\n\n25 March 91                                 ppmtoyuv(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "ppmtoyuv - convert a portable pixmap into an Abekas YUV file",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "yuvtoppm",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/yuvtoppm/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "ppm",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Convert a PPM image to an Abekas YUV file.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Read a PPM image from the input file, convert it to an Abekas YUV image, and store it in the specified output file",
                "command": "ppmtoyuv {{path/to/input_file.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.yuv}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}