diff --git a/veejay-current/veejay-server/libplugger/specs/mini-weed.h b/veejay-current/veejay-server/libplugger/specs/mini-weed.h
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+//@ based on weed 131
+//@ el copy pasta
+//
+/* WEED is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   Weed is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with this source code; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+
+   Weed is developed by:
+
+   Gabriel "Salsaman" Finch - http://lives.sourceforge.net
+
+   mainly based on LiViDO, which is developed by:
+
+
+   Niels Elburg - http://veejay.sf.net
+
+   Gabriel "Salsaman" Finch - http://lives.sourceforge.net
+
+   Denis "Jaromil" Rojo - http://freej.dyne.org
+
+   Tom Schouten - http://zwizwa.fartit.com
+
+   Andraz Tori - http://cvs.cinelerra.org
+
+   reviewed with suggestions and contributions from:
+
+   Silvano "Kysucix" Galliani - http://freej.dyne.org
+
+   Kentaro Fukuchi - http://megaui.net/fukuchi
+
+   Jun Iio - http://www.malib.net
+
+   Carlo Prelz - http://www2.fluido.as:8080/
+
+*/
+#ifndef LIVES_WEED
+#define LIVES_WEED
+#define WEED_PALETTE_END 0
+#define WEED_PALETTE_RGB888 1
+#define WEED_PALETTE_RGB24 1
+#define WEED_PALETTE_BGR888 2
+#define WEED_PALETTE_BGR24 2
+#define WEED_PALETTE_RGBA8888 3
+#define WEED_PALETTE_RGBA32 3
+#define WEED_PALETTE_ARGB8888 4
+#define WEED_PALETTE_ARGB32 4
+#define WEED_PALETTE_RGBFLOAT 5
+#define WEED_PALETTE_RGBAFLOAT  6
+#define WEED_PALETTE_BGRA8888 7
+#define WEED_PALETTE_BGRA32 7
+
+/* YUV palettes */
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUV422P 513
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YV16 513
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUV420P 514
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YV12 514
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YVU420P 515
+#define WEED_PALETTE_I420 515
+#define WEED_PALETTE_IYUV 515
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUV444P 516
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUVA4444P 517
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUYV8888 518
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUYV 518
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUY2 518
+#define WEED_PALETTE_UYVY8888 519
+#define WEED_PALETTE_UYVY 519
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUV411 520
+#define WEED_PALETTE_IYU1 520
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUV888 521
+#define WEED_PALETTE_IYU2 521
+#define WEED_PALETTE_YUVA8888 522
+
+/* Alpha palettes */
+#define WEED_PALETTE_A1 1025
+#define WEED_PALETTE_A8 1026
+#define WEED_PALETTE_AFLOAT 1027
+
+
+/* YUV sampling types */
+// see http://www.mir.com/DMG/chroma.html
+#define WEED_YUV_SAMPLING_DEFAULT   0
+#define WEED_YUV_SAMPLING_JPEG  0   ///< jpeg/mpeg1 - samples centered horizontally: 0.5, 2.5 etc.
+#define WEED_YUV_SAMPLING_MPEG   1 ///< mpeg2 - samples aligned horizontally: 0,2,4 etc;
+#define WEED_YUV_SAMPLING_DVPAL  2 ///< separated Cb and Cr
+#define WEED_YUV_SAMPLING_DVNTSC  3 ///< not used - only for 411 planar
+
+/* YUV clamping types */
+#define WEED_YUV_CLAMPING_CLAMPED 0
+#define WEED_YUV_CLAMPING_UNCLAMPED 1
+
+/* YUV subspace types */
+#define WEED_YUV_SUBSPACE_YUV 0
+#define WEED_YUV_SUBSPACE_YCBCR 1
+#define WEED_YUV_SUBSPACE_BT709 2
+
+
+int	weed_palette2_pixfmt(int w, int s);
+#endif
diff --git a/veejay-current/veejay-server/libplugger/weed-utils.c b/veejay-current/veejay-server/libplugger/weed-utils.c
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+#include <config.h>
+#include <libavutil/pixfmt.h>
+#include <libplugger/specs/mini-weed.h>
+static struct {
+	int weed_palette;
+	int pixfmt;
+} weed_palette_table[] = {
+	{WEED_PALETTE_YUV422P,	PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P},
+	{WEED_PALETTE_YUV420P,	PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P},
+	{WEED_PALETTE_I420,		PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P},
+	{WEED_PALETTE_YVU420P,	PIX_FMT_YUV420P},
+	{WEED_PALETTE_YV12,		PIX_FMT_YUV420P},
+	{WEED_PALETTE_RGB24,	PIX_FMT_RGB24},
+	{WEED_PALETTE_BGR24,	PIX_FMT_BGR24},
+//	{WEED_PALETTE_ARGB,		PIX_FMT_ARGB},
+//	{WEED_PALETTE_BGRA,		PIX_FMT_BGRA},
+	{-1,					-1},
+};
+
+int	weed_palette2_pixfmt(int w, int subtype) {
+	int i;
+	for( i = 0; weed_palette_table[i].weed_palette != -1 ; i ++ ) {
+		if( weed_palette_table[i].weed_palette == w ) {
+			if(subtype == WEED_YUV_SUBSPACE_YCBCR || subtype == WEED_YUV_SUBSPACE_BT709 ) {
+				if( w == WEED_PALETTE_YUV422P ) {
+					return PIX_FMT_YUV422P;
+				} else {
+					return PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
+				}
+			}
+			return weed_palette_table[i].pixfmt;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+