VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilityFlagBitsKHR(3)

# VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilityFlagBitsKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilityFlagBitsKHR - Video encode H.265 capability flags

## C Specification

Bits which may be set in VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilitiesKHR::`flags`, indicating the H.265 encoding capabilities supported, are:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_h265
    typedef enum VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilityFlagBitsKHR {
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_HRD_COMPLIANCE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000001,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_PREDICTION_WEIGHT_TABLE_GENERATED_BIT_KHR = 0x00000002,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_ROW_UNALIGNED_SLICE_SEGMENT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000004,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_DIFFERENT_SLICE_SEGMENT_TYPE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000008,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_B_FRAME_IN_L0_LIST_BIT_KHR = 0x00000010,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_B_FRAME_IN_L1_LIST_BIT_KHR = 0x00000020,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_PER_PICTURE_TYPE_MIN_MAX_QP_BIT_KHR = 0x00000040,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_PER_SLICE_SEGMENT_CONSTANT_QP_BIT_KHR = 0x00000080,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_MULTIPLE_TILES_PER_SLICE_SEGMENT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000100,
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_MULTIPLE_SLICE_SEGMENTS_PER_TILE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000200,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_h265 with VK_KHR_video_encode_intra_refresh
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_B_PICTURE_INTRA_REFRESH_BIT_KHR = 0x00000800,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_h265 with VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map
        VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_CU_QP_DIFF_WRAPAROUND_BIT_KHR = 0x00000400,
    } VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilityFlagBitsKHR;

## Description

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_HRD_COMPLIANCE_BIT_KHR specifies whether the implementation may be able to generate HRD compliant bitstreams if any of the `nal_hrd_parameters_present_flag`, `vcl_hrd_parameters_present_flag`, or `sub_pic_hrd_params_present_flag` members of `StdVideoH265HrdFlags` are set to `1` in the HRD parameters of the active VPS or active SPS, or if `StdVideoH265SpsVuiFlags`::`vui_hrd_parameters_present_flag` is set to `1` in the active SPS.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_PREDICTION_WEIGHT_TABLE_GENERATED_BIT_KHR specifies that if the `weighted_pred_flag` or the `weighted_bipred_flag` member of `StdVideoH265PpsFlags` is set to `1` in the active PPS when encoding a P picture or B picture, respectively, then the implementation is able to internally decide syntax for `pred_weight_table`, as defined in section 7.4.7.3 of the ITU-T H.265 Specification, and the application is not required to provide a weight table in the H.265 slice segment header parameters.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_ROW_UNALIGNED_SLICE_SEGMENT_BIT_KHR specifies that each slice segment in a frame with a single or multiple tiles per slice may begin or finish at any offset in a CTB row. If not supported, all slice segments in such a frame must begin at the start of a CTB row (and hence each slice segment must finish at the end of a CTB row). Also indicates that each slice segment in a frame with multiple slices per tile may begin or finish at any offset within the enclosing tile’s CTB row. If not supported, slice segments in such a frame must begin at the start of the enclosing tile’s CTB row (and hence each slice segment must finish at the end of the enclosing tile’s CTB row). When a picture is encoded with intra refresh, encoding non-rectangular slice segments also requires: support for the VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR::`nonRectangularIntraRefreshRegions` capability.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_DIFFERENT_SLICE_SEGMENT_TYPE_BIT_KHR specifies that when a frame is encoded with multiple slice segments, the implementation allows encoding each slice segment with a different `StdVideoEncodeH265SliceSegmentHeader`::`slice_type` specified in the H.265 slice segment header parameters. If not supported, all slice segments of the frame must be encoded with the same `slice_type` which corresponds to the picture type of the frame. There is one exception to this rule: if the picture is encoded with the intra refresh mode VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_INTRA_REFRESH_MODE_PER_PICTURE_PARTITION_BIT_KHR, then the currently refreshed slice segment must specify the `slice_type` `STD_VIDEO_H265_SLICE_TYPE_I` and can differ from the `slice_type` of the other slice segments regardless of whether VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_DIFFERENT_SLICE_SEGMENT_TYPE_BIT_KHR is supported.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_B_FRAME_IN_L0_LIST_BIT_KHR specifies support for using a B frame as L0 reference, as specified in `StdVideoEncodeH265ReferenceListsInfo`::`RefPicList0` in the H.265 picture information.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_B_FRAME_IN_L1_LIST_BIT_KHR specifies support for using a B frame as L1 reference, as specified in `StdVideoEncodeH265ReferenceListsInfo`::`RefPicList1` in the H.265 picture information.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_PER_PICTURE_TYPE_MIN_MAX_QP_BIT_KHR specifies support for specifying different QP values in the members of VkVideoEncodeH265QpKHR.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_PER_SLICE_SEGMENT_CONSTANT_QP_BIT_KHR specifies support for specifying different constant QP values for each slice segment.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_MULTIPLE_TILES_PER_SLICE_SEGMENT_BIT_KHR specifies whether encoding multiple tiles per slice segment, as defined in section 6.3.1 of the ITU-T H.265 Specification, is supported. If this capability flag is not present, then the implementation is only able to encode a single tile for each slice segment.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_MULTIPLE_SLICE_SEGMENTS_PER_TILE_BIT_KHR specifies whether encoding multiple slice segments per tile, as defined in section 6.3.1 of the ITU-T H.265 Specification, is supported. If this capability flag is not present, then the implementation is only able to encode a single slice segment for each tile.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_CU_QP_DIFF_WRAPAROUND_BIT_KHR indicates support for wraparound during the calculation of the QP values of subsequently encoded coding units, as defined in section 7.4.9.14 of the ITU-T H.265 Specification. If not supported, equation 8-283 of the ITU-T H.265 Specification is effectively reduced to the following:

  QpY = qPY_PRED + `CuQpDeltaVal`

  Note | The effect of this is that the maximum QP difference across subsequent coding units is limited to the [-(26 + QpBdOffsetY / 2), 25 + QpBdOffsetY / 2] range.

- VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_H265_CAPABILITY_B_PICTURE_INTRA_REFRESH_BIT_KHR specifies support for encoding B pictures with intra refresh enabled.

## See Also

VK_KHR_video_encode_h265, VkVideoEncodeH265CapabilityFlagsKHR

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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