VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR(3)

# VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR - Structure describing general video decode capabilities for a video profile

## C Specification

When calling vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoCapabilitiesKHR with `pVideoProfile->videoCodecOperation` specifying a decode operation, the `VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR` structure must be included in the `pNext` chain of the VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR structure to retrieve capabilities specific to video decoding.

The `VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
    typedef struct VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR {
        VkStructureType                    sType;
        void*                              pNext;
        VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagsKHR    flags;
    } VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `flags` is a bitmask of VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagBitsKHR describing the supported video decoding capabilities.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITIES_KHR

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR

## See Also

VK_KHR_video_decode_queue, VkStructureType, VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagsKHR

## 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

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0