VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagBitsKHR(3)

# VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagBitsKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagBitsKHR - Video decode capability flags

## C Specification

Bits which may be set in VkVideoDecodeCapabilitiesKHR::`flags`, indicating the decoding capabilities supported, are:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
    typedef enum VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagBitsKHR {
        VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_COINCIDE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000001,
        VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_DISTINCT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000002,
    } VkVideoDecodeCapabilityFlagBitsKHR;

## Description

- VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_COINCIDE_BIT_KHR specifies support for using the same video picture resource as the reconstructed picture and decode output picture in a video decode operation.

- VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_DISTINCT_BIT_KHR specifies support for using distinct video picture resources as the reconstructed picture and decode output picture in a video decode operation.

  Note | Some video profiles allow using distinct video picture resources as the reconstructed picture and decode output picture in specific video decode operations even when the video decode profile does not support VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_DISTINCT_BIT_KHR. Even if the implementation only reports coincide, the decode output picture for film grain enabled frames must be a different video picture resource from the reconstructed picture because film grain is applied outside of the coding loop.

Implementations are only required to support one of VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_COINCIDE_BIT_KHR and VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_DISTINCT_BIT_KHR. Accordingly, applications should handle both cases to maximize portability.

Note | If both VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_COINCIDE_BIT_KHR and VK_VIDEO_DECODE_CAPABILITY_DPB_AND_OUTPUT_DISTINCT_BIT_KHR are supported, an application can choose to create separate images for decode DPB and decode output. E.g. in cases when linear tiling is preferred (and supported) for the decode output picture and the DPB requires optimal tiling, this avoids the need for a separate copy at the expense of additional memory bandwidth requirements during decoding.

## See Also

VK_KHR_video_decode_queue, 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

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