VK_KHR_video_decode_vp9(3)

# VK_KHR_video_decode_vp9(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_KHR_video_decode_vp9 - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

515

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_video_decode_queue

## Contact

- Ahmed Abdelkhalek [GitHub]aabdelkh

## Extension Proposal

VK_KHR_video_decode_vp9

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2025-04-11

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Ahmed Abdelkhalek, AMD

  - Benjamin Cheng, AMD

  - Lynne Iribarren, Independent

  - David Airlie, Red Hat, Inc.

  - Ping Liu, Intel

  - Srinath Kumarapuram, NVIDIA

  - Vassili Nikolaev, NVIDIA

  - Tony Zlatinski, NVIDIA

  - Konda Raju, NVIDIA

  - Daniel Almeida, Collabora

  - Nicolas Dufresne, Collabora

  - Daniel Rakos, RasterGrid

## Description

This extension builds upon the `VK_KHR_video_decode_queue` extension by adding support for decoding elementary video stream sequences compliant with the VP9 video compression standard.

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceVideoDecodeVP9FeaturesKHR

- Extending VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR:

  - VkVideoDecodeVP9CapabilitiesKHR

- Extending VkVideoDecodeInfoKHR:

  - VkVideoDecodeVP9PictureInfoKHR

- Extending VkVideoProfileInfoKHR, VkQueryPoolCreateInfo:

  - VkVideoDecodeVP9ProfileInfoKHR

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_KHR_VIDEO_DECODE_VP9_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_KHR_VIDEO_DECODE_VP9_SPEC_VERSION`

- VK_MAX_VIDEO_VP9_REFERENCES_PER_FRAME_KHR

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VIDEO_DECODE_VP9_FEATURES_KHR

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_DECODE_VP9_CAPABILITIES_KHR

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_DECODE_VP9_PICTURE_INFO_KHR

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_DECODE_VP9_PROFILE_INFO_KHR

- Extending VkVideoCodecOperationFlagBitsKHR:

  - VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_DECODE_VP9_BIT_KHR

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2025-04-11 (Daniel Rakos)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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