VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR(3)

# VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR - Structure describing video encode intra refresh capabilities for a video profile

## C Specification

When calling vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoCapabilitiesKHR with `pVideoProfile->videoCodecOperation` specifying an encode operation, the VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR structure can be included in the `pNext` chain of the VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR structure to retrieve capabilities specific to video encode intra refresh.

The `VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_intra_refresh
    typedef struct VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR {
        VkStructureType                          sType;
        void*                                    pNext;
        VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshModeFlagsKHR    intraRefreshModes;
        uint32_t                                 maxIntraRefreshCycleDuration;
        uint32_t                                 maxIntraRefreshActiveReferencePictures;
        VkBool32                                 partitionIndependentIntraRefreshRegions;
        VkBool32                                 nonRectangularIntraRefreshRegions;
    } VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `intraRefreshModes` is a bitmask of VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshModeFlagBitsKHR values indicating the set of supported intra refresh modes.

- `maxIntraRefreshCycleDuration` specifies the maximum supported intra refresh cycle duration.

- `maxIntraRefreshActiveReferencePictures` is the maximum number of active reference pictures when encoding pictures with intra refresh enabled. This capability indicates additional restrictions beyond the maximum number of active reference pictures supported by the video profile, as reported in VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR::`maxActiveReferencePictures` and the maximum requested at video session creation time in VkVideoSessionCreateInfoKHR::`maxActiveReferencePictures`.

- `partitionIndependentIntraRefreshRegions` specifies whether the implementation supports intra refresh regions that are independent of the picture partitioning used during encoding. If it is VK_TRUE, then pictures can be encoded with multiple picture partitions, independent of the used intra refresh mode. Otherwise, pictures cannot be encoded with multiple picture partitions with any intra refresh mode other than VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_INTRA_REFRESH_MODE_PER_PICTURE_PARTITION_BIT_KHR.

  Note | This capability is only indicative for AV1 encode profiles and does not impose any restrictions on the application as implementations may change the application requested picture partitioning according to implementation-specific restrictions.

- `nonRectangularIntraRefreshRegions` specifies whether the implementation supports non-rectangular intra refresh regions.

  Note | If this capability is not supported, then using per picture partition intra refresh may impose additional restrictions on the number of picture partitions a picture can be encoded with.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshCapabilitiesKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_ENCODE_INTRA_REFRESH_CAPABILITIES_KHR

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR

## See Also

VK_KHR_video_encode_intra_refresh, VkBool32, VkStructureType, VkVideoEncodeIntraRefreshModeFlagsKHR

## 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.

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