C Specification

The VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
typedef struct VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                  sType;
    const void*                      pNext;
    VkFormat                         format;
    VkSamplerYcbcrModelConversion    ycbcrModel;
    VkSamplerYcbcrRange              ycbcrRange;
    VkComponentMapping               components;
    VkChromaLocation                 xChromaOffset;
    VkChromaLocation                 yChromaOffset;
    VkFilter                         chromaFilter;
    VkBool32                         forceExplicitReconstruction;
} VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

  • pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

  • format is the format of the image from which color information will be retrieved.

  • ycbcrModel describes the color matrix for conversion between color models.

  • ycbcrRange describes whether the encoded values have headroom and foot room, or whether the encoding uses the full numerical range.

  • components applies a swizzle based on VkComponentSwizzle enums prior to range expansion and color model conversion.

  • xChromaOffset describes the sample location associated with downsampled chroma components in the x dimension. xChromaOffset has no effect for formats in which chroma components are not downsampled horizontally.

  • yChromaOffset describes the sample location associated with downsampled chroma components in the y dimension. yChromaOffset has no effect for formats in which the chroma components are not downsampled vertically.

  • chromaFilter is the filter for chroma reconstruction.

  • forceExplicitReconstruction can be used to ensure that reconstruction is done explicitly, if supported.

Description

Note

Setting forceExplicitReconstruction to VK_TRUE may have a performance penalty on implementations where explicit reconstruction is not the default mode of operation.

If format supports VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CHROMA_RECONSTRUCTION_EXPLICIT_BIT the forceExplicitReconstruction value behaves as if it were VK_TRUE.

Sampler Y′CBCR conversion objects do not support external format conversion without additional extensions defining external formats.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-format-04061
    format must represent unsigned normalized values (i.e. the format must be a UNORM format)

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-format-01650
    The potential format features of the sampler Y′CBCR conversion must support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_MIDPOINT_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT or VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COSITED_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-xChromaOffset-01651
    If the potential format features of the sampler Y′CBCR conversion do not support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COSITED_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT, xChromaOffset and yChromaOffset must not be VK_CHROMA_LOCATION_COSITED_EVEN if the corresponding components are downsampled

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-xChromaOffset-01652
    If the potential format features of the sampler Y′CBCR conversion do not support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_MIDPOINT_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT, xChromaOffset and yChromaOffset must not be VK_CHROMA_LOCATION_MIDPOINT if the corresponding components are downsampled

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-components-02581
    If the format has a _422 or _420 suffix, then components.g must be the identity swizzle

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-components-02582
    If the format has a _422 or _420 suffix, then components.a must be the identity swizzle, VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ONE, or VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ZERO

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-components-02583
    If the format has a _422 or _420 suffix, then components.r must be the identity swizzle or VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-components-02584
    If the format has a _422 or _420 suffix, then components.b must be the identity swizzle or VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-components-02585
    If the format has a _422 or _420 suffix, and if either components.r or components.b is the identity swizzle, both values must be the identity swizzle

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-ycbcrModel-01655
    If ycbcrModel is not VK_SAMPLER_YCBCR_MODEL_CONVERSION_RGB_IDENTITY, then components.r, components.g, and components.b must correspond to components of the format; that is, components.r, components.g, and components.b must not be VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ZERO or VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ONE, and must not correspond to a component containing zero or one as a consequence of conversion to RGBA

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-ycbcrRange-02748
    If ycbcrRange is VK_SAMPLER_YCBCR_RANGE_ITU_NARROW then the R, G and B components obtained by applying the component swizzle to format must each have a bit-depth greater than or equal to 8

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-forceExplicitReconstruction-01656
    If the potential format features of the sampler Y′CBCR conversion do not support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CHROMA_RECONSTRUCTION_EXPLICIT_FORCEABLE_BIT forceExplicitReconstruction must be VK_FALSE

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-chromaFilter-01657
    If the potential format features of the sampler Y′CBCR conversion do not support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_LINEAR_FILTER_BIT, chromaFilter must not be VK_FILTER_LINEAR

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CREATE_INFO

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-pNext-pNext
    pNext must be NULL or a pointer to a valid instance of VkExternalFormatQNX

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-sType-unique
    The sType value of each structure in the pNext chain must be unique

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-format-parameter
    format must be a valid VkFormat value

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-ycbcrModel-parameter
    ycbcrModel must be a valid VkSamplerYcbcrModelConversion value

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-ycbcrRange-parameter
    ycbcrRange must be a valid VkSamplerYcbcrRange value

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-components-parameter
    components must be a valid VkComponentMapping structure

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-xChromaOffset-parameter
    xChromaOffset must be a valid VkChromaLocation value

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-yChromaOffset-parameter
    yChromaOffset must be a valid VkChromaLocation value

  • VUID-VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo-chromaFilter-parameter
    chromaFilter must be a valid VkFilter value

If chromaFilter is VK_FILTER_NEAREST, chroma samples are reconstructed to luma component resolution using nearest-neighbour sampling. Otherwise, chroma samples are reconstructed using interpolation. More details can be found in the description of sampler Y′CBCR conversion in the Image Operations chapter.

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_1, VkBool32, VkChromaLocation, VkComponentMapping, VkFilter, VkFormat, VkSamplerYcbcrModelConversion, VkSamplerYcbcrRange, VkStructureType, vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion

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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