C Specification

The VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_KHR_video_queue
typedef struct VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR {
    VkStructureType              sType;
    void*                        pNext;
    VkVideoCapabilityFlagsKHR    flags;
    VkDeviceSize                 minBitstreamBufferOffsetAlignment;
    VkDeviceSize                 minBitstreamBufferSizeAlignment;
    VkExtent2D                   pictureAccessGranularity;
    VkExtent2D                   minCodedExtent;
    VkExtent2D                   maxCodedExtent;
    uint32_t                     maxDpbSlots;
    uint32_t                     maxActiveReferencePictures;
    VkExtensionProperties        stdHeaderVersion;
} VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR;

Members

  • sType is the type of this structure.

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

  • flags is a bitmask of VkVideoCapabilityFlagBitsKHR specifying capability flags.

  • minBitstreamBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum alignment for bitstream buffer offsets.

  • minBitstreamBufferSizeAlignment is the minimum alignment for bitstream buffer range sizes.

  • pictureAccessGranularity is the granularity at which image access to video picture resources happen.

  • minCodedExtent is the minimum width and height of the coded frames.

  • maxCodedExtent is the maximum width and height of the coded frames.

  • maxDpbSlots is the maximum number of DPB slots supported by a single video session.

  • maxActiveReferencePictures is the maximum number of active reference pictures a single video coding operation can use.

  • stdHeaderVersion is a VkExtensionProperties structure reporting the Video Std header name and version supported for the video profile.

Description

Note:

It is common for video compression standards to allow using all reference pictures associated with active DPB slots as active reference pictures, hence for video decode profiles the values returned in maxDpbSlots and maxActiveReferencePictures are often equal. Similarly, in case of video decode profiles supporting field pictures the value of maxActiveReferencePictures often equals maxDpbSlots × 2.
Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_KHR_video_queue, VkDeviceSize, VkExtensionProperties, VkExtent2D, VkStructureType, VkVideoCapabilityFlagsKHR, vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoCapabilitiesKHR

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 2014-2023 The Khronos Group Inc.

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