vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion(3)

# vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion - Create a new Y′CBCR conversion

## C Specification

To create a VkSamplerYcbcrConversion, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    VkResult vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo*   pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkSamplerYcbcrConversion*                   pYcbcrConversion);

    // Provided by VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
    // Equivalent to vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion
    VkResult vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversionKHR(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo*   pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkSamplerYcbcrConversion*                   pYcbcrConversion);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the sampler Y′CBCR conversion.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo structure specifying the requested sampler Y′CBCR conversion.

- `pAllocator` controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

- `pYcbcrConversion` is a pointer to a VkSamplerYcbcrConversion handle in which the resulting sampler Y′CBCR conversion is returned.

## Description

The interpretation of the configured sampler Y′CBCR conversion is described in more detail in the description of sampler Y′CBCR conversion in the Image Operations chapter.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion-None-01648
  The `samplerYcbcrConversion` feature must be enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo structure

- VUID-vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion-pAllocator-parameter
  If `pAllocator` is not `NULL`, `pAllocator` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

- VUID-vkCreateSamplerYcbcrConversion-pYcbcrConversion-parameter
  `pYcbcrConversion` must be a valid pointer to a VkSamplerYcbcrConversion handle

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion, VK_VERSION_1_1, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSamplerYcbcrConversion, VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo

## 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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