VkVideoCapabilityFlagBitsKHR(3)

# VkVideoCapabilityFlagBitsKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoCapabilityFlagBitsKHR - Video decode and encode capability bits

## C Specification

Bits which can be set in VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR::`flags` are:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_queue
    typedef enum VkVideoCapabilityFlagBitsKHR {
        VK_VIDEO_CAPABILITY_PROTECTED_CONTENT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000001,
        VK_VIDEO_CAPABILITY_SEPARATE_REFERENCE_IMAGES_BIT_KHR = 0x00000002,
    } VkVideoCapabilityFlagBitsKHR;

## Description

- VK_VIDEO_CAPABILITY_PROTECTED_CONTENT_BIT_KHR specifies that video sessions support producing and consuming protected content.

- VK_VIDEO_CAPABILITY_SEPARATE_REFERENCE_IMAGES_BIT_KHR indicates that the video picture resources associated with the DPB slots of a video session can be backed by separate `VkImage` objects. If this capability flag is not present, then all DPB slots of a video session must be associated with video picture resources backed by the same `VkImage` object (e.g. using different layers of the same image).

## See Also

VK_KHR_video_queue, VkVideoCapabilityFlagsKHR

## 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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