VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR(3)

# VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR - Structure specifying video coding scope begin information

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## C Specification

The VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_queue
    typedef struct VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType                       sType;
        const void*                           pNext;
        VkVideoBeginCodingFlagsKHR            flags;
        VkVideoSessionKHR                     videoSession;
        VkVideoSessionParametersKHR           videoSessionParameters;
        uint32_t                              referenceSlotCount;
        const VkVideoReferenceSlotInfoKHR*    pReferenceSlots;
    } VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `flags` is reserved for future use.

- `videoSession` is the video session object to be bound for the processing of the video commands.

- `videoSessionParameters` is `VK_NULL_HANDLE` or a handle of a VkVideoSessionParametersKHR object to be used for the processing of the video commands. If `VK_NULL_HANDLE`, then no video session parameters object is bound for the duration of the video coding scope.

- `referenceSlotCount` is the number of elements in the `pReferenceSlots` array.

- `pReferenceSlots` is a pointer to an array of VkVideoReferenceSlotInfoKHR structures specifying the information used to determine the set of bound reference picture resources for the video coding scope and their initial association with DPB slot indices.

## Description

Limiting values are defined below that are referenced by the relevant valid usage statements of this structure.

- Let `VkOffset2D codedOffsetGranularity` be the minimum alignment requirement for the coded offset of video picture resources. Unless otherwise defined, the value of the `x` and `y` members of `codedOffsetGranularity` are `0`.

  - If `videoSession` was created with an H.264 decode profile with a VkVideoDecodeH264ProfileInfoKHR::`pictureLayout` of `VK_VIDEO_DECODE_H264_PICTURE_LAYOUT_INTERLACED_SEPARATE_PLANES_BIT_KHR`, then `codedOffsetGranularity` is equal to VkVideoDecodeH264CapabilitiesKHR::`fieldOffsetGranularity`, as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoCapabilitiesKHR for that video profile.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-07237
  `videoSession` must have memory bound to all of its memory bindings returned by vkGetVideoSessionMemoryRequirementsKHR for `videoSession`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-slotIndex-04856
  Each non-negative VkVideoReferenceSlotInfoKHR::`slotIndex` specified in the elements of `pReferenceSlots` must be less than the VkVideoSessionCreateInfoKHR::`maxDpbSlots` specified when `videoSession` was created

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pPictureResource-07238
  Each video picture resource corresponding to any non-`NULL` `pPictureResource` member specified in the elements of `pReferenceSlots` must be unique within `pReferenceSlots`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pPictureResource-07240
  If the `pPictureResource` member of any element of `pReferenceSlots` is not `NULL`, then the image view specified in `pPictureResource->imageViewBinding` for that element must be compatible with the video profile `videoSession` was created with

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pPictureResource-07241
  If the `pPictureResource` member of any element of `pReferenceSlots` is not `NULL`, then the format of the image view specified in `pPictureResource->imageViewBinding` for that element must match the VkVideoSessionCreateInfoKHR::`referencePictureFormat` `videoSession` was created with

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pPictureResource-07242
  If the `pPictureResource` member of any element of `pReferenceSlots` is not `NULL`, then its `codedOffset` member must be an integer multiple of `codedOffsetGranularity`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pPictureResource-07243
  If the `pPictureResource` member of any element of `pReferenceSlots` is not `NULL`, then its `codedExtent` member must be between `minCodedExtent` and `maxCodedExtent`, inclusive, `videoSession` was created with

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-flags-07244
  If VkVideoCapabilitiesKHR::`flags` does not include `VK_VIDEO_CAPABILITY_SEPARATE_REFERENCE_IMAGES_BIT_KHR`, as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoCapabilitiesKHR for the video profile `videoSession` was created with, then `pPictureResource->imageViewBinding` of all elements of `pReferenceSlots` with a non-`NULL` `pPictureResource` member must specify image views created from the same image

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-slotIndex-07245
  If `videoSession` was created with a decode operation and the `slotIndex` member of any element of `pReferenceSlots` is not negative, then the image view specified in `pPictureResource->imageViewBinding` for that element must have been created with `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-slotIndex-07246
  If `videoSession` was created with an encode operation and the `slotIndex` member of any element of `pReferenceSlots` is not negative, then the image view specified in `pPictureResource->imageViewBinding` for that element must have been created with `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-07247
  If `videoSession` was created with the video codec operation `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_DECODE_H264_BIT_KHR`, then `videoSessionParameters` must not be `VK_NULL_HANDLE` , unless `videoMaintenance2` is enabled

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-07248
  If `videoSession` was created with the video codec operation `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_DECODE_H265_BIT_KHR`, then `videoSessionParameters` must not be `VK_NULL_HANDLE` , unless `videoMaintenance2` is enabled

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-09261
  If `videoSession` was created with the video codec operation `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_DECODE_AV1_BIT_KHR`, then `videoSessionParameters` must not be `VK_NULL_HANDLE` , unless `videoMaintenance2` is enabled

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-07249
  If `videoSession` was created with the video codec operation `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_ENCODE_H264_BIT_KHR`, then `videoSessionParameters` must not be `VK_NULL_HANDLE`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-07250
  If `videoSession` was created with the video codec operation `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_ENCODE_H265_BIT_KHR`, then `videoSessionParameters` must not be `VK_NULL_HANDLE`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-10283
  If `videoSession` was created with the video codec operation `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_ENCODE_AV1_BIT_KHR`, then `videoSessionParameters` must not be `VK_NULL_HANDLE`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSessionParameters-04857
  If `videoSessionParameters` is not `VK_NULL_HANDLE`, it must have been created with `videoSession` specified in VkVideoSessionParametersCreateInfoKHR::`videoSession`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VIDEO_BEGIN_CODING_INFO_KHR`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pNext-pNext
  Each `pNext` member of any structure (including this one) in the `pNext` chain must be either `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkVideoEncodeAV1GopRemainingFrameInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeAV1RateControlInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeH264GopRemainingFrameInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeH264RateControlInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeH265GopRemainingFrameInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeH265RateControlInfoKHR, or VkVideoEncodeRateControlInfoKHR

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-sType-unique
  The `sType` value of each struct in the `pNext` chain must be unique

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-flags-zerobitmask
  `flags` must be `0`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSession-parameter
  `videoSession` must be a valid VkVideoSessionKHR handle

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSessionParameters-parameter
  If `videoSessionParameters` is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, `videoSessionParameters` must be a valid VkVideoSessionParametersKHR handle

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-pReferenceSlots-parameter
  If `referenceSlotCount` is not `0`, `pReferenceSlots` must be a valid pointer to an array of `referenceSlotCount` valid VkVideoReferenceSlotInfoKHR structures

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-videoSessionParameters-parent
  If `videoSessionParameters` is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from `videoSession`

- VUID-VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR-commonparent
  Both of `videoSession`, and `videoSessionParameters` that are valid handles of non-ignored parameters must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

## See Also

VK_KHR_video_queue, VkStructureType, VkVideoBeginCodingFlagsKHR, VkVideoReferenceSlotInfoKHR, VkVideoSessionKHR, VkVideoSessionParametersKHR, vkCmdBeginVideoCodingKHR

## 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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