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DirectX Video Acceleration Specification for VP8 and VP9 video decoding

Contains a specification for support of VP8 and VP9 video decoding (according to the available VP8 and VP9 source code and public documents) within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context.

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  • Version:

    1.0

    Date Published:

    8/18/2016

    File Name:

    DXVA_VPx.pdf

    DXVA_VPx.xps

    File Size:

    1.5 MB

    1.5 MB

    This document contains a specification for support of VP8 and VP9 video decoding (according to the available VP8 and VP9 source code and public documents) within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context. This specification includes support of the VP8 coding format and VP9 Profile 0. The document describes high-level design concepts and specific VP8 and VP9 extensions to DXVA interfaces and data structures of VP8 and VP9 video decoding. This document specifies only off-host Variable Length Decoding (VLD) profiles for VP8 and VP9 video decoding.
  • Supported Operating Systems

    Windows 10

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