DirectX Video Acceleration Specification for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
This document contains the specification for support of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) codec within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context.
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1.0
Date Published:
3/27/2025
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DXVA_HEVC_Spec.docx
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This document contains the specification for support of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context. This includes support of the HEVC Main Profile, Main Still Picture profile, and Main 10 profile as important special cases. The document describes high-level design concepts and specific HEVC extensions to DXVA interfaces and data structures of HEVC video decoding. This document specifies only off-host VLD profiles for HEVC video decoding.Supported Operating Systems
Windows 11, Windows 8.1
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