# VkVideoSessionKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkVideoSessionKHR - Opaque handle to a video session object

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## C Specification

Video sessions are objects that represent and maintain the state needed to perform video decode or encode operations using a specific video profile.

In case of video encode profiles this includes the current rate control configuration and the currently set video encode quality level.

Video sessions are represented by `VkVideoSessionKHR` handles:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_video_queue
    VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkVideoSessionKHR)

## See Also

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE, VK_KHR_video_queue, VkVideoBeginCodingInfoKHR, VkVideoSessionParametersCreateInfoKHR, vkBindVideoSessionMemoryKHR, vkCreateVideoSessionKHR, vkDestroyVideoSessionKHR, vkGetVideoSessionMemoryRequirementsKHR

## 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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