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Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.0 General Design Considerations ................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Picture Data ........................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Slice Data .............................................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Macroblock Data ................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Buffer Types ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 DXVA Decoding Operations .............................................................................................. 11 1.5.1 Status Reporting ........................................................................................................... 13 1.6 Accelerator Internal Information Storage............................................................................ 14 2.0 Configuration Parameters ....................................................................................................... 15 2.1 Syntax ................................................................................................................................. 15 2.2 Semantics ............................................................................................................................ 15 2.3 Accelerator Decoder Specific Support ................................................................................ 17 3.0 DXVA_PicEntry_H264 Structure ........................................................................................... 19 3.1 Syntax ................................................................................................................................. 19 3.2 Semantics ............................................................................................................................ 19 4.0 Picture Parameters Data Structure .......................................................................................... 20 4.1 Syntax ................................................................................................................................. 20 4.2 Semantics ............................................................................................................................ 21 5.0 Quantization Matrix Data Structure ........................................................................................ 29 5.1 Syntax ................................................................................................................................. 29 5.2 Semantics ............................................................................................................................ 29 6.0 Slice Control Data Structure ................................................................................................... 30 6.1 Syntax ................................................................................................................................. 30 6.2 Semantics ............................................................................................................................ 31 7.0 Macroblock Control Data Structure ........................................................................................ 35 7. 1 Syntax ................................................................................................................................ 36 7.2 Semantics ........................................................................................................................ 37 8.0 Residual Difference Data Buffers ........................................................................................... 45 8.1 Ordering of Residual Blocks within Macroblocks .............................................................. 45 8.1.1 Ordering of Luma Residual Blocks within Macroblocks ............................................. 46 8.1.2 Ordering of Chroma Residual Blocks within Macroblocks ......................................... 47 8.2 Transform Coefficients ....................................................................................................... 48 8.3 I_PCM Residuals ................................................................................................................ 50 8.4 Transform-Bypass Residuals .............................................................................................. 50 8.5 Other Spatial-Domain Residuals ......................................................................................... 50 9.0 Deblocking Filter Control Data Structure ............................................................................... 50 9.1 IndexA and IndexB Data Structure ..................................................................................... 51 9.1.1 Syntax .......................................................................................................................... 51 9.1.2 Semantics ..................................................................................................................... 51 9.2 Deblocking Control Data Structure ..................................................................................... 52 9.2.1 Syntax .......................................................................................................................... 52 9.2.2 Semantics ....................................................................................................................