---
title: MEVideoDecoderPixelBufferManager
framework: MediaExtension
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
platforms: [macOS 14.0+]
path: mediaextension/mevideodecoderpixelbuffermanager
---

# MEVideoDecoderPixelBufferManager

Describes pixel buffer requirements and creates new pixel buffers.

## Declaration

```swift
class MEVideoDecoderPixelBufferManager
```

## Discussion

Discussion Contains the interfaces that the MEVideoDecoder uses for two tasks. First, to declare its set of requirements for output CVPixelBuffer objects in the form of a pixelBufferAttributes dictionary. Second, to create pixel buffers that match decoder output requirements but also satisfy Video Toolbox and client requirements.

## Topics

### Creating a pixel buffer

- [pixelBufferAttributes](mediaextension/mevideodecoderpixelbuffermanager/pixelbufferattributes.md)
- [makePixelBuffer()](mediaextension/mevideodecoderpixelbuffermanager/makepixelbuffer().md)

### Registering Custom Pixel Formats

- [registerCustomPixelFormat(_:)](mediaextension/mevideodecoderpixelbuffermanager/registercustompixelformat(_:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Video decoders

- [Supporting custom media formats and decoders](mediaextension/supporting-custom-media-formats-and-decoders.md)
- [MEVideoDecoder](mediaextension/mevideodecoder.md)
- [MEVideoDecoderExtension](mediaextension/mevideodecoderextension.md)
- [MEDecodeFrameOptions](mediaextension/medecodeframeoptions.md)
- [Video decoder property list dictionary](mediaextension/video-decoder-property-list-dictionary.md)
- [Video decoder entitlement](mediaextension/video-decoder-entitlement.md)