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# kVTDecodeFrame_DoNotOutputFrame

A flag that provides a hint to the decompression session and video decoder not to return a frame.

```
kVTDecodeFrame_DoNotOutputFrame
```

## Discussion

This flag indicates to return NULL for this frame instead of a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreVideo/CVImageBuffer>.

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