nvtiffStreamCreate()
"""""""""""""""""""""""
Creates an instance of the bitstream handle.

**Signature:**

.. code-block:: cpp

    nvtiffStatus_t nvtiffStreamCreate(nvtiffStream_t *tiff_stream);

**Parameters:**

.. list-table::
  :header-rows: 1
  :widths: 15 10 10 20

  * - Parameter
    - Input/Output
    - Memory
    - Description
  * - nvtiffStream_t *tiff_stream
    - Input/Output
    - Host
    - nvtiff bitstream handle

**Returns:**

:code:`nvtiffStatus_t` - An error code as specified in :ref:`nvtiffapireturncodesv2-label`

nvtiffStreamDestroy()
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Releases the bitstream handle.

**Signature:**

.. code-block:: cpp

    nvtiffStatus_t nvtiffStreamDestroy(nvtiffStream_t stream_handle);

**Parameters:**

.. list-table::
  :header-rows: 1
  :widths: 15 10 10 20

  * - Parameter
    - Input/Output
    - Memory
    - Description
  * - nvtiffStream_t stream_handle
    - Input
    - Host
    - nvtiff bitstream handle

**Returns:**

:code:`nvtiffStatus_t` - An error code as specified in :ref:`nvtiffapireturncodesv2-label`


nvtiffDecoderCreateSimple()
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Creates an instance of the decoder handle with default memory allocators.

**Signature:**

.. code-block:: cpp
    nvtiffStatus_t nvtiffDecoderCreateSimple(nvtiffDecoder_t *decoder,
        cudaStream_t cuda_stream);


  
**Parameters:**

.. list-table::
  :header-rows: 1
  :widths: 15 10 10 20

  * - Parameter
    - Input/Output
    - Memory
    - Description
  * - nvtiffDecoder_t *decoder
    - Input/Output
    - Host
    - nvtiff decoder handle
  * - cudaStream_t cuda_stream
    - Input
    - Host
    - Used for asynchronous CUDA API calls

**Returns:**

:code:`nvtiffStatus_t` - An error code as specified in :ref:`nvtiffapireturncodesv2-label`



nvtiffDecoderCreate
""""""""""""""""""""
Creates an instance of the decoder handle.

**Signature:**

.. code-block:: cpp

    nvtiffStatus_t nvtiffDecoderCreate(nvtiffDecoder_t *decoder,
        nvtiffDeviceAllocator_t *device_allocator,
        nvtiffPinnedAllocator_t *pinned_allocator,
        cudaStream_t cuda_stream);


**Parameters:**

.. list-table::
  :header-rows: 1
  :widths: 15 10 10 20

  * - Parameter
    - Input/Output
    - Memory
    - Description
  * - nvtiffDecoder_t *decoder
    - Input/Output
    - Host
    - nvtiff decoder handle
  * - nvtiffDeviceAllocator_t *device_allocator
    - Input
    - Host
    - User provided device memory allocator. If set to NULL, the library will fallback to cudaMalloc/cudaFree.
  * - nvtiffPinnedAllocator_t *pinned_allocator
    - Input
    - Host
    - User provided pinned memory allocator. If set to NULL, the library will fallback to cudaHostAlloc/cudaFreeHost.
  * - cudaStream_t cuda_stream
    - Input
    - Host
    - Used for asynchronous CUDA API calls

**Returns:**

:code:`nvtiffStatus_t` - An error code as specified in :ref:`nvtiffapireturncodesv2-label`



nvtiffDecoderDestroy()
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Releases the decoder handle.

**Signature:**

.. code-block:: cpp

    nvtiffStatus_t nvtiffDecoderDestroy(nvtiffDecoder_t decoder,
        cudaStream_t cuda_stream);

**Parameters:**

.. list-table::
  :header-rows: 1
  :widths: 15 10 10 20

  * - Parameter
    - Input/Output
    - Memory
    - Description
  * - nvtiffDecoder_t decoder
    - Input
    - Host
    - nvtiff decoder handle
  * - cudaStream_t cuda_stream
    - Input
    - Host
    - Used for asynchronous CUDA API calls

**Returns:**

:code:`nvtiffStatus_t` - An error code as specified in :ref:`nvtiffapireturncodesv2-label`