DirectShow Samples

The Microsoft® DirectShow® SDK samples are divided into categories according to functionality:

• Base Classes
• BDA Sample Application
• Sample Capture Applications
• DMO Samples
• Sample DVD Applications
• Sample DirectShow Filters
• Miscellaneous DirectShow Samples
• Sample Player Applications
• Sample Video Editing Applications
• Sample Video Mixing Renderer Applications (Microsoft Windows® XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional only)

The base classes are a set of C++ classes that are useful for creating filters, manipulating media types, and performing other DirectShow tasks.

Note   Many of the DirectShow samples link to the base class library. You must build the library in order to build those samples.

The easiest way to build the samples is with the workspace file DShow.dsw, which is located in the DirectShow samples root directory. This workspace includes references to all of the sample project files.

• To build all of the projects, choose Batch Build from the Build menu.
• To build a particular sample (including its dependencies), right-click the project name in the FileView pane. From the pop-up menu, click Build.

Separate project files are also included for each sample, and you can use these to build, modify, or debug samples. If you build a sample this way, without using the DShow.dsw workspace, remember to build the base class library first.

See Also

• Setting Up the Build Environment