| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (C++) |
This topic applies to Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional only.
IMSVidDevice is the base class for all devices and features used by the video control. All the derived classes (or "objects" in script) inherit the methods of IMSVidDevice.
This object exposes the following methods and properties.
| Property | Description |
| Category | Retrieves |
| ClassID | Retrieves a string CLASSID that uniquely identifies this particular device. |
| Name | Retrieves the friendly name of the device. |
| Power | Specifies and retrieves a value indicating whether the device is currently on or off. |
| Status | Retrieves the current status of the device. |
| Method | Description |
| IsEqualDevice | Determines whether two devices represent the same underlying hardware. |