| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (C++) |
This topic applies to Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional only.
The IMSVidInputDevice interface represents any input device that is recognized by the Video Control, such as a television tuner card. This is a generic interface that serves as an abstract base class for input devices. Several interfaces inherit IMSVidInputDevice, including the following:
When a method returns an IMSVidInputDevice pointer, the object that is returned typically supports one of the derived interfaces.
In addition to the methods inherited from IMSVidDevice, the IMSVidInputDevice interface exposes the following methods.
| Method | Description |
| IsViewable | Determines whether this device can view the specified tune request. |
| View | Configures the input device to view the specified tune request. |