Microsoft DirectShow SDK

Welcome to the Microsoft® DirectShow™ SDK. Before jumping into any of the reference sections, consider reading the articles in the "Getting Started" and "DirectShow Basics" sections first. These articles provide important overview and conceptual information about DirectShow that you will need in other areas of the documentation. For the most recent updates to this documentation, consult the Microsoft DirectX Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX/.

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Last Updated: March 27, 1998

Getting Started

What is DirectShow?

What's New in the DirectShow SDK?

Porting Code from ActiveMovie

What Background Do You Need?

Documentation Roadmap

Redistribution

Frequently Asked Questions

ActiveMovie Control

Using the ActiveMovie Control

Visual Basic Objects

DirectShow Basics

Using DirectShow

Filter Graph Manager and Filter Graphs

Filters and Pins

Stream Control Architecture

Quality-Control Management

About Capture Filter Graphs

Improving Capture Performance

Data Flow in the Filter Graph

Constructing Filter Graphs Using Visual Basic

Controlling Filter Graphs Using Visual Basic

List of Filters and Samples

About the DirectShow Filter Graph Editor

Using the Filter Graph Editor

COM Overview

Overview of DVD Interfaces and Data Types

About WDM Video Capture

Application Developer's Guide

How to...

Clocks

Controlling Filter Graphs Using C

Creating a Capture Application

About Cutlists

Using Cutlists

DVD for Title Vendors

Filter Developer's Guide

How to...

Stream Architecture

Plug-in Distributors

DirectShow and COM

File Formats

Transform Filters

About Effect Filters

Video Renderers

Exposing Capture and Compression Formats

C/C++ Reference

DirectShow COM Interfaces

Base Classes

Utility Functions

Debugging

Structures

Data Types

Property Sets

Event Notification Codes

DVD Event Notification Codes

Error and Success Codes

Filters and Samples

DirectShow Filters

DirectShow Samples

Multimedia Streaming

About the Multimedia Streaming Architecture

List of Multimedia Streaming Interfaces

Multimedia Streaming Reference

Multimedia Streaming Component Objects

Multimedia Streaming Sample Code

DirectDrawEx

Using DirectDrawEx

IDirectDrawFactory Interface

IDirectDraw3 Interface

Appendixes

Media Types

MPEG-1 Media Types

CLSIDs in DirectShow

Time Stamps

Sample Properties

DirectShow DVD Support

Country Codes and Channel to Frequency Mappings

Reserved Identifiers

Further Reading

Glossary

Glossary

Readme

Readme

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