Platform SDK: DirectX

IDirectDrawVideoPort::GetFieldPolarity

The IDirectDrawVideoPort::GetFieldPolarity method retrieves the polarity of a video field.

HRESULT GetFieldPolarity(
  LPBOOL lpbFieldPolarity  
);

Parameters

lpbFieldPolarity
Address of a variable to be set to indicate the current field polarity. This value is set to TRUE if the current video field is the even field of an interlaced video signal, and FALSE otherwise.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is DD_OK.

If it fails, the method can return one of the following error values:

DDERR_INVALIDOBJECT
DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS
DDERR_UNSUPPORTED
DDERR_VIDEONOTACTIVE

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows 2000.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
  Header: Declared in dvp.h.
  Import Library: Use ddraw.lib.