Audio and Video

 

Capture, edit, and play back content based on Microsoft® Windows Media® (as well as audio and video in other leading formats) using Windows Media, Microsoft DirectShow®, and other Microsoft audio and Video technologies. Windows Media is ideal for content developers producing Windows Media audio and video for streaming media and download-and-play applications. Microsoft DirectShow is an architecture for streaming media on the Microsoft Windows platform. It provides for high-quality capture and playback of multimedia streams and supports a wide variety of formats, including Advanced Systems Format (ASF), Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG), Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI), MPEG Audio Layer-3 (MP3), and WAV sound files. It supports capture using Windows Driver Model (WDM) devices or older Video for Windows devices. DirectShow is integrated with other DirectX® technologies.

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Windows Media SDK Technical Articles Downloads Code Samples Seminars	Windows Media product page Windows Media Support Center Windows Media Newsgroups Windows Media Community Graphics and Multimedia Chats Windows Media Logo Programs