CBaseControlVideo::GetVideoFormat

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

Retrieves a video sample that represents the current video format.

Syntax

virtual VIDEOINFOHEADER* GetVideoFormat( ) PURE;

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns a pointer to a VIDEOINFOHEADER structure that contains the current video format.

Remarks

To return and check certain information through IBasicVideo, the object must know the current video format. It gets this information by calling this pure virtual method that derived classes must override.

This member function is called by the following CBaseControlVideo member functions:

• CBaseControlVideo::OnVideoSizeChange
• CBaseControlVideo::get_AvgTimePerFrame
• CBaseControlVideo::get_BitRate
• CBaseControlVideo::get_BitErrorRate
• CBaseControlVideo::get_VideoWidth
• CBaseControlVideo::get_VideoHeight
• CBaseControlVideo::GetVideoPaletteEntries
• CBaseControlVideo::GetVideoSize

Requirements

Windows Embedded CE	Windows CE 2.12 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later
Note	Microsoft DirectShow applications and DirectShow filters have different include file and Library requirements For more information, see Setting Up the Build Environment, Version 2.12 requires DXPAK 1.0 or later