Concepts

Before you begin working with the Windows Media Audio and Video codecs or DSPs, you should be familiar with some basic concepts. This section provides some background information about compression technology in general, and About the Windows Media Audio and Video Codec and DSP APIs and DPSs specifically. Taking the time to understand these concepts can help you best use the codecs.

The following concepts are discussed in this section:

• DirectX Media Objects (DMOs)
• Media Foundation Transforms (MFTs)
• Media Types
• Media Quality
• The Leaky Bucket Buffer Decoding Model
• Encoding Methods
• Video Encoding with Temporal Compression

See Also

• About the Windows Media Audio and Video Codec and DSP APIs