IFilterInfo Object

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Microsoft DirectShow 9.0

IFilterInfo Object

  • Note   This topic is deprecated. It applies to Visual Basic 6.0. DirectShow is not supported for Visual Basic .NET or C#.

The IFilterInfo object manages information about a filter. This object is a wrapper for a DirectShow filter object, because DirectShow filters are not Automation-compatible.

Requirements

Include a reference in your project to "ActiveMovie control type library" (Quartz.dll).

The IFilterInfo object exposes the following properties and methods.

Property Description
Filename Sets or retrieves the name of the file loaded by this filter. (File-source filters only.)
Filter Retrieves the filter associated with this object.
IsFileSource Indicates whether the filter is a file-source filter.
Name Retrieves the name of the filter.
Pins Retrieves a collection of all the pins on this filter.
VendorInfo Retrieves a string containing optional information supplied by a vendor about the specified filter.
Method Description
FindPin Retrieves a pin with the specified identifier.