IMediaPosition interface (control.h)

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The IMediaPosition interface contains methods for seeking to a position within a stream.

Note  Applications should use IMediaSeeking instead of IMediaPosition.

 

This interface is exposed by the Filter Graph Manager as well as by individual filters. Applications should obtain an IMediaPosition interface pointer from the Filter Graph Manager, not from a filter. The Filter Graph Manager distributes method calls to all of the renderer filters. The renderer filters propagate the calls upstream to the source filters. This sequence of events ensures that all streams remain synchronized.

If one of the distributed calls returns an error, the Filter Graph Manager returns the first error value it received. Some of the distributed calls may have succeeded in this case. However, the filter graph does not return E_NOTIMPL unless all the distributed calls return E_NOTIMPL. If at least one filter in the graph implements the method, the Filter Graph Manager does not return E_NOTIMPL.

Inheritance

The IMediaPosition interface inherits from the IDispatch interface. IMediaPosition also has these types of members:

Methods

The IMediaPosition interface has these methods.

IMediaPosition::CanSeekBackward The CanSeekBackward method determines whether the filter graph can seek backward in the stream.
IMediaPosition::CanSeekForward The CanSeekForward method determines whether the filter graph can seek forward in the stream.
IMediaPosition::get_CurrentPosition The get_CurrentPosition method retrieves the current position, relative to the total duration of the stream.
IMediaPosition::get_Duration The get_Duration method retrieves the duration of the stream.
IMediaPosition::get_PrerollTime The get_PrerollTime method retrieves the amount of data that will be queued before the start position.
IMediaPosition::get_Rate The get_Rate method retrieves the playback rate.
IMediaPosition::get_StopTime The get_StopTime method retrieves the time at which the playback will stop, relative to the duration of the stream.
IMediaPosition::put_CurrentPosition The put_CurrentPosition method sets the current position, relative to the total duration of the stream.
IMediaPosition::put_PrerollTime The put_PrerollTime method sets the amount of data that will be queued before the start position.
IMediaPosition::put_Rate The put_Rate method sets the playback rate.
IMediaPosition::put_StopTime The put_StopTime method sets the time at which the playback will stop, relative to the duration of the stream.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	control.h (include Dshow.h)

See also

IDispatch