IAMLatency interface (strmif.h)

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The IAMLatency interface reports the amount of latency that a filter introduces into the graph. Latency is defined as the time that it takes the filter to process a sample. For a source filter, latency is the filter's maximum buffer size, measured in time. For example, a video capture filter that buffers one frame at 30 frames per second introduces a latency of about 33 milliseconds.

Currently, there is no support for using this interface by itself. A source filter that streams live or real-time data should implement the IAMPushSource interface, which inherits from this interface.

Inheritance

The IAMLatency interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IAMLatency also has these types of members:

Methods

The IAMLatency interface has these methods.

IAMLatency::GetLatency The GetLatency method retrieves the expected latency associated with this filter.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	strmif.h (include Dshow.h)