IMFSinkWriterEncoderConfig::SetTargetMediaType method (mfreadwrite.h)

Dynamically changes the target media type that Sink Writer is encoding to.

Syntax

HRESULT SetTargetMediaType(
  [in] DWORD         dwStreamIndex,
  [in] IMFMediaType  *pTargetMediaType,
  [in] IMFAttributes *pEncodingParameters
);

[in] dwStreamIndex

Specifies the stream index.

[in] pTargetMediaType

The new media format to encode to.

[in] pEncodingParameters

The new set of encoding parameters to configure the encoder with. If not specified, previously provided parameters will be used.

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

The new media type must be supported by the media sink being used and by the encoder MFTs installed on the system.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 8.1 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 R2 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	mfreadwrite.h