MPEG-2 Kernel Media Types

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For several MPEG-2 media type GUIDs, the Windows DDK defines names that differ from the names used in DirectShow. The following table shows the DirectShow names (defined in Ksuuids.h) and the corresponding kernel-mode names (defined in Ksmedia.h).

Name in Ksuuids.h	Name in Ksmedia.h
FORMAT_WaveFormatEx	KSDATAFORMAT_SPECIFIER_WAVEFORMATEX
FORMAT_MPEG2Video	KSDATAFORMAT_SPECIFIER_MPEG2_VIDEO
MEDIASUBTYPE_ATSC_SI	KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_ATSC_SI
MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3	KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_AC3_AUDIO
MEDIASUBTYPE_DVB_SI	KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_DVB_SI
MEDIASUBTYPE_DVD_LPCM_AUDIO	KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_LPCM_AUDIO
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO	KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_PROGRAM	STATIC_KSDATAFORMAT_TYPE_MPEG2_PROGRAM
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_TRANSPORT	KSDATAFORMAT_TYPE_MPEG2_TRANSPORT
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO	KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO
MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS	KSDATAFORMAT_TYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS
MEDIATYPE_Audio	KSDATAFORMAT_TYPE_AUDIO
MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_PES	KSDATAFORMAT_TYPE_MPEG2_PES
MEDIATYPE_Video	KSDATAFORMAT_TYPE_VIDEO

 

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Header	Dshow.h

See also

MPEG-2 Media Types