Video Compression Manager Reference

[The feature associated with this page, Video Compression Manager, is a legacy feature. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code does not use this feature.]

This section describes the functions, structures, messages, and macros, associated with VCM. These elements are grouped as follows.

Compressor Installation and Removal

• ICInstall
• ICLocate
• ICOPEN
• ICClose
• ICRemove
• ICOpenFunction

Locating and Opening a Compressor

• ICLocate
• ICOPEN
• ICDecompressOpen
• ICDrawOpen
• ICINFO
• ICClose

Selecting Compressors

• ICCompressorChoose
• ICCompressorFree
• COMPVARS

Configuring Compressors

• ICM_CONFIGURE
• ICM_GETSTATE
• ICM_SETSTATE
• ICSendMessage

Compressor Information

• ICGetInfo
• ICINFO
• ICM_GETDEFAULTKEYFRAMERATE
• ICGetDisplayFormat
• ICM_GETDEFAULTQUALITY
• ICM_ABOUT

Single Image Compression

• ICImageCompress

Sequence Compression

• ICSeqCompressFrame
• ICSeqCompressFrameStart
• ICSeqCompressFrameEnd

COMPVARS

• ICCompressorChoose

Image Data Compression

• ICCOMPRESS
• ICM_COMPRESS_GET_FORMAT
• ICM_COMPRESS_QUERY
• ICM_COMPRESS_GET_SIZE
• ICM_COMPRESS_BEGIN
• ICM_COMPRESS_END

Compressor Monitoring

• ICSETSTATUSPROC

Decompressing Single Images

• ICImageDecompress

Decompressing Image Data

• ICDECOMPRESSEX
• ICDecompressExBegin
• ICM_DECOMPRESSEX_END
• ICM_DECOMPRESS_GET_FORMAT
• ICM_DECOMPRESS_GET_PALETTE
• ICDecompressExQuery
• ICDECOMPRESS
• ICM_DECOMPRESS_BEGIN
• ICM_DECOMPRESS_END
• ICM_DECOMPRESS_QUERY

Using Hardware-Drawing Capabilities

• ICGetInfo
• ICDRAWBEGIN
• ICM_DRAW_END
• ICM_DRAW_FLUSH
• ICM_DRAW_QUERY
• ICDrawSuggestFormat
• ICM_DRAW_START
• ICM_DRAW_STOP
• ICM_GETBUFFERSWANTED
• ICM_DRAW_REALIZE
• ICDrawOpen
• ICDRAW
• ICM_DRAW_GETTIME
• ICM_DRAW_SETTIME
• ICM_DRAW_WINDOW
• ICM_DRAW_REALIZE
• ICM_DRAW_CHANGEPALETTE
• ICM_DRAW_RENDERBUFFER

Related topics

Video Compression Manager