Decoder Interfaces and Specifications
[The feature associated with this page, DirectShow, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine, and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation. Those features have been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation instead of DirectShow, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]
This section contains the following topics relevant to developer of hardware and software video decoders.
- How Decoders Use IAMVideoAccelerator
- About DirectX Video Acceleration
- Mapping DirectX Video Acceleration to IAMVideoAccelerator
- DVD Decoder Development in DirectShow
- Decoder Volume Control
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