Utility Functions
[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 It has been superseded by MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine, and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation.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 reference entries for the Microsoft® DirectShow® utility functions and macros. To use these functions, you must build the DirectShow base-class library.
- COM Helper Functions
- DLL Setup Functions
- Media Type Functions
- Miscellaneous Helper Functions
- Property Page Helper Functions
- Video and Image Functions
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