Media sources are objects that generate media data in the Media Foundation pipeline. This section describes the media source APIs in detail. Read this section if you are implementing a custom media source, or using a media source outside of the Media Foundation pipeline.
If your application uses the control layer, it needs to use only a limited subset of the media source APIs. For information, see the topic Using Media Sources with the Media Session.
Administrators often need access to their data from finance and operations apps, to perform analytics that will help ensure that certain parameters or business metrics are met.