AcxDataFormatGetSpecifier function (acxdataformat.h)

The AcxDataFormatGetSpecifier function gets the audio format specifier for the specified data format.

Syntax

GUID AcxDataFormatGetSpecifier(
  [in] ACXDATAFORMAT DataFormat
);

Parameters

[in] DataFormat

The data format for which to retrieve the audio format specifier.

Return value

Returns a GUID value representing the audio format specifier for the DataFormat.

Remarks

Specifies additional data format type information for a specific setting of MajorFormat and SubFormat. The significance of this field is determined by the major format and subformat. For example, the specifier can represent a particular encoding of a subformat, or it can be used to specify what type of data structure follows KSDATAFORMAT in memory.

ACX requirements

Minimum ACX version: 1.0

For more information about ACX versions, see ACX version overview.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Header	acxdataformat.h
IRQL	<= DISPATCH_LEVEL

See also

• KSDATAFORMAT
• Audio Data Formats
• acxdataformat.h header