File Source (URL) Filter

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The URL File Source filter is a generic asynchronous source filter that works with any source file that can be identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and whose media major type is stream. This includes AVI, MOV, MPEG, and WAV files. It requires the downstream filter to be a parser, such as the MPEG-1 Stream Splitter, the AVI Splitter, or the QuickTime Movie Parser.

Label	Value
Filter Interfaces	IAMOpenProgress, IBaseFilter, IFileSourceFilter
Input Pin Media Types	Not applicable
Input Pin Interfaces	Not applicable
Output Pin Media Types	MEDIATYPE_Stream. The subtype depends on the media format. (MEDIASUBTYPE_NULL if the filter doesn't recognize the format.)
Output Pin Interfaces	IAMAsyncReaderTimestampScaling, IAsyncReader, IPin
Filter CLSID	CLSID_URLReader
Property Page CLSID	No property page
Executable	quartz.dll
Merit	MERIT_UNLIKELY
Filter Category	CLSID_LegacyAmFilterCategory

 

Remarks

This filter uses URLMon and supports code pages.

Related topics

DirectShow Filters