## Microsoft DirectShow SDK

Welcome to the Microsoft® DirectShow™ SDK. Before jumping into any of the reference sections, consider reading the articles in the "Getting Started" and "DirectShow Basics" sections first. These articles provide important overview and conceptual information about DirectShow that you will need in other areas of the documentation. For the most recent updates to this documentation, consult the Microsoft DirectX Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX/.

Last Updated: November 14, 1997

Getting Started
What is DirectShow?
What's New in the DirectShow SDK?
Porting Code from ActiveMovie
What Background Do You Need?
Documentation Roadmap
Frequently Asked Questions
ActiveMovie Control
Using the ActiveMovie Control
Visual Basic Objects
DirectShow Basics
Using DirectShow
Filter Graph Manager and Filter Graphs
Filters and Pins
Stream Control Architecture
Quality-Control Management
About Capture Filter Graphs
Improving Capture Performance
Data Flow in the Filter Graph
Constructing Filter Graphs Using Visual Basic
Controlling Filter Graphs Using Visual Basic
List of Filters and Samples
About the DirectShow Filter Graph Editor
Using the Filter Graph Editor
COM Overview
Overview of DVD Interfaces and Data Types
About WDM Video Capture
Application Developer's Guide
How to...
Clocks
Controlling Filter Graphs Using C
Creating a Capture Application
About Cutlists
Using Cutlists
DVD for Title Vendors
Filter Developer's Guide
How to...
Stream Architecture
Plug-in Distributors
DirectShow and COM
File Formats
Transform Filters
About Effect Filters
Video Renderers
Exposing Capture and Compression Formats
C/C++ Reference
DirectShow COM Interfaces
Base Classes
Utility Functions
Debugging
Structures
Data Types
Property Sets
Event Notification Codes
DVD Event Notification Codes
Error and Success Codes
Filters and Samples
DirectShow Filters
DirectShow Samples
Multimedia Streaming
About the Multimedia Streaming Architecture
List of Multimedia Streaming Interfaces
Multimedia Streaming Reference
Multimedia Streaming Component Objects
Multimedia Streaming Sample Code
DirectDrawEx
Using DirectDrawEx
IDirectDrawFactory Interface
IDirectDraw3 Interface
Appendixes
Media Types
MPEG-1 Media Types
CLSIDs in DirectShow
Time Stamps
Sample Properties
DirectShow DVD Support
Country Codes and Channel to Frequency Mappings
Reserved Identifiers
Further Reading
Glossary
Glossary
Readme
Readme

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