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A common task we may want to achieve while creating a media application is to start media playback on a new thread, as the sample below shows:http://code.google.com/p/rxwen-blog-stuff/source/browse/trunk/multimedia/directshow/dbg_directshow_thread_issue/d

In this post, I'll summarize some features that make directshow stand out, from a developer's point of view.The architecture of directshow is:The core of directshow framework is the box in the center.1. separation of concernsDirectshow divides a complex me

A problem I encountered while developing my source filter's output pin is that inside FillBuffer method, the media type and size of the media sample is not exactly the same as the one I proposed in GetMediaType method. The strange thing is my pin has succe

1. View graph When we render a media file, directshow uses intelligent connect to build a working graph for us. It may add some filters implicitly if necessary. From my perspective, it all happens transparently. It's user friendly and powerful. But while d