AVIFILEINFO

#define AVIFILEINFO    AVIFILEINFOW

typedef struct _AVIFILEINFOW {

    DWORD        dwMaxBytesPerSec;    // max. transfer rate
    DWORD        dwFlags;        // the ever-present flags
    DWORD        dwCaps;
    DWORD        dwStreams;
    DWORD        dwSuggestedBufferSize;

    DWORD        dwWidth;
    DWORD        dwHeight;

    DWORD        dwScale;    
    DWORD        dwRate;    /* dwRate / dwScale == samples/second */
    DWORD        dwLength;

    DWORD        dwEditCount;

    WCHAR        szFileType[64];        // descriptive string for file type?

} AVIFILEINFOW, FAR * LPAVIFILEINFOW;

dwMaxBytesPerSec:
   Approximate maximum data rate of the AVI file.
dwFlags:
   Applicable flags. The following flags are defined:
      AVIFILEINFO_HASINDEX :
         The AVI file has an index at the end of the file. For good performance,
         all AVI files should contain an index.
      AVIFILEINFO_MUSTUSEINDEX :
         The file index contains the playback order for the chunks in the file.
         Use the index rather than the physical ordering of the chunks when playing
         back the data. This could be used for creating a list of frames for editing.
      AVIFILEINFO_ISINTERLEAVED :
         The AVI file is interleaved.
      AVIFILEINFO_WASCAPTUREFILE :
         The AVI file is a specially allocated file used for capturing real-time video.
         Applications should warn the user before writing over a file with this flag set
         because the user probably defragmented this file.
      AVIFILEINFO_COPYRIGHTED:
         The AVI file contains copyrighted data and software.
         When this flag is used, software should not permit the data to be duplicated.
dwCaps :
   Capability flags. The following flags are defined:
      AVIFILECAPS_CANREAD:
         An application can open the AVI file with with the read privilege.
      AVIFILECAPS_CANWRITE:
         An application can open the AVI file with the write privilege.
      AVIFILECAPS_ALLKEYFRAMES :
         Every frame in the AVI file is a key frame.
      AVIFILECAPS_NOCOMPRESSION:
         The AVI file does not use a compression method.
dwStreams:
   Number of streams in the file. For example, a file with audio and video has
   at least two streams.
dwSuggestedBufferSize :
   Suggested buffer size, in bytes, for reading the file. Generally, this size should
   be large enough to contain the largest chunk in the file. For an interleaved file,
   this size should be large enough to read an entire record, not just a chunk.
   If the buffer size is too small or is set to zero, the playback software will have
   to reallocate memory during playback, reducing performance.
dwWidth
   Width, in pixels, of the AVI file.
dwHeight
   Height, in pixels, of the AVI file.
dwScale
   Time scale applicable for the entire file. Dividing dwRate by dwScale
   gives the number of samples per second.
   Any stream can define its own time scale to supersede the file time scale.
dwRate
   Rate in an integer format. To obtain the rate in samples per second,
   divide this value by the value in dwScale.
dwLength
   Length of the AVI file. The units are defined by dwRate and dwScale.
dwEditCount
   Number of streams that have been added to or deleted from the AVI file.
szFileType
   Null-terminated string containing descriptive information for the file type.