DirectShow

E37365

DirectShow is a Microsoft multimedia framework and API used on Windows for capturing, processing, and playing audio and video streams.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf API
Microsoft technology
multimedia framework
abbreviation DS
APIStyle COM-based API
basedOn Component Object Model
category Windows multimedia
multimedia API
developer Microsoft
documentationURL https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/directshow/directshow
hasComponent DirectShow Editing Services
GraphEdit
base classes
renderer filter
source filter
transform filter
hasProgrammingLanguageBinding C#
C++
introducedIn DirectX 5
license proprietary
operatingSystem Microsoft Windows
partOf Microsoft DirectX
platform Windows
predecessor Video for Windows
replacedBy Media Foundation
supports audio
capture of audio
capture of video
filter graphs
media processing
playback of audio
playback of video
streaming media
video
supportsFormat AVI
MP3
MPEG
WAV
WMV
targetAudience software developers
usedFor TV tuner applications
media players
video capture applications
video editing software
usesConcept filter
filter graph
graph builder
pin

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
DirectX
component
DirectShow ("DirectShow Editing Services")
hasComponent
Classic Mac OS ("QuickTime multimedia framework")
notableFeature
DirectShow ("Media Foundation")
replacedBy
Windows
supportsMultimediaFramework

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