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First look at DirectX, DirectShow

Played around with DirectX. Goal was to get a handle on how I might automate generating .wmv segments from a list of clips.

It appeared to be necessary to download and install the DirectX SDK 8.1. At least I couldn’t locate the samples refered to in the documentation.

Most of the samples appear to build and run when built by Visual Studio .NET (7.0) instead of with 6.0. I had to build the C:\ProgFiles\DXSDK\samples\Multimedia\DirectShow\BaseClasses project before the TimelineTest project would link. Still not sure one of the Windows XP specific demos will compile. It couldn’t find a header file which is in the DXSDK/include folder.

All this stuff requires working in C++ instead of C#. Drag. No clue on the timeline for a C# compatible release.

Posted by Tone Engel on September 29, 2002 11:08 PM |

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