Media Foundation Interfaces

IAdvancedMediaCapture

Enables advanced media capture.

IAdvancedMediaCaptureInitializationSettings

Provides initialization settings for advanced media capture.

IAdvancedMediaCaptureSettings

Provides settings for advanced media capture.

IDirect3DDeviceManager9

Enables two threads to share the same Direct3D 9 device, and provides access to the DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) features of the device.

IDirectXVideoAccelerationService

Provides DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) services from a Direct3D device.

IDirectXVideoDecoder

Represents a DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) video decoder device.

IDirectXVideoDecoderService

Provides access to DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) decoder services.

IDirectXVideoMemoryConfiguration

Sets the type of video memory for uncompressed video surfaces.

IDirectXVideoProcessor

Represents a DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) video processor device.

IDirectXVideoProcessorService

Provides access to DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) video processing services.

IEVRFilterConfig

Sets the number of input pins on the DirectShow Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) filter.

IEVRFilterConfigEx

Configures the DirectShow Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) filter.

IEVRTrustedVideoPlugin

Enables a plug-in component for the enhanced video renderer (EVR) to work with protected media.

IEVRVideoStreamControl

This interface is not supported.

IMF2DBuffer

Represents a buffer that contains a two-dimensional surface, such as a video frame.

IMF2DBuffer2

Represents a buffer that contains a two-dimensional surface, such as a video frame.

IMFActivate

Enables the application to defer the creation of an object.

IMFASFContentInfo

Provides methods to work with the header section of files conforming to the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) specification.

IMFASFIndexer

Provides methods to work with indexes in Systems Format (ASF) files.

IMFASFMultiplexer

Provides methods to create Advanced Systems Format (ASF) data packets.

IMFASFMutualExclusion

Configures an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) mutual exclusion object, which manages information about a group of streams in an ASF profile that are mutually exclusive.

IMFASFProfile

Manages an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) profile.

IMFASFSplitter

Provides methods to read data from an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

IMFASFStreamConfig

Configures the settings of a stream in an ASF file.

IMFASFStreamPrioritization

Not implemented.

IMFASFStreamSelector

Selects streams in an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file, based on the mutual exclusion information in the ASF header.

IMFAsyncCallback

Callback interface to notify the application when an asynchronous method completes.

IMFAsyncCallbackLogging

Provides logging information about the parent object the async callback is associated with.

IMFAsyncResult

Provides information about the result of an asynchronous operation.

IMFAttributes

Provides a generic way to store key/value pairs on an object.

IMFAudioMediaType

IMFAudioMediaType is no longer available for use as of Windows 7.

IMFAudioPolicy

Configures the audio session that is associated with the streaming audio renderer (SAR).

IMFAudioStreamVolume

Controls the volume levels of individual audio channels.

IMFByteStream

Represents a byte stream from some data source, which might be a local file, a network file, or some other source.

IMFByteStreamBuffering

Controls how a byte stream buffers data from a network.

IMFByteStreamCacheControl

Controls how a network byte stream transfers data to a local cache.

IMFByteStreamCacheControl2

Controls how a network byte stream transfers data to a local cache.

IMFByteStreamHandler

Creates a media source from a byte stream.

IMFByteStreamProxyClassFactory

Creates a proxy to a byte stream.

IMFByteStreamTimeSeek

Seeks a byte stream by time position.

IMFCaptureEngine

Controls one or more capture devices.

IMFCaptureEngineClassFactory

Creates an instance of the capture engine.

IMFCaptureEngineOnEventCallback

Callback interface for receiving events from the capture engine.

IMFCaptureEngineOnSampleCallback

Callback interface to receive data from the capture engine.

IMFCapturePhotoSink

Controls the photo sink.

IMFCapturePreviewSink

Controls the preview sink.

IMFCaptureRecordSink

Controls the recording sink.

IMFCaptureSink

Controls a capture sink, which is an object that receives one or more streams from a capture device.

IMFCaptureSource

Controls the capture source object. The capture source manages the audio and video capture devices.

IMFClock

Provides timing information from a clock in Microsoft Media Foundation.

IMFClockStateSink

Receives state-change notifications from the presentation clock.

IMFCollection

Represents a generic collection of IUnknown pointers.

IMFContentEnabler

Implements one step that must be performed for the user to access media content.

IMFContentProtectionManager

Enables playback of protected content by providing the application with a pointer to a content enabler object.

IMFDesiredSample

Enables the presenter for the enhanced video renderer (EVR) to request a specific frame from the video mixer.

IMFDLNASinkInit

Initializes the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) media sink.

IMFDRMNetHelper

Configures Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) for Network Devices on a network sink.

IMFDXGIBuffer

Represents a buffer that contains a Microsoft DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (DXGI) surface.

IMFDXGIDeviceManager

Enables two threads to share the same Microsoft Direct3D 11 device.

IMFFieldOfUseMFTUnlock

Enables an application to use a Media Foundation transform (MFT) that has restrictions on its use.

IMFFinalizableMediaSink

Optionally supported by media sinks to perform required tasks before shutdown.

IMFGetService

Queries an object for a specified service interface.

IMFImageSharingEngine

Enables image sharing.

IMFInputTrustAuthority

Enables other components in the protected media path (PMP) to use the input protection system provided by an input trust authorities (ITA).

IMFLocalMFTRegistration

Registers Media Foundation transforms (MFTs) in the caller's process.

IMFMediaBuffer

Represents a block of memory that contains media data.

IMFMediaEngine

Enables an application to play audio or video files.

IMFMediaEngineClassFactory

Creates an instance of the Media Engine.

IMFMediaEngineEx

Extends the IMFMediaEngine interface.

IMFMediaEngineExtension

Enables an application to load media resources in the Media Engine.

IMFMediaEngineNotify

Callback interface for the IMFMediaEngine interface.

IMFMediaEngineProtectedContent

Enables the Media Engine to play protected video content.

IMFMediaEngineSrcElements

Provides the Media Engine with a list of media resources.

IMFMediaError

Provides the current error status for the Media Engine.

IMFMediaEvent

Represents an event generated by a Media Foundation object. Use this interface to get information about the event.

IMFMediaEventGenerator

Retrieves events from any Media Foundation object that generates events.

IMFMediaEventQueue

Provides an event queue for applications that need to implement the IMFMediaEventGenerator interface.

IMFMediaSession

Provides playback controls for protected and unprotected content.

IMFMediaSharingEngine

Enables media sharing.

IMFMediaSink

Implemented by media sink objects.

IMFMediaSinkPreroll

Enables a media sink to receive samples before the presentation clock is started.

IMFMediaSource

Implemented by media source objects.

IMFMediaSourceEx

Extends the IMFMediaSource interface to provide additional capabilities for a media source.

IMFMediaSourcePresentationProvider

Provides notifications to the sequencer source.

IMFMediaSourceTopologyProvider

Enables an application to get a topology from the sequencer source.

IMFMediaStream

Represents one stream in a media source.

IMFMediaTimeRange

Represents a list of time ranges, where each range is defined by a start and end time.

IMFMediaType

Represents a description of a media format.

IMFMediaTypeHandler

Gets and sets media types on an object, such as a media source or media sink.

IMFMetadata

Manages metadata for an object.

IMFMetadataProvider

Gets metadata from a media source or other object.

IMFNetCredential

Sets and retrieves user-name and password information for authentication purposes.

IMFNetCredentialCache

Gets credentials from the credential cache.

IMFNetCredentialManager

Implemented by applications to provide user credentials for a network source.

IMFNetProxyLocator

Determines the proxy to use when connecting to a server.

IMFNetProxyLocatorFactory

Creates a proxy locator object, which determines the proxy to use.

IMFNetResourceFilter

Notifies the application when a byte stream requests a URL, and enables the application to block URL redirection.

IMFNetSchemeHandlerConfig

Configures a network scheme plug-in.

IMFObjectReferenceStream

Marshals an interface pointer to and from a stream.

Stream objects that support IStream can expose this interface to provide custom marshaling for interface pointers.

IMFOutputPolicy

Encapsulates a usage policy from an input trust authority (ITA).

IMFOutputSchema

Encapsulates information about an output protection system and its corresponding configuration data.

IMFOutputTrustAuthority

Encapsulates the functionality of one or more output protection systems that a trusted output supports.

IMFPluginControl

Controls how media sources and transforms are enumerated in Media Foundation.

IMFPluginControl2

Controls how media sources and transforms are enumerated in Media Foundation.

IMFPMediaItem

Represents a media item. (Deprecated.)

IMFPMediaPlayer

Contains methods to play media files. (Deprecated.)

IMFPMediaPlayerCallback

Callback interface for the IMFPMediaPlayer interface.

IMFPMPClient

Enables a media source to receive a pointer to the IMFPMPHost interface.

IMFPMPClientApp

Provides a mechanism for a media source to implement content protection functionality in a Windows Store apps.

IMFPMPHost

Enables a media source in the application process to create objects in the protected media path (PMP) process.

IMFPMPHostApp

Allows a media source to create a Windows Runtime object in the Protected Media Path (PMP) process.

IMFPMPServer

Enables two instances of the Media Session to share the same protected media path (PMP) process.

IMFPresentationClock

Represents a presentation clock, which is used to schedule when samples are rendered and to synchronize multiple streams.

IMFPresentationDescriptor

Describes the details of a presentation. A presentation is a set of related media streams that share a common presentation time.

IMFPresentationTimeSource

Provides the clock times for the presentation clock.

IMFProtectedEnvironmentAccess

Provides a method that allows content protection systems to perform a handshake with the protected environment. This is needed because the CreateFile and DeviceIoControl APIs are not available to Windows Store apps.

IMFQualityAdvise

Enables the quality manager to adjust the audio or video quality of a component in the pipeline.

IMFQualityAdvise2

Enables a pipeline object to adjust its own audio or video quality, in response to quality messages.

IMFQualityAdviseLimits

Queries an object for the number of quality modes it supports.

IMFQualityManager

Adjusts playback quality. This interface is exposed by the quality manager.

IMFRateControl

Gets or sets the playback rate.

IMFRateSupport

Queries the range of playback rates that are supported, including reverse playback.

IMFReadWriteClassFactory

Creates an instance of either the sink writer or the source reader.

IMFRealTimeClient

Notifies a pipeline object to register itself with the Multimedia Class Scheduler Service (MMCSS).

IMFRealTimeClientEx

Notifies a pipeline object to register itself with the Multimedia Class Scheduler Service (MMCSS).

IMFRemoteAsyncCallback

Used by the Media Foundation proxy/stub DLL to marshal certain asynchronous method calls across process boundaries.

Applications do not use or implement this interface.

IMFRemoteDesktopPlugin

Modifies a topology for use in a Terminal Services environment.

IMFRemoteProxy

Exposed by objects that act as a proxy for a remote object.

IMFSAMIStyle

Sets and retrieves Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI) styles on the SAMI Media Source.

IMFSample

Represents a media sample, which is a container object for media data.

IMFSampleGrabberSinkCallback

Callback interface to get media data from the sample-grabber sink.

IMFSampleGrabberSinkCallback2

Extends the IMFSampleGrabberSinkCallback interface.

IMFSampleOutputStream

Writes media samples to a byte stream.

IMFSampleProtection

Provides encryption for media data inside the protected media path (PMP).

IMFSaveJob

Persists media data from a source byte stream to an application-provided byte stream.

IMFSchemeHandler

Creates a media source or a byte stream from a URL.

IMFSecureChannel

Establishes a one-way secure channel between two objects.

IMFSeekInfo

For a particular seek position, gets the two nearest key frames.

IMFSequencerSource

Implemented by the Sequencer Source.

IMFSharingEngineClassFactory

Creates an instance of the media sharing engine.

IMFShutdown

Exposed by some Media Foundation objects that must be explicitly shut down.

IMFSignedLibrary

Provides a method that allows content protection systems to get the procedure address of a function in the signed library. This method provides the same functionality as GetProcAddress which is not available to Windows Store apps.

IMFSimpleAudioVolume

Controls the master volume level of the audio session associated with the streaming audio renderer (SAR) and the audio capture source.

IMFSinkWriter

Implemented by the Media Foundation sink writer object.

IMFSinkWriterCallback

Callback interface for the Media Foundation sink writer.

IMFSinkWriterEx

Extends the IMFSinkWriter interface.

IMFSourceOpenMonitor

Callback interface to receive notifications from a network source on the progress of an asynchronous open operation.

IMFSourceReader

Implemented by the Media Foundation source reader object.

IMFSourceReaderCallback

Callback interface for the Media Foundation source reader.

IMFSourceReaderEx

Extends the IMFSourceReader interface.

IMFSourceResolver

Creates a media source from a URL or a byte stream.

IMFSSLCertificateManager

Implemented by a client and called by Media Foundation to get the client Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate requested by the server.

IMFStreamDescriptor

Gets information about one stream in a media source.

IMFStreamingSinkConfig

Passes configuration information to the media sinks that are used for streaming the content.

IMFStreamSink

Represents a stream on a media sink object.

IMFSystemId

Provides a method that retireves system id data.

IMFTimecodeTranslate

Converts between Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) time codes and 100-nanosecond time units.

IMFTimer

Provides a timer that invokes a callback at a specified time.

IMFTopoLoader

Converts a partial topology into a full topology.

IMFTopology

Represents a topology. A topology describes a collection of media sources, sinks, and transforms that are connected in a certain order.

IMFTopologyNode

Represents a node in a topology.

IMFTopologyNodeAttributeEditor

Updates the attributes of one or more nodes in the Media Session's current topology.

IMFTopologyServiceLookup

Enables a custom video mixer or video presenter to get interface pointers from the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR).

IMFTopologyServiceLookupClient

Initializes a video mixer or presenter.

IMFTrackedSample

Tracks the reference counts on a video media sample.

IMFTranscodeProfile

Implemented by the transcode profile object.

IMFTranscodeSinkInfoProvider

Implemented by the transcode sink activation object.

IMFTransform

Implemented by all Media Foundation Transforms (MFTs).

IMFTrustedInput

Implemented by components that provide input trust authorities (ITAs). This interface is used to get the ITA for each of the component's streams.

IMFTrustedOutput

Implemented by components that provide output trust authorities (OTAs).

IMFVideoDeviceID

Returns the device identifier supported by a video renderer component.

IMFVideoDisplayControl

Controls how the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) displays video.

IMFVideoMediaType

Represents a description of a video format.

IMFVideoMixerBitmap

Alpha-blends a static bitmap image with the video displayed by the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR).

IMFVideoMixerControl

Controls how the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) mixes video substreams.

IMFVideoMixerControl2

Controls preferences for video deinterlacing.

IMFVideoPositionMapper

Maps a position on an input video stream to the corresponding position on an output video stream.

IMFVideoPresenter

Represents a video presenter. A video presenter is an object that receives video frames, typically from a video mixer, and presents them in some way, typically by rendering them to the display.

IMFVideoProcessor

Controls video processing in the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR).

IMFVideoProcessorControl

Configures the Video Processor MFT.

IMFVideoRenderer

Sets a new mixer or presenter for the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR).

IMFVideoSampleAllocator

Allocates video samples for a video media sink.

IMFVideoSampleAllocatorCallback

Enables an application to track video samples allocated by the enhanced video renderer (EVR).

IMFVideoSampleAllocatorEx

Allocates video samples that contain Direct3D 11 texture surfaces.

IMFVideoSampleAllocatorNotify

The callback for the IMFVideoSampleAllocatorCallback interface.

IMFWorkQueueServices

Controls the work queues created by the Media Session.

IMFWorkQueueServicesEx

Extends the IMFWorkQueueServices interface.

IPlayToControl

Enables the PlayToConnection object to connect to a media element.

IPlayToSourceClassFactory

Creates an instance of the PlayToSource object.

IWMCodecLeakyBucket

Configures the "leaky bucket" parameters on a video encoder.

IWMCodecOutputTimestamp

Gets the time stamp of the next video frame to be decoded.

IWMCodecPrivateData

Gets the private codec data that must be appended to the output media type. This codec data is required for properly decoding Windows Media Video content.

IWMCodecProps

Provides methods that retrieve format-specific codec properties.

IWMCodecStrings

Retrieves names and descriptive strings for codecs and formats.

IWMColorConvProps

Sets properties on the color converter DSP.

IWMResamplerProps

Sets properties on the audio resampler DSP.

IWMResizerProps

Sets properties on the video resizer DSP.

IWMSampleExtensionSupport

Configures codec support for sample extensions.

IWMVideoDecoderHurryup

Controls the speed of the video decoder.

IWMVideoDecoderReconBuffer

Note  This interface is obsolete and should not be used.

Manages reconstructed video frames.

IWMVideoForceKeyFrame

Forces the encoder to encode the current frame as a key frame.