Microsoft® Video for Windows® (VFW) provides functions that enable an application to process video data. VFW was introduced in 16-bit Windows. Many of its features have been superseded by features in DirectX. For more information, see the DirectX documentation.

The following topics are discussed in the Video for Windows documentation.

• AVIFile Functions and Macros
• Video Compression Manager
• Video Capture
• Custom File and Stream Handlers
• DrawDib