DirectShow

The Microsoft® DirectShow® application programming interface (API) is a media-streaming architecture for the Microsoft Windows® platform. Using DirectShow, your applications can perform high-quality video and audio playback or capture.

The DirectShow headers, libraries, SDK tools, and samples are available in the Windows SDK.

• Note   Previous versions of the DirectShow SDK shipped as part of the DirectX SDK. The last version of the DirectX SDK that included DirectShow was "DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (February 2005) Extras." The DirectShow SDK was moved to the Windows SDK starting with the Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK. To get the latest DirectShow SDK, download the latest version of the Windows SDK.

The DirectShow documentation is divided into the following sections:

• Introduction to DirectShow
• Getting Started
• About DirectShow
• Using DirectShow
• DirectShow Tutorials
• DirectShow Samples
• DirectShow Reference
• DirectX Media Objects
• Microsoft TV Technologies
• DirectShow Editing Services
• Stream Buffer Engine Reference
• Appendixes