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MFCreateMediaSession function

Creates the Media Session in the application's process.

Syntax

C++


HRESULT MFCreateMediaSession(
   IMFAttributes   *pConfiguration,
   IMFMediaSession **ppMS
);

Parameters

pConfiguration: Pointer to the IMFAttributes interface. This parameter can be NULL. See Remarks.
ppMS: Receives a pointer to the Media Session's IMFMediaSession interface. The caller must release the interface. Before releasing the last reference to the IMFMediaSession pointer, the application must call the IMFMediaSession::Shutdown method.

Return value

The function returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The function succeeded.

Remarks

If your application does not play protected content, you can use this function to create the Media Session in the application's process. To use the Media Session for protected content, you must call MFCreatePMPMediaSession.

You can use the pConfiguration parameter to specify any of the following attributes:

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Header	Mfidl.h
Library	Mf.lib
DLL	Mf.dll