Supported Video Codecs

Windows Mobile
Windows Embedded CE

3/25/2008

The following table shows all the video codecs and renderers supported by DirectShow.

For All Platforms

Catalog item Function Version

MS RLE Video Codec

Support for the Microsoft run-length encoded (RLE) video codec.

Windows CE 2.12 or later

Windows Mobile 6

For Windows Embedded CE

Catalog item Sysgen variable Function Version

MPEG-1 Video Codec

SYSGEN_DSHOW_MPEGV

Decompresses MPEG-1 (Moving Picture Experts Group-1) video data.

Windows CE 2.12 or later

WMV/MPEG-4 Video Codec

SYSGEN_DSHOW_WMV

Provides Windows Media video (WMV) support for v7-v9.

Also provides support for MPEG-4 v2, MPEG-4 v3, and ISO MPEG-4 v1.

Notice that these legacy MPEG-4 codecs pre-date the publication of the MPEG-4 specification. They do not support all aspects of the current specification, and are provided only to support playback of encoded media using these legacy formats.

Windows CE .NET 4.2 or later

For Windows Mobile

Catalog item Function Version

DMO WMV Encoder

Supports video capture in the WMV format. The DirectX Media Objects (DMO) WMV Encoder is included when SYSGEN_DSHOW_CAPTURE is added to an operating system (OS) design.

Windows Mobile 6

See Also

Concepts

Video Codecs and Renderers

Other Resources

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