This topic discusses the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) APIs that are used for scheduling and media presentation.
DWM Frame Timing API
The scheduling and media presentation APIs enable finer grained control of exactly when the desktop is composited and presented.
This is typically needed by media and video playback applications for whom the DWM is running asynchronously from their own presentation schedule, which can lead to sampling artifacts if not tightly controlled.
The scheduling and media presentation APIs include the following: