File Source (Async) Filter

 
Microsoft DirectShow 9.0

File Source (Async) Filter

The Async File Source filter opens and reads local files of many different data formats and passes the data to a parser filter.

To downloading media files from the Web, use the File Source (URL) filter. To read ASF files, use the WM ASF Reader filter.

Filter Interfaces IBaseFilter, IFileSourceFilter
Input Pin Media Types Not applicable
Input Pin Interfaces Not applicable
Output Pin Media Types MEDIATYPE_Stream. The subtype depends on the media format. (MEDIASUBTYPE_NULL if the filter doesn't recognize the format.)
Output Pin Interfaces IAsyncReader, IPin
Filter CLSID CLSID_AsyncReader
Property Page CLSID No property page
Executable quartz.dll
Merit MERIT_UNLIKELY
Filter Category CLSID_LegacyAmFilterCategory

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