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Register todayMedia Foundation SDK Samples
This section describes sample applications that demonstrate how to use Media Foundation.
- Encoding Samples
- Playback Samples
- Plug-Ins
- Source Reader Samples
- Video Capture
- Miscellaneous Samples
- Deprecated or Obsolete Samples
- Related topics
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
| Transcode | Shows how to reencode a media file to Windows Media format. |
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
| BasicPlayback | Plays audio and video files by using the Media Session. This sample demonstrates how to create playback topologies, control the Media Session, and receive session events during playback. |
| MFPlayer | Demonstrates some playback functions that are not included in the BasicPlayback sample. |
| ProtectedPlayback | Plays protected audio and video files. This sample shows how to use the protected media path (PMP) session and how to use content enabler objects. |
| Sample | Sub-Area | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Decoder | Media Foundation transform (MFT) | Video decoder. |
| EVRPresenter | Miscellaneous | Custom presenter for the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR). |
| MFT_AudioDelay | MFT | Audio effect transform. Shows how to write a basic MFT for audio processing. |
| MFT_Grayscale | MFT | Grayscale video effect. Shows how to write a basic MFT for video processing. |
| MPEG1Source | Media source | Parses MPEG-1 systems-layer streams. Shows how to write a custom media source and byte-stream handler. |
| WavSink | Media sink | An archive sink that writes .wav files. Shows how to write a custom media sink. |
| WavSource | Media source | Parses .wav files. Shows how to write a custom media source and byte-stream handler. |
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
| Audio Clip | Uses the Source Reader to decode audio from a media file. |
| VideoThumbnail | Uses the Source Reader to get single frames from a video file. |
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
| MFCaptureD3D | Shows how to preview video from a video capture device, using Direct3D to render the video. |
| MFCaptureToFile | Shows how to capture video from a video camera to a file. |
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
| ASFParser | Shows how to parse data from an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file. |
| DXVA-HD | Shows how to use Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration High Definition (DXVA-HD). |
| DXVA2_VideoProc | Uses DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) 2.0 to create a stream of 4:2:2 YUV video. This sample shows how to use the video processing features of DXVA. |
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
| MFPlayer2 | Demonstrates some advanced playback features of the MFPlay API. |
| PlaybackFX | Applies a grayscale effect to video. Shows how to insert MFTs into a playback topology. Note: This sample is no longer included in the SDK. |
| Playlist | Plays a sequence of audio files using the sequencer source. Note: This sample is no longer included in the SDK. |
| SimpleCapture | Shows how to preview video from a video capture device, using the MFPlay API. |
| SimplePlay | Shows how to play a media file using the MFPlay API. |