AVI SDK
in [Windows XP]
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From: Andrew McLaren on 10 Mar 2010 23:38 On 11/03/2010 01:29, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > I couldn't get it to install. I got Error messages. I can get platform > SDK to install. Is that what I want? > > Bill Maybe; install it, and see if it has the info you need. Windows has several different API sets which work with multimedia data such as AVI files, depending on the context - eg MCI, AVIFile, Media Encoder, DirectShow, WPF, and even Silverlight. Since you mentioned gcc I assumed you are working at a low level, and are looking for fairly primitive C/C++ type APIs. DirectShow is probably the most versatile current API for C++. Note that it is based on COM, not "raw" Win32. If you want to start just by reading the SDK documentation, you'll find everything here online at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/default.aspx Especially: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd390351(VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd375470(VS.85).aspx You seem to be having a lot of difficulty with some very basic steps in this project. Nothing wrong with that - maybe Windows is not the platform your programming experience comes from. But at this rate you may need a *lot* of assistance before you get your Win32-based AVI Viewer up and and running. You may want to try looking around in newsgroups such as: microsoft.public.win32.programmer.mmedia microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.video Many folks there are fulltime multimedia developers working with C and C++. |