IltmmCapture::GetPreferredFilter

Summary

Retrieves the preferred filter display name set using IltmmCapture::SetPreferredFilter.

Syntax

#include "ltmm.h"

Language Syntax
C HRESULT IltmmCapture_GetPreferredFilter(pCapture, FilterType, pVal)
C++ HRESULT GetPreferredFilter(FilterType, pVal)

Parameters

IltmmCapture *pCapture

Pointer to an IltmmCapture interface.

long FilterType

Value that indicates the type of filter. For a list of possible values, refer to lltmmCapture_PreferredFilter constants.

BSTR *pVal

Pointer to a string to be updated with the filter's display name. For a list of possible values, refer to ltmmFilter constants.

Returns

Value Meaning
S_OK The function was successful.
<> S_OK An error occurred. Refer to the Error Codes or the HRESULT error codes in the DirectShow documentation.

Comments

This method can be used to determine whether a preferred filter has been set by IltmmCapture::SetPreferredFilter. It will return NULL (if no preferred filter has been set) or a display name indicating the preferred filter.

A display name uniquely identifies a filter. Display names for filters have the following format: @device:sw:GUID\GUID.

For example, the display name for the LEAD H.264 Decoder is:

@device:sw:{083863F1-70DE-11D0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\{E2B7DF25-38C5-11D5-91F6-00104BDB8FF9}

Note that there is a single backslash between the two GUIDs. But if you enter this as a C/C++ string, you would need to use two backslashes since '\' is an escape character in C/C++ strings.

If the method succeeds, the caller must free the returned string by calling the SysFreeString function.

A list of display names for common LEAD filters can be found in ltmmFilter constants.

Please see IltmmCapture::SetPreferredFilter for more information on filter display names.

Required DLLs and Libraries

Platforms

Win32, x64.

See Also

Functions

Topics

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