running windows media player on top of directx app?
I have a really broad question here ... need some feedback to point me in the right direction before i embark on this project.
I want to use windows media player control in a fullsreen directx app.
How would you guys go about it? I was thinking of making two windows, and running the wmp control on top of the directx app.
Now, what if I were to use directshow? Would I be able to get the same functionality out of it? any direction would help .. thanks guys.
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nadir] at [2008-1-25]
Putting either windows controls, or just generally having other windows running at the same time as a Direct3D fullscreen application rarely works as well as you might like.
I would recommend that you look into using DirectShow for any media rendering in a fullscreen Direct3D application. From all of my experimentation, anything that'll run via WMP will also run via DirectShow...
However, getting Direct3D and DirectShow to interoperate can be a bit of a nightmare - I have to admit it took me several weeks before I could get DShow to output to a texture, even though there is a sample for it in the SDK.
hth
Jack
Thanks Jack.
Yeah, I'm looking into using directshow for my audio/video playback.
Any recommendations on tutorials or whatnot that you used? Any advice in general with DShow?
THanks again
Nadir
