As an appreciation of outstanding contributions in DShow/Media Foundation technical communities during the past year I was presented with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award, which I am very much pleased to receive.

// Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award

In an intention to accompany the post with useful DirectShow related information, here is the link list of most important DirectShow resources on the Internet:

• Microsoft:
  • DirectShow Reference (do not underestimate official documentation, it is well done and really covers minor but important details)
  • DirectShow Development Forum
• Social:
  • Microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.* Usenet Groups
  • DirectShow Forums in Russian
• Resources online:
  • Alessandro Angeli’s Programming FAQ – frequently asked questions and answers
  • The March Hare’s DShow Site – links, downloads, information
  • GDCL (Geraint Davies Consulting Ltd) by Geraint Davies – information and downloads, specifically popular for “bridge” solution (GMFBridge) for connecting multiple graphs
  • Chris P.’s Code Samples – especially audio related
  • Michel Roujansky, Multimedia & IT Consultant and Trainer – DirectX and DirectShow consulting
  • DirectShow.NET Library – for those who prefer interfacing to DirectShow from managed code, in particular C# (as the .NET questions keep being posted to other places, while they should go directly there)
  • Gabest’s Guliverkli Project – on SourceForge, a home of Media Player Classic and various filters
  • Monogram Multimedia and Igor Jánoš – with GraphStudio, an important alternative to Windows SDK GraphEdit, and a home of useful DirectShow filters
• Non-DirectShow but related:
  • Intel Integrated Performance Primitives Library – a library with basic media related functions built with performance in mind, provided with sample code that covers a wide range of existing multimedia algorithms and tasks

Microsoft MVP Award Souvenir and Certificate