// Oprogramowanie Roman Ryltsov
ATL collection classes did not receive an update related to new C++11 range-based fors and other fancy features. Well it’s a pity because writing for(auto&& pPin: AudioPinList) pPin-> //… compared to for(POSITION Position = AudioPinList.GetHeadPosition(); Position; AudioPinList.GetNext(Position)) { IPin* pPin = AudioPinList.GetAt(Position); pPin-> //… is indeed a relief. Namespace std is, of course, good but…
DirectShow streaming and playback in particular offers flexible playback rates for scenarios where playback is requested to take place slower or faster than real time. For a DirectShow developer, the outer interface is pretty straightforward:IMediaPosition::put_Rate takes playback rate and that’s it. Playback rate. Must not be zero. The playback rate is expressed as a ratio of…
Someone discovered the utility while browsing my public repository (the app prompts to post data back to the website, and the anonymous user accepted the offer and posted the report from this unpublished application), so I have to drop a few lines about the tool. The idea is basically straightforward: live capture involves attaching time…
A small issue appears to be affecting DirectShow applications with DirectShow Spy installed. As underlying COM base is non-standard, the spy implements a few hacks to run smoothly and to keep reference counting correct in particular. Under certain conditions, DirectShow-enabled ActiveX control hosted by Internet Explorer seems to be unable to put its graph onto…
As mentioned before, new Skype 6 broke compatibility with all virtual DirectShow devices out there. Just oops, nothing works any longer if only it is not a full driver exposing virtual device through WDM. Since quite some people are interested in details (Skype 6 Virtual Camera issues, Skype Client for Windows – SCW-3881 – Virtual…
Because DirectShow Spy is often a troubleshooting tool, one of its use scenarios is its being a drop-in module to quickly install on a system of interest in order to connect to graphs for troubleshooting purposes, such as to check topology and media types. Its installation requires COM registration, and over time it changed gradually…
This is a spam email. There is not so much special about, just the recipient address. “Single use” email addresses have an advantage of trackability of spam sources, because once you start receiving messages onto this alias you immediately know the source. Not to say that you can block them easily. Google Mail offers a…