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"Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Per someone's suggestion, I loaded Graphedit, however so far it's not
> quite
> clear to me if it simply tells you what's going on or if it enables you
> manipulate what's being used.
>
>
GraphEdit was initially a tool to be used with one of MS SDKs
for DirectShow. It was intended to allow a developer to test out
components ("filters" for the most part ) and see how DirectX would
interact with them, it was not meant to be used as an application all
by itself. You were just to use it to workout how to put together
a working application, with error handling and other features.
That said, you can normally access the component's "property
page" and there by modify how that component functions, when
played/run in GraphEdit. (And therefor what settings to use in
your application.) So, some even use it as a capture program or
a player.
It will let you specify each component without regard to the merit
system, so that you can establish what to make the merit settings
so that your preferred filter will be used. If you have it set to
automatically render a graph (the default) then when you drop in a
media file that can be rendered, GraphEdit will use the merit
system to select the components to graph. You can also render
each pin. If you have a file destination filter, you can construct
filters that convert or capture to the destination filter's format.
Luck;
Ken