Major Types

 
Microsoft DirectShow 9.0

Major Types

The following table describes the major media types.

GUID Description
MEDIATYPE_AnalogAudio Analog audio.
MEDIATYPE_AnalogVideo Analog video.
MEDIATYPE_Audio Audio.
MEDIATYPE_AUXLine21Data Line 21 data. Used by closed captions.
MEDIATYPE_File File. (Obsolete)
MEDIATYPE_Interleaved Interleaved audio and video. Used for Digital Video (DV).
MEDIATYPE_LMRT Obsolete. Do not use.
MEDIATYPE_Midi MIDI format.
MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_PES MPEG-2 PES packets.
MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS MPEG-2 section data
MEDIATYPE_ScriptCommand Data is a script command, used by closed captions.
MEDIATYPE_Stream Byte stream with no time stamps.
MEDIATYPE_Text Text.
MEDIATYPE_Timecode Timecode data. Note: DirectShow does not provide any filters that support this media type.
MEDIATYPE_URL_STREAM Obsolete. Do not use.
MEDIATYPE_Video Video.

The subtype GUID further defines the format. For some formats, the subtype GUID might be MEDIASUBTYPE_None, which means the format does not require a subtype.

Requirements

  Header: Dshow.h.