File Source (Async) Filter (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The file source (async) filter opens and reads local files of many different data formats and passes the data to a parser filter. For downloading data from the Web, use the File Source (URL) Filter filter.

The following table shows the filter properties.

Filter property Description

Filter Interfaces

IBaseFilter Interface, IFileSourceFilter Interface

Input Pin Media Types and Sub Types

Not applicable

Input Pin Interfaces

Not applicable

Output Pin Media Types

MEDIATYPE_Stream. The subtype depends on the media format. MEDIASUBTYPE_NULL if the filter does not recognize the format.

Output Pin Interfaces

IAsyncReader Interface

Filter CLSID

CLSID_AsyncReader

Executable

Quartz.dll

Merit

MERIT_UNLIKELY

Filter Categories

CLSID_LegacyAmFilterCategory

See Also

Concepts

Supported DirectShow Filters