Transcode sample

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Demonstrates using the transcode API to transcode a source file to Windows Media format.

Sample language implementations

C++

Files

  • main.cpp
  • README.md
  • Transcode.cpp
  • Transcode.h
  • Transcode.sln
  • Transcode.vcproj

Build the sample using the command prompt

  1. Open the Command Prompt window and navigate to the Transcode directory.
  2. Type msbuild Transcode.sln.

Build the sample using Visual Studio (preferred method):

  1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the Transcode directory.
  2. Double-click the icon for the Transcode.sln file to open the file in Visual Studio.
  3. In the Build menu, select Build Solution. The application will be built in the default \Debug or \Release directory.

Run the sample

This sample is a command-line application.

It uses the following command-line arguments:

 Transcode.exe inputfile outputfile

where

 inputfile:    The name of the source file.
 outputfile:   The name of the target file.

The file extension for the target file should be .wma or .wmv.