Alphabetical List of DirectShow Interfaces

[The feature associated with this page, DirectShow, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine, and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation. Those features have been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation instead of DirectShow, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

The following is an alphabetical list of DirectShow interfaces.

Interface	Description
IAMAnalogVideoDecoder	Sets and retrieves information about the analog-to-digital conversion process in a video capture filter.
IAMAudioInputMixer	Controls audio capture properties.
IAMAudioRendererStats	Retrieves statistical performance information from an audio renderer filter.
IAMBufferNegotiation	Requests the number of buffers for a filter to create and size of each buffer.
IAMCameraControl	Controls camera settings such as zoom, pan, aperture adjustment, or shutter speed.
IAMCertifiedOutputProtection	Sends Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP) messages to the graphics driver.
IAMChannelInfo	Gets and sets channel information for Windows Media Station (.nsc) files.
IAMClockAdjust	Adjusts the reference clock.
IAMClockSlave	Controls the tolerance of an audio renderer when it is matching rates with another clock.
IAMCopyCaptureFileProgress	Callback interface for the ICaptureGraphBuilder2::CopyCaptureFile method.
IAMCrossbar	Routes signals from an analog or digital source to a video capture filter.
IAMDecoderCaps	Returns capabilities information from an MPEG decoder filter.
IAMDeviceRemoval	Provides a way for the Filter Graph Manager to register for device removal events for a capture device.
IAMDirectSound	Specifies which window has focus for controlling DirectSound audio playback.
IAMDroppedFrames	Retrieves performance information from a video capture filter.
IAMExtDevice	Controls an external device, such as a DV camera or video tape recoder (VTR).
IAMExtTransport	Controls the transport on a VTR or camcorder.
IAMExtendedSeeking	Seeks to a marker in a Windows Media stream or changes the playback rate for a Windows Media file.
IAMFilterGraphCallback	Callback interface for graph building.
IAMFilterMiscFlags	Queries whether a filter is a source filter or a renderer.
IAMGraphBuilderCallback	Callback interface for graph building.
IAMGraphStreams	Controls a filter graph that renders a live source.
IAMLatency	Reports the amount of latency that a filter introduces into the graph.
IAMLine21Decoder	Sets and retrieves information about closed captions.
IAMMediaContent	Retrieves metadata from a stream.
IAMNetShowConfig	Configures the legacy Windows Media Player 6.4 source filter.
IAMNetShowExProps	Configures the legacy Windows Media Player 6.4 source filter.
IAMNetShowPreroll	Sets and retrieves the preroll settings for the legacy Windows Media Player 6.4 source filter.
IAMNetworkStatus	Reports the quality of the network connection for the legacy Windows Media Player 6.4 source filter.
IAMOpenProgress	Reports the progress of a file-open operation.
IAMOverlayFX	Controls how the video overlay appears on the user's screen.
IAMParse	Sets and retrieves the parse time for an MPEG-2 stream.
IAMPushSource	Synchronizes a filter graph that renders a live source.
IAMResourceControl	Opens and holds an audio device resource.
IAMStats	Retrieves performance data from the Filter Graph Manager.
IAMStreamConfig	Sets the output format on certain capture and compression filters.
IAMStreamControl	Controls individual streams on a filter.
IAMStreamSelect	selects from the available streams on a parser filter.
IAMTimecodeReader	Reads SMPTE or MIDI timecode from an external device.
IAMTuner	Controls a TV tuner.
IAMTVAudio	Controls audio from a television source.
IAMTVTuner	Controls a TV tuner.
IAMVfwCaptureDialogs	Displays a dialog box provided by a Video for Windows (VFW) capture driver.
IAMVfwCompressDialogs	Displays a dialog box provided by a Video for Windows (VFW) codec.
IAMVideoAccelerator	Enables a video decoder filter to access DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) 1.0 functionality.
IAMVideoAcceleratorNotify	Callback interface for DXVA 1.0.
IAMVideoCompression	Sets and retrieves video compression properties.
IAMVideoControl	Controls certain video capture operations such as enumerating available frame rates and image orientation.
IAMVideoDecimationProperties	Controls how the Overlay Mixer performs video decimation.
IAMVideoProcAmp	Adjusts the qualities of an incoming video signal.
IAMWMBufferPass	Gets or sets properties on individual samples in an ASF stream.
IAMWMBufferPassCallback	Callback interface used with the IAMWMBufferPass interface.
IAMWstDecoder	Sets and retrieves information about World Standard Teletext (WST)
IAsyncReader	Performs an asynchronous data request on a filter.
IBaseFilter	Exposed by filters. This is the primary interface for all DirectShow filters.
IBasicAudio	Controls the volume and balance of the audio stream.
IBasicVideo	Sets video properties such as the destination and source rectangles.
IBasicVideo2	Extends the IBasicVideo interface.
ICameraControl	Controls the camera settings on a capture device.
ICaptureGraphBuilder2	Builds capture graphs and other custom filter graphs.
ICodecAPI	Configures an encoder or decoder.
IConfigAsfWriter	Configures the WM ASF Writer filter.
IConfigAsfWriter2	Extends the IConfigAsfWriter interface.
IConfigAviMux	Configures the AVI Mux filter.
IConfigInterleaving	Controls how the AVI Mux interleaves audio and video samples.
ICreateDevEnum	Creates an enumerator for a category of filters.
IDDrawExclModeVideo	Enables video playback in DirectDraw exclusive full-screen mode.
IDDrawExclModeVideoCallback	Callback interface for the IDDrawExclModeVideoCallback interface.
IDecimateVideoImage	Specifies decimation on a decoder filter.
IDeferredCommand	Cancels or modifies graph-control commands that were queued using the IQueueCommand interface.
IDirectDrawVideo	Queries the Video Renderer filter about DirectDraw surfaces and hardware capabilities.
IDirectDrawMediaSample	Provides access to DirectDraw surfaces allocated by the Overlay Mixer filter.
IDirectDrawMediaSampleAllocator	Allocates samples that contain DirectDraw surfaces.
IDistributorNotify	Enables a plug-in distributor to be notified when the filter graph changes.
IDMOWrapperFilter	Enables an application to use a DirectX Media Object (DMO) inside a filter graph.
IDShowPlugin	Enables the Windows Media Source filter to communicate with the Windows Media Player 6.4 Plug-in for Netscape Navigator.
IDvdCmd	Waits for DVD commands to start or end.
IDvdControl2	Navigates and plays DVD-Video titles.
IDvdGraphBuilder	Builds a filter graph for DVD-Video playback.
IDvdInfo2	Reports attributes of a DVD disc or the current state of the DVD Navigator filter.
IDvdState	Saves the current DVD playback location and state.
IDVEnc	Sets and retrieves properties on the DV Video Encoder filter.
IDVRGB219	Controls the dynamic range in the DV Video Encoder and DV Video Decoder filters.
IDVSplitter	Downgrades the frame rate on a digital video (DV) stream.
IEnumFilters	Enumerates the filters in a filter graph
IEnumMediaTypes	Enumerates a pin's preferred media types
IEnumPIDMap	Enumerates the mappings of Packet IDs (PID) to output pins on the MPEG-2 Demultiplexer filter.
IEnumPins	Enumerates pins on a filter.
IEnumStreamIdMap	Enumerates the mappings of stream IDs to output pins on the MPEG-2 Demultiplexer filter.
IFileSinkFilter	Exposed by filters that write data to a file.
IFileSinkFilter2	Extends the IFileSinkFilter interface.
IFileSourceFilter	Exposed by source filters.
IFilterChain	Starting, stops, or removes chains of filters in a filter graph.
IFilterGraph	Builds a filter graph.
IFilterGraph2	Extends the IGraphBuilder interface.
IFilterGraph3	Extends the IFilterGraph2 interface.
IFilterMapper2	Registers and unregisters filters, and locates filters in the registry.
IFilterMapper3	Extends the IFilterMapper2 interface.
IFullScreenVideoEx	Exposed by the Full Screen Renderer filter.
IGetCapabilitiesKey	Retrieves the capabilities of a software or hardware encoder from the registry.
IGraphBuilder	Extends the IFilterGraph interface. This is the primary interface of the Filter Graph Manager.
IGraphConfig	Reconfigures the filter graph while the graph is running.
IGraphConfigCallback	Callback interface for the IGraphConfig interface.
IGraphVersion	Retrieves the current version number of the filter graph.
IIPDVDec	Configures the DV Video Decoder filter.
IKsNodeControl	Exposed by USB Video Class (UVC) extension units.
IKsPin	Retrieves the mediums supported by a kernel-mode pin.
IKsPropertySet	Sets properties on a kernel-mode filter.
IKsTopologyInfo	Enumerates the nodes in a stream class driver.
IMediaControl	Controls the flow of data through the filter graph.
IMediaEvent	Retrieves event notifications from the filter graph.
IMediaEventEx	Extends the IMediaEvent interface.
IMediaEventSink	Notifies the Filter Graph Manager of events that occur within the filter graph.
IMediaFilter	Controls the streaming state of a filter.
IMediaPosition	Controls seeking in the filter graph.
IMediaPropertyBag	Sets and retrieves INFO and DISP chunks in Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) files.
IMediaSample	Sets and retrieves properties on media samples.
IMediaSample2	Extends the IMediaSample interface.
IMediaSample2Config	Returns a pointer to a Direct3D surface representing a VRAM capture buffer.
IMediaSeeking	Controls seeking in the filter graph.
IMemAllocator	Allocates media samples.
IMemAllocatorCallbackTemp	Enables a filter to receive a callback notification from an allocator. Note: Deprecated.
IMemAllocatorNotifyCallbackTemp	Callback interface for the IMemAllocatorCallbackTemp interface. Note: Deprecated.
IMemInputPin	Delivers media data to an input pin.
IMixerOCX	Exposed by the Overlay Mixer filter.
IMixerOCXNotify	Callback interface for the IMixerOCX interface.
IMixerPinConfig	Manipulates video streams on the Overlay Mixer filter.
IMixerPinConfig2	Extends the IMixerPinConfig interface.
IMpeg2Demultiplexer	Configures the MPEG-2 Demultiplexer filter.
IMPEG2PIDMap	Associates an output pin on the MPEG-2 Demultiplexer filter with one or more packet IDs (PIDs).
IMPEG2StreamIdMap	Associates an output pin on the MPEG-2 Demultiplexer filter with one or more stream IDs.
IMpegAudioDecoder	Configures the MPEG-1 Audio Decoder.
IOverlay	Enables a filter to write directly to video memory.
IOverlayNotify	Callback interface for the IOverlay interface.
IOverlayNotify2	Callback interface for the IOverlay interface.
IPersistMediaPropertyBag	Sets and retrieves INFO and DISP chunks in Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) streams.
IPin	Exposed by all filter pins.
IPinConnection	Reconnects an input pin while the filter is still running.
IPinFlowControl	Blocks data flow from an active output pin.
IQualityControl	Provides support for quality control in the filter graph.
IQualProp	Retrieves performance information from video renderers.
IQueueCommand	Queues a command on the filter graph for processing at a designated time.
IReferenceClock	Provides the reference time for the filter graph.
IReferenceClockTimerControl	Changes the timer period used by a reference clock.
IRegisterServiceProvider	Registers an object as a service with the Filter Graph Manager.
IResourceConsumer	Callback interface for the IResourceManager interface.
IResourceManager	Resolves contentions for system resources.
ISeekingPassThru	Implements seeking for one-input filters.
ISelector	Selects source nodes in a stream class driver.
IStreamBuilder	Enables an output pin to build the downstream section of the filter graph.
IVideoFrameStep	Steps through a video stream.
IVideoProcAmp	Controls the image adjustment (ProcAmp) settings on a capture device.
IVideoWindow	Sets properties on the video window.
IVMRAspectRatioControl	controls whether the Video Mixing Renderer Filter 7 (VMR-7) preserves the aspect ratio of the source video.
IVMRAspectRatioControl9	Controls whether the Video Mixing Renderer Filter 9 (VMR-9) preserves the aspect ratio of the source video
IVMRDeinterlaceControl	Supports hardware-accelerated deinterlacing using the VMR-7.
IVMRDeinterlaceControl9	Supports hardware-accelerated deinterlacing using the VMR-9.
IVMRFilterConfig	Configures the VMR-7.
IVMRFilterConfig9	Configures the VMR-9.
IVMRImageCompositor	Exposed by VMR-7 compositors.
IVMRImageCompositor9	Exposed by VMR-9 compositors.
IVMRImagePresenter	Exposed by VMR-7 allocator-presenters.
IVMRImagePresenter9	Exposed by VMR-9 allocator-presenters.
IVMRImagePresenterConfig	Sets the renderering preferences on the image presenter used by the VMR-7.
IVMRImagePresenterConfig9	Sets the renderering preferences on the image presenter used by the VMR-9.
IVMRImagePresenterExclModeConfig	Setting and retrieves the renderering preferences on the Exclusive Mode Allocator-Presenter for the VMR-7
IVMRMixerBitmap	Blends a static image onto the video stream, when using the VMR-7.
IVMRMixerBitmap9	Blends a static image onto the video stream, when using the VMR-9.
IVMRMixerControl	Manipulates the incoming video streams on the VMR-7.
IVMRMixerControl9	Manipulates the incoming video streams on the VMR-9.
IVMRMonitorConfig	Controls monitor usage by the VMR-7.
IVMRMonitorConfig9	Controls monitor usage by the VMR-9.
IVMRSurface	Exposed by media samples from the VMR-7.
IVMRSurface9	Exposed by media samples from the VMR-9.
IVMRSurfaceAllocator	Allocates the DirectDraw surfaces used by the VMR-7 allocator-presenter.
IVMRSurfaceAllocator9	Allocates the Direct3D surfaces used by the VMR-9 allocator-presenter.
IVMRSurfaceAllocatorEx9	Extends the IVMRSurfaceAllocator9 interface.
IVMRSurfaceAllocatorNotify	Enables the allocator-presenter to notify the VMR-7.
IVMRSurfaceAllocatorNotify9	Enables the allocator-presenter to notify the VMR-9.
IVMRVideoStreamControl	Controls input pins on the VMR-7.
IVMRVideoStreamControl9	Controls input pins on the VMR-9.
IVMRWindowlessControl	Controls how the VMR-7 renders a video stream.
IVMRWindowlessControl9	Controls how the VMR-9 renders a video stream.
IVPBaseConfig	Base interface for the IVPConfig interface.
IVPBaseNotify	Base interface for the IVPNotify interface.
IVPConfig	Enables a video port to communicate with the Overlay Mixer filter.
IVPManager	Exposed by the Video Port Manager filter.
IVPNotify	Enables the Overlay Mixer to control the properties of a hardware device that uses a video port.
IVPNotify2	Extends the IVPNotify interface.
IXMLGraphBuilder	Persists a DirectShow filter graph using an XML file format. Note: Deprecated.

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