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IAMPluginControl::SetPreferredClsid method (strmif.h)

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[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 It has been superseded by MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine, and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation.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.]

Adds a class identifier (CLSID) to the preferred list or removes a CLSID from the list.

Syntax

HRESULT SetPreferredClsid(
  [in] REFGUID     subType,
  [in] const CLSID *clsid
);

Parameters

[in] subType

A media subtype GUID to associate with the CLSID.

[in] clsid

Pointer to the CLSID to add to the list. If this parameter is NULL, the entry associated with subType is removed from the list

Return value

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header strmif.h (include Dshow.h)

See also

IAMPluginControl

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