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Q154789: AVI Playback (Streaming) onto DirectDraw Surface

Article: Q154789
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbmm kbsample kbSDKWin32
Last Modified: 04-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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The AVIDD95 sample demonstrates streaming of video data from an Audio- Video
Interleaved (.AVI) file onto a full screen DirectDraw surface (Mode X). It plays
the video as fast as possible. The maximum video size supported by the sample is
320x240 and the bit depth is dithered down to 8-bit regardless of the current
video mode. This sample includes all source code and supporting files (.mak,
.mdp, etc.) as the sample was developed using Microsoft's Visual C++ 4.x
Developer Studio. In order to build the sample, the development environment must
include the DirectX 2 SDK.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:

Avidd95.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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AVIDD95 uses the following steps to stream the video onto the DirectDraw
surface:

1. Opens the video stream from an .AVI file by means of the
  AVIStreamOpenFromFile.

2. Reads the source video stream format by means of the AVIStreamReadFormat.

3. Reads a frame from the video stream by means of the AVIStreamRead.

4. Converts the frame from the source format to the target format.

5. Draws the decompressed frame by means of the standard DirectDraw calls.

6. Repeat steps 3-5 for every frame (found by AVIStreamLength).

In AVIDD95, Mode X is utilized exclusively, requiring the video stream to be
decompressed and dithered down from the native format, such as 16-bit or 24-bit,
to 8-bit RGB. Decompression and dithering is accomplished by calling
ICDecompress before passing the frame on to the drawing routine.

Additional query words: DD kbdsd Win95 multimedia kbfile

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Keywords          : kbfile kbmm kbsample kbSDKWin32 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1
Issue type        : kbinfo

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