If you are developing multimedia applications on Windows, you have likely encountered the term DirectShow. For decades, it was the gold standard for video capture, playback, and processing. But with the release of Windows 11 and the push towards modern graphics APIs, many developers are asking: Is DirectShow dead?
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CoInitialize(NULL);
CoCreateInstance(CLSID_FilterGraph, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_IGraphBuilder, (void**)&pGraph);
pGraph->QueryInterface(IID_IMediaControl, (void**)&pControl);
pGraph->QueryInterface(IID_IMediaEvent, (void**)&pEvent);
pGraph->RenderFile(filepath, NULL);
pControl->Run();