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IMFVideoProcessor::SetBackgroundColor method (evr9.h)

[The component described on this page, Enhanced Video Renderer, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by the Simple Video Renderer (SVR) exposed through the MediaPlayer and IMFMediaEngine components. To play video content you should send data into one of these components and allow them to instantiate the new video renderer. These components have been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer or the lower level IMFMediaEngine APIs to play video media in Windows instead of the EVR, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

Sets the background color for the composition rectangle. The background color is used for letterboxing the video image.

Syntax

HRESULT SetBackgroundColor(
  [in] COLORREF ClrBkg
);

Parameters

[in] ClrBkg

Background color, specified as a COLORREF value. Use the RGB macro to create this value.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Return code Description
S_OK
The method succeeded.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header evr9.h
Library Strmiids.lib

See also

Enhanced Video Renderer

IMFVideoProcessor