IAMResourceControl interface (strmif.h)

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The IAMResourceControl interface opens and holds an audio device resource before the device is actually needed, so that playback can be guaranteed or the application can learn in advance that a device is not available.

The following filters implement this interface:

Inheritance

The IAMResourceControl interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IAMResourceControl also has these types of members:

Methods

The IAMResourceControl interface has these methods.

 
IAMResourceControl::Reserve

The Reserve method reserves or unreserves a device resource.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header strmif.h (include Dshow.h)