Using Bandwidth Sharing
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You can use bandwidth sharing objects to specify that certain streams, when combined, will not use more bandwidth than specified. The information in a bandwidth sharing object is not generated or verified by the writer nor used by the reader for anything.
When a file is written that has bandwidth sharing information in its profile, the data is stored in its header section. You can use the IWMProfile interface in the reader to check for bandwidth sharing information when the file is played.
Each bandwidth sharing object is defined by two settings. First is the bandwidth, as defined by a bandwidth and a buffer window. The second setting is a bandwidth sharing type, which can be either exclusive or partial. Exclusive bandwidth sharing means that the constituent streams are played back one at a time, while partial means the streams are delivered concurrently.
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