File Source (URL) Filter (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
The file source (URL) filter is a generic asynchronous source filter that works with any source file that can be identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and whose media major type is stream.
The following table shows the filter properties.
Filter property |
Description |
---|---|
Filter Interfaces |
|
Input Pin Media Types |
Not applicable |
Input Pin Interfaces |
Not applicable |
Output Pin Media Types |
MEDIATYPE_Stream. The subtype depends on the media format. MEDIASUBTYPE_NULL if the filter does not recognize the format. |
Output Pin Interfaces |
|
Filter CLSID |
CLSID_URLReader |
Executable |
Quartz.dll |
MERIT_UNLIKELY |
|
Filter Category |
CLSID_LegacyAmFilterCategory |
Remarks
This filter uses Microsoft Internet Explorer's URLMon and supports code pages.
The file source (URL) filter requires the downstream filter to be a parser, such as the MPEG-1 Parser/Splitter, or the AVI Filter.