CodecInfo Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Media.Core

Provides information about a media codec that is installed on the system.

public ref class CodecInfo sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 262144)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class CodecInfo final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 262144)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class CodecInfo

Public NotInheritable Class CodecInfo

Inheritance

Object Platform::Object IInspectable CodecInfo

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 Creators Update (introduced in 10.0.15063.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v4.0)

Remarks

Get an instance of this class by calling CodecQuery.FindAllAsync, which returns a list of all installed codecs that meet the specified criteria.

Properties

Category	Gets a value that specifies whether the codec is an encoder or a decoder.
DisplayName	Gets the friendly display name for the codec.
IsTrusted	Gets a value that indicates whether the codec runs in your app's process space rather than in a separate app service.
Kind	Gets a value specifying whether the codec operates on audio or video data.
Subtypes	Gets a read-only list of values that specify the media subtypes supported by the codec.