File Source (Async) Filter
| Microsoft DirectShow 9.0 |
File Source (Async) Filter
The Async File Source filter opens and reads local files of many different data formats and passes the data to a parser filter.
To downloading media files from the Web, use the File Source (URL) filter. To read ASF files, use the WM ASF Reader filter.
| Filter Interfaces | IBaseFilter, IFileSourceFilter |
| 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 doesn't recognize the format.) |
| Output Pin Interfaces | IAsyncReader, IPin |
| Filter CLSID | CLSID_AsyncReader |
| Property Page CLSID | No property page |
| Executable | quartz.dll |
| Merit | MERIT_UNLIKELY |
| Filter Category | CLSID_LegacyAmFilterCategory |
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