IWMReaderAdvanced::SetAllocateForOutput method (wmsdkidl.h)

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The SetAllocateForOutput method specifies whether the reader allocates its own buffers for output samples or gets buffers from your application.

Syntax

HRESULT SetAllocateForOutput(
  [in] DWORD dwOutputNum,
  [in] BOOL  fAllocate
);

Parameters

[in] dwOutputNum

DWORD containing the output number.

[in] fAllocate

Boolean value that is True if the reader gets buffers from your application.

Return value

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

You can allocate your own buffers for file reading to reduce the overhead required by the reader object to allocate a new buffer for every sample. The reader object will make calls to the IWMReaderCallbackAdvanced::AllocateForOutput method.

If the application's callback implements the IWMReaderAllocatorEx interface, the AllocateForOutputEx method is called instead of AllocateForOutput.

Requirements

See also

IWMReaderAdvanced Interface

IWMReaderAdvanced::GetAllocateForOutput