IMFVideoDisplayControl::SetBorderColor method (evr.h)

[The component described on this page, Enhanced Video Renderer, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by the Simple Video Renderer (SVR) exposed through the MediaPlayer and IMFMediaEngine components. To play video content you should send data into one of these components and allow them to instantiate the new video renderer. These components have been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer or the lower level IMFMediaEngine APIs to play video media in Windows instead of the EVR, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

Sets the border color for the video.

Syntax

HRESULT SetBorderColor(
  [in] COLORREF Clr
);

Parameters

[in] Clr

Specifies the border color as a COLORREF value.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Remarks

By default, if the video window straddles two monitors, the enhanced video renderer (EVR) clips the video to one monitor and draws the border color on the remaining portion of the window. (To change the clipping behavior, call IMFVideoDisplayControl::SetRenderingPrefs.)

The border color is not used for letterboxing. To change the letterbox color, call IMFVideoProcessor::SetBackgroundColor.

Requirements

See also

Enhanced Video Renderer

IMFVideoDisplayControl

Using the Video Display Controls