Stream Subtypes

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[The feature associated with this page, DirectShow, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine, and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation. Those features have been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer, IMFMediaEngine and Audio/Video Capture in Media Foundation instead of DirectShow, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

The following table describes the stream media subtypes.

GUID Description
MEDIASUBTYPE_AIFF
 Data from AIFF file
MEDIASUBTYPE_Asf
 Advanced Systems Format (ASF)
MEDIASUBTYPE_Avi
 Data from AVI file
MEDIASUBTYPE_AU
 Data from AU file
MEDIASUBTYPE_DssAudio
 Dss Audio
MEDIASUBTYPE_DssVideo
 Dss Video
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG1Audio
 MPEG audio
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG1System
 MPEG system
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG1SystemStream
 Obsolete. Do not use.
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG1Video
 MPEG video
MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG1VideoCD
 MPEG video CD
MEDIASUBTYPE_WAVE
 Data from WAV file

Requirements

Requirement Value
Header
Dshow.h