IAMVideoAccelerator::GetInternalCompBufferInfo method (videoacc.h)

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The GetInternalCompBufferInfo method gets information about the compressed buffers used for DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) decoding.

Call this method after the decoder has connected to the video renderer's input pin. During the pin connection process, use the IAMVideoAccelerator::GetCompBufferInfo method instead.

Syntax

HRESULT GetInternalCompBufferInfo(
  [in, out] LPDWORD              pdwNumTypesCompBuffers,
  [out]     LPAMVACompBufferInfo pamvaCompBufferInfo
);

Parameters

[in, out] pdwNumTypesCompBuffers

On input, specifies the number of elements in the pamvaCompBufferInfo array. If pamvaCompBufferInfo is NULL, the value of *pdwNumTypesCompBuffers must be zero.

On output, if pamvaCompBufferInfo is NULL, pdwNumTypesCompBuffers receives the size of array to allocate. Otherwise, pdwNumTypesCompBuffers receives the actual number of elements copied to the pamvaCompBufferInfo array.

[out] pamvaCompBufferInfo

Address of an array of AMVACompBufferInfo structures, or NULL. If the value is non-NULL, the method copies a list of AMVACompBufferInfo structures to this array. Each structure corresponds to one type of compressed data buffer used by the video accelerator.

Set all of the array elements to zero before calling this method.

Each array index corresponds to one of the DXVA surface types defined in dxva.h. The video accelerator will return a list of up to DXVA_NUM_TYPES_COMP_BUFFERS array entries. For details, refer to the DXVA 1.0 specification, section 3.4, "Buffer Description List." If a particular buffer type is not used by the DXVA profile in question, the entry at that index contains zeroes for all values.

Return value

Returns an HRESULT value that depends on the implementation of the interface. HRESULT can include one of the following standard constants, or other values not listed.

Remarks

The AMVACompBufferInfo structure contains information that is needed for the IAMVideoAccelerator::GetBuffer method.

Requirements

See also

AMVACompBufferInfo Structure

Error and Success Codes

How Decoders Use IAMVideoAccelerator

IAMVideoAccelerator Interface