IWMWriterAdvanced::GetWriterTime method (wmsdkidl.h)

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The GetWriterTime method retrieves the clock time that the writer is working to.

Syntax

HRESULT GetWriterTime(
  [out] QWORD *pcnsCurrentTime
);

Parameters

[out] pcnsCurrentTime

Pointer to a variable containing the current time in 100-nanosecond units.

Return value

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

Remarks

This method returns the largest time stamp that the writer can currently process. This time stamp will increase as data is produced by the writer. This method can be used to ensure that data is delivered to the writer at the proper rate.

The time returned is the number of 100-nanosecond units since the call to IWMWriter::BeginWriting.

The writer can be running in real time. Call the IWMWriterAdvanced::IsRealTime method to ascertain whether this is true.

Requirements

See also

IWMWriterAdvanced Interface