IWMWriterAdvanced2::GetInputSetting method (wmsdkidl.h)

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The GetInputSetting method retrieves a setting for a particular input by name.

Syntax

HRESULT GetInputSetting(
  [in]      DWORD             dwInputNum,
  [in]      LPCWSTR           pszName,
  [out]     WMT_ATTR_DATATYPE *pType,
  [out]     BYTE              *pValue,
  [in, out] WORD              *pcbLength
);

Parameters

[in] dwInputNum

DWORD containing the input number.

[in] pszName

Pointer to a wide-character null-terminated string containing the setting name. For a list of valid settings, see Input Settings.

[out] pType

Pointer to a value from the WMT_ATTR_DATATYPE enumeration type.

[out] pValue

Pointer to a byte array containing the setting. The type of date is determined by pType. Pass NULL to retrieve the size of array required.

[in, out] pcbLength

On input, pointer to the length of pValue. On output, pointer to a count of the bytes in pValue filled in by this method.

Return value

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

Remarks

You should make two calls to GetInputSetting for each setting you want to retrieve. On the first call, pass NULL as pValue. On return, the value pointed to by pcbLength is set to the buffer size required to hold the setting value. Then you can allocate the required amount of memory for the buffer and pass a pointer to it as pValue on the second call.

Requirements

See also

IWMWriterAdvanced2 Interface

IWMWriterAdvanced2::SetInputSetting

Input Formats, Input Settings, and Data Unit Extensions

To Set Input Settings