Microsoft DirectX 9.0

IAMMultiMediaStream::Initialize

The Initialize method initializes the multimedia stream object.

Syntax

HRESULT Initialize(
  STREAM_TYPE StreamType,
  DWORD dwFlags,
  IGraphBuilder *pFilterGraph
);

Parameters

StreamType

[in] Member of the STREAM_TYPE enumeration, specifying whether the streams are read-only, write-only, or read/write.

dwFlags

[in] Must be one of the following values:

Value Description
Zero Create a filter graph that runs on a separate thread.
AMMSF_NOGRAPHTHREAD Create a filter graph that runs on the calling thread.

pFilterGraph

[in] [optional] Pointer to the IGraphBuilder interface, or NULL. If this parameter is non-NULL, it specifies a filter graph that the multimedia stream object will use. Otherwise, the multimedia stream object creates a new filter graph.

Return Values

Returns an HRESULT value. Possible values include the following.

Value Description
E_POINTER NULL pointer argument.
S_OK Success.

Remarks

If you specify AMMSF_NOGRAPHTHREAD in the dwFlags parameter, the calling thread must process window messages, and it must release all multimedia streaming objects before the thread exits. Otherwise, the application might deadlock.

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