| Microsoft DirectX 9.0 |
The IGetCapabilitiesKey interface enables an application to retrieve the capabilities of a software or hardware encoder from the registry, without creating an instance of the encoder filter. The moniker for the encoder filter exposes this interface. For more information, see Encoder API.
In addition to the methods inherited from IUnknown, the IGetCapabilitiesKey interface exposes the following method.
| Method | Description |
| GetCapabilitiesKey | Returns a registry key that contains the capabilities information for the encoder. |