Media Player Using DirectShow

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Media Player Using DirectShow

• David Parker Final Year Project
• BSc Computer Science
• Project Supervisor Derek Littler

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Presentation Outline

• DirectShow background
• Development tools
• Features
• Demonstration
• Further work
• Conclusion
• Questions

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DirectShow Background

• Multimedia architecture developed by Microsoft
• Formerly known as ActiveMovie
• Divides the processing of multimedia tasks into
  filters

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Development Tools

• Microsoft Visual C 6.0 Professional
• Best compatibility with MS libraries
• Produces small, fast applications
• Excellent support for MFC
• MFC framework
• Widely used framework I had a desire to learn
• Faster application development than API

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Implemented Features

• Plays a variety of media files including both
  audio and video
• Supports a flexible play list
• Includes visualization effects for audio
• Allows insertion of large numbers of files into
  the play list
• Lengthy tasks done in the background

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Unimplemented Features

• Reverse playback
• Too slow due to lack of support in filters
• Full screen support
• Partly implemented, problematic
• Drag and Drop

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Demonstration

• Adding files to the play list
• Playback of both audio and video
• Re-ordering the play list and selecting new items
  to play
• Saving and loading play lists
• Using the navigation bar
• Repeating a selection

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Further Work

• Enhanced shell integration
• Repeat and shuffle options on play list
• Property editing

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Conclusion

• Basic requirements fulfilled
• Majority of remaining features relatively minor
  and not implemented due to lack of time
• Personal benefits
• Learned MFC and DirectShow
• Increased expertise at using Visual C debugging
  features
• Largest program I have written entirely in C

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Questions

• Contact Dave Parker
• dave_at_cybersoftcentral.com