[XviD-devel] Question On vfw

[Matthias Sweertvaegher]

Hi
I am definitely not an expert, but ..

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Jacky Yuk Shun Cho [mailto:scyuk at graduate.hku.hk] 
> Verzonden: vrijdag 14 mei 2004 8:34
> Aan: xvid-devel at xvid.org
> Onderwerp: [XviD-devel] Question On vfw
> 
> I am new to the video codec. Recently, I am trying to study the codec 
> interfaces such as vfw and direct show, so that the 
> applications (mainly 
> on Windows) can communicate and use the elementary codecs. However, I 
> found it is quite difficult to find such related documents. I 
> would like 
> to ask if anyone knows where I can get those information such 
> that I can 
> understand more about the vfw, especially the vfw programs of xvid. 
you can find more about vfw in the msdn docs:
MSDN > graphics & multimedia > SDK docs > Video for windows
you can also look in the directshow documentation where you
will find some additional interesting things about vfw.

> Furthermore, I would like to ask if there is any interface for Linux 
> doing the purpose like vfw and direct show in Windows.
I think that would be video for linux(2)? v4l

greets
matthias