And there are still DirectShow features that aren't (yet) in Media Foundation'. Microsoft's Becky Weiss confirmed in 2006 that 'you'll notice that working with the Media Foundation requires you to work at a slightly lower level than working with DirectShow would have.

One reason cited by Microsoft is to provide 'much more robust support for content protection systems' (see digital rights management). Microsoft plans to completely replace DirectShow gradually with Media Foundation in future Windows versions. Currently, they are distributed as part of the Windows SDK (formerly known as the Platform SDK). The DirectShow development tools and documentation were originally distributed as part of the DirectX SDK. Based on the Microsoft Windows Component Object Model (COM) framework, DirectShow provides a common interface for media across various programming languages, and is an extensible, filter-based framework that can render or record media files on demand at the request of the user or developer. It is the replacement for Microsoft's earlier Video for Windows technology. com /en-us /windows /win32 /directshow /directshowĭirectShow (sometimes abbreviated as DS or DShow), codename Quartz, is a multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft for software developers to perform various operations with media files or streams.

Logo of the DirectX Media SDK – the first time DirectShow was distributed under its current name.

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