Playing a video from file using Microsoft Media Foundation

Question

i am trying to use Windows Media Foundation to play a simple video.

unfortunately there seems to be little documentation on how to do this.

actually i am using the sharpDX binding to accomplish this. but i would be happy about C++ samples as well.

here is what i have so far trying to follow this tutorial http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms703190(v=vs.85).aspx

        MediaManager.Startup();

        MediaSession mediaSession;
        MediaFactory.CreateMediaSession(null, out mediaSession);

        SourceResolver sourceResolver;
        MediaFactory.CreateSourceResolver(out sourceResolver);

        ComObject comObject;
        ObjectType objectType;
        sourceResolver.CreateObjectFromURL("Jack.mp4", (int) SourceResolverFlags.None, null, out objectType, out comObject);

        Topology topology;
        MediaFactory.CreateTopology(out topology);

this runs without errors, but i havent figured out how to link this to a window or a texture so that i can actually see the video.

Answer 1

Windows SDK has a number of Media Foundation Samples (C++) in:

• \Samples\multimedia\mediafoundation

For example, MFPlayer2 Sample creates player linking it to video window:

HRESULT MFPlayer2::Initialize(HWND hwndVideo)
{
   HRESULT hr = S_OK;

    SafeRelease(&m_pPlayer);

    hr = MFPCreateMediaPlayer(
        NULL,
        FALSE,          // Start playback automatically?
        0,              // Flags
        this,           // Callback pointer   
        hwndVideo,      // Video window
        &m_pPlayer
        );

Answer 2

If you can drop support of Windows 7, use IMFMediaEngine instead of sessions.

API documentation, sample code.

Don't forget to add D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_VIDEO_SUPPORT flag to your D3D device, create IMFDXGIDeviceManager, and pass the manager to the engine in MF_MEDIA_ENGINE_DXGI_MANAGER attribute.