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Bruno Martinez
Bruno Martinez

Reputation: 2956

Where are the DirectShow samples in the Windows 8 SDK?

DirectShow samples lived under (SDK samples root)\DirectShow\ in the Windows 7.1 SDK, but the Windows 8 SDK does not have the files neither in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0 nor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows. The samples are also not for download at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps

Upvotes: 5

Views: 12695

Answers (3)

Bruno Martinez
Bruno Martinez

Reputation: 2956

Microsoft now has a github repo with the old samples: https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-classic-samples/tree/master/Samples/Win7Samples/multimedia/directshow/baseclasses

Upvotes: 2

kaliatech
kaliatech

Reputation: 17887

I believe DirectShow is to be phased out and replaced by Microsoft Media Foundation (MF). I think that's been the intention since Windows Vista, although at that time MF was not capable enough to replace DirectShow. Microsoft representatives have stated that DirectShow will not be supported in Metro UI apps.

I think dshow.h, quartz.dll, etc. are still in the Window 8 SDK kit. However, while Windows 8 will still run DirectShow programs in a normal desktop, it might be that DirectShow samples will never be included in the Windows 8 SDK or new Windows Dev Center because it is considered deprecated. I could not find anything stating this definitively, but most information about MF seems to indicate that DirectShow is not a way forward, and there was a lot of clean-up and removal of obsolete artifacts from the Windows 8 SDK.

Anecdotal References:

Related Download Links:

Fwiw, there are a few unofficial samples using DirectShow in the Windows Dev Center.

Upvotes: 11

Martin Suchan
Martin Suchan

Reputation: 10620

Have you tried Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 (desktop and Win32 apps)?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx

Upvotes: 0

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