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I was running the DxDiag Report Sample for the March 2009 DirectX SDK and on Windows 7 DXDiag_SystemInfo dwDirectXVersionMajor reports as 10 while szDirectXVersionLongEnglish reports as "DirectX...
| On Wednesday, September 16th 2009 at 09:38 AM by Anonymous | No Replies |
I have just started using 2008 c++ express and want to know the best way to pull in an include file provided by MS. I want to use functions in the d3dx10math.h file. So I need to include it into...
| On Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 at 12:47 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
Hello, im using VS2008 and latest DirectX SDK (march) and i have problem. According to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms891152.aspx there should be MeasureString method in DirectX.Font...
| On Monday, May 18th 2009 at 02:55 AM by Anonymous | 2 Replies |
Hi, I've installed the March SDK a short while ago. In the DX control panel, I was able to select between debug or release runtime. Now the release runtime is selected there and all options are disabled...
| On Friday, April 24th 2009 at 08:53 AM by Armin Zingler | 1 Reply |
OS: Windows XP Professional IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional I installed DXSDK_Mar09.exe (DirectX Software Development Kit ) & after install the DXSDK environment is not linked visual...
| On Thursday, April 23rd 2009 at 05:56 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I installed DXSDK_Mar09.exe but the environment is not correctly linked to DXSDK in visual studio 2008 (I Check "Tool>Options>Project_and_solutions>Vc++ Directories") and did not see any references...
| On Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 at 10:16 PM by Mobile Application Developer (MAD) | 1 Reply |
#include "stdafx.h" #include "mapidefs.h" #include "sqlext.h" int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { return 0; } The above code compiles fine in 32 bit mode ( /MACHINE:X86 ) But the same gives...
| On Thursday, April 9th 2009 at 04:22 AM by Anonymous | No Replies |
Hi; I'm new to DirectX (and Windows) programming, and am in the early stages of self-learning. I downloaded the DirectX 9 SDK from Microsoft, and have created a few simple applications that create...
| On Sunday, April 5th 2009 at 08:13 PM by Sherlock Helmlock | 1 Reply |
I use filter ???MainConcept MPEG-2 Video Decoder??? to play a MPG-2 file (1920x1080 pixels). It has 2 out pins (???Video??? and ???~CC???). My input pin is connected to the ~CC Out pin with the interface...
| On Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 10:00 AM by Anonymous | No Replies |
I am working on a project about sound processing and I want to use DirectSound for sound i/o. Do i need to download the entire sdk?
| On Friday, March 20th 2009 at 11:29 AM by Anonymous | 2 Replies |
I don't know if this is right place to ask, whether it's a Windows 7 thing or a DirectX thing, but here goes anyway :-) I've been trying to get PIX (the shader debugger) to work for me, but every...
| On Tuesday, March 10th 2009 at 11:22 PM by Anonymous | 2 Replies |
Hi I'm creating a DirectShow application which capture windows media video under Windows Mobile 5/6, I did this under desktop which was working due to we have Windows format sdk for desktop, It seems...
| On Saturday, March 7th 2009 at 12:34 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I'm getting error saying "This setup executable has not been packed with files and settings. Please use the PACKER tool to build this executable." "Error Code: S1001" I downloaded from this...
| On Friday, March 6th 2009 at 03:15 PM by Anonymous | 3 Replies |
I need to programmatically to configure Windows Media Player to select all the file types for which you want Windows Media Player to be the default player. In short, the code should simulate, go...
| On Thursday, March 5th 2009 at 05:59 PM by Anonymous | No Replies |
Tried to install DX SDK for august 2008 and November 2008 and got the ubiqutous s1010 error. When I 'tested' the downloaded file with WinRAR it reported the file was corrupted. I have an HP1210....
| On Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 08:46 AM by Anonymous | 3 Replies |
I have an extremely stupid question: What is the minimum version of DirectX SDK that Visual Studio 2005 supports? In another word, does the DirectX 8.x and earlier versions NOT supported by VS2005...
| On Monday, February 2nd 2009 at 10:14 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I am looking for sample source code for QT or any other file format DirectShow source filter.
| On Wednesday, January 21st 2009 at 02:26 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
Hi All I'm looking for a way to find out how much GPU memory I'm using in real time in vista. Like "GetAvailableVidMem" in directDraw 7. I could only find the total video memory. Thanks Shay...
| On Wednesday, January 21st 2009 at 12:26 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I'm attempting to debug a complex render pipeline (DirectX 10) with Pix, it'd greatly speed things up if there was a way to place 'markers' in the render call list during pipeline execution so I can...
| On Friday, January 9th 2009 at 07:48 PM by Degra | 1 Reply |
I inadvertently deleted my multimedia audio controller and would like to know how to reinstall it. I have tried several installation disks, but to no avail. Can you tell me how to reinstall. Thank...
| On Saturday, December 6th 2008 at 12:20 PM by Anonymous | 5 Replies |
I am new to DirectShow and am trying to use GraphEdit to capture an MPEG-2 transport stream to disk. The camera I'm using is a Canon HV10 and the video is HDV format. I have been successful in...
| On Wednesday, November 19th 2008 at 04:59 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
Hi, I have developed a program which is showing image from camera and save the still images from that. But I want to save these still images in disk when I'll press the button present on USB Webcam...
| On Wednesday, November 5th 2008 at 05:41 AM by Susanta Sahoo | 4 Replies |
Hi all, I am currently facing big problems combining VMR and PRESENT in DX9. Context: 1. A VMR9 Allocator-Presenter implementation rendering Video to a TextureSurface using Hardware decoding in...
| On Monday, October 27th 2008 at 01:18 PM by Frederik | 3 Replies |
Hi, I want write one application program to test my 5.1ch audio output individually. Only ouput sound to front-left speaker, front-right speaker, mid-speaker, etc... What's API support to this...
| On Tuesday, October 14th 2008 at 04:13 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I'm getting a crash in that function at 0x33 bytes. The shader checks out, it has the correct sampler that I'm looking for (checked for via the description functions) and yet I get an access violation...
| On Friday, October 10th 2008 at 11:24 AM by Anonymous | 6 Replies |
Hi all, My application hangs many times in a strange call stack as reported by DebugDiag output, seems like in writing-to-console. This is the call stack reported by DebugDiag.exe: ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet...
| On Wednesday, September 17th 2008 at 08:35 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
With "uses the occlusion predicate query to avoid drawing unnecessary geometry" i have 10-14% lower FPS than clear rendering without this unnecessary feauture. OMG. My configuration is 8600GT, Athlon64...
| On Thursday, September 4th 2008 at 07:43 AM by Anonymous | 2 Replies |
What will happen if i provide two message handlers for a same message
| On Friday, August 29th 2008 at 02:45 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
The August 2008 release of the DirectX SDK is now available at. http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/sdk/ Release Notes including What's New and Known Issues are available at: http://msdn.microsoft...
| On Wednesday, August 20th 2008 at 08:06 PM by Chuck Walbourn [MSFT] | No Replies |
I have an application that uses DirectSound; it is a live-stage automation and control system for music and sound effects. Looking to the future I have begun to think about the next major revision...
| On Sunday, August 17th 2008 at 02:51 PM by Sid Price | 1 Reply |
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| On Sunday, August 10th 2008 at 04:14 PM by Hughes | No Replies |
hi, i need some help related to DirectX 9; i have downloaded and installed directX from the following link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=519aae99-b701-4ca1-8495-39ddde9d7030...
| On Thursday, August 7th 2008 at 12:31 AM by alajst@gmail.com | 1 Reply |
I write a filter as a C++ class, CMyTransform. Then I create an object of CMytransform m_pMytransform and add it to the filter graph. It goes well in release mode, but when changed to debug mode there...
| On Monday, August 4th 2008 at 05:44 AM by Anonymous | 8 Replies |
XP Pro SP3 VS 2005 I uninstalled DX SDK Aug 2007, turned off my AVG antivirus and tried to install the latest version but it give me an error at the end. "There is a problem preventing your installation...
| On Sunday, July 27th 2008 at 01:30 AM by Ron Francis | 13 Replies |
Hi all, Is this possible to have different number of instances for different counter of same performance object in PerfMon (windows tool). i.e. Object: test counters: c1, c2, c3, c4 instances...
| On Monday, July 14th 2008 at 07:01 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I presently am trying to finish an full screen app which uses dialog boxes via DialogBoxParam() call. Unfortunately, one of the dialog boxes refuses to fully paint itself at times. In previous version...
| On Thursday, July 3rd 2008 at 12:45 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
I have a DirectShow application where I maintain a clock externally, and I need to sync video to this clock. The external clock may not be wall clock time; it might be going faster, it might be going...
| On Sunday, June 22nd 2008 at 06:27 PM by jason.cipriani@gmail.com | 1 Reply |
Hi, I stumbled on an issue with DirectShow's GraphEdit utility after, I think, an upgrade of K-Lite codec pack and I no longer can use GraphEdit's "Connect to Remote Graph" feature which I really...
| On Thursday, June 12th 2008 at 01:33 PM by Roman Ryl... | 3 Replies |
ok... This isn't working, and I dont know why, when I pass the resulting surface to StretchRectangle I get the awsome "error in application" haha... anyway. Is this not the right way (using .Net...
| On Wednesday, June 11th 2008 at 03:57 PM by Jameson | 1 Reply |
The DirectX SDK (June 2008) release is up today. What's New and Release Notes are on the download page. Microsoft Download link: The redirect should be updated in the next few days. --...
| On Friday, June 6th 2008 at 08:03 PM by Chuck Walbourn [MSFT] | 5 Replies |
How to program/enumerate the windows address book ? 1.I want to browse all identities 2. i want to browse address book profile wise(user profile aware addressbook) Note : don`t tell any...
| On Friday, June 6th 2008 at 03:13 AM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
Hi all, I ran into a compatibility problem when compiling a setup project with programming in Direct3D. Here are the details: On one computer, I have Windows XP, Visual Studio 2005, and DirectXSDK...
| On Wednesday, June 4th 2008 at 08:30 AM by wanwan | No Replies |
I'm working on a client app that enumerates the devices under the video capture category that will allow someone to pick which capture device they wish to use on their machine. However, we need to...
| On Monday, June 2nd 2008 at 04:16 PM by mike | 1 Reply |
Can I download DirectX 8.1 SDK from somewhere?
| On Wednesday, May 28th 2008 at 03:20 AM by Anonymous | 5 Replies |
Does any body know where I can download the old C++ billboard sample that used to come with the DirectX sdk up until 2003? I have the 2006 vlainon of the DirectX sdk and cannot see the billboard...
| On Friday, May 23rd 2008 at 03:30 AM by James | 4 Replies |
Hi all, I am newbie to directx sdk. I didn't how to load the directshow filters using it's GUID presented. Anybody know my query? Please help me.... thanks in advance.....
| On Thursday, May 15th 2008 at 06:42 AM by science | 1 Reply |
I make it more details. Direct3DCreate9Ex function is in D3d9.h and in D3d9.lib. But it is not exported in D3d9.dll or D3d9d.dll (Debug version). So if I added this function call, it compiles and...
| On Monday, May 12th 2008 at 09:02 PM by Anonymous | 1 Reply |
According to Direct3D Document, Direct3DCreate9Ex is in D3D9.DLL. But I find no exported this function any Direct 3D DLLs. So the question is how to make a call to create an IDirect3D9Ex interface? --...
| On Monday, May 12th 2008 at 08:44 PM by Anonymous | 4 Replies |
I just installed the March 2008 DX SDK and notice that in several apps, the colors seem to have shifted a bit. Was there something done to the palette/color handling? Vista32, DXSDK, DX10 app....
| On Friday, May 2nd 2008 at 08:14 PM by Anonymous | No Replies |
Hi, I have VS.net 2003, direct x 9.0c installed. But when I try to compile the projects under "Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2007)\Samples\C++\Direct3D" VS keeps saying: Compiling... DXUT....
| On Thursday, May 1st 2008 at 12:17 PM by S. Blair | 3 Replies |