Reliability Property

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public CompressorReliability Reliability {get;}

'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property Reliability As CompressorReliability

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Compressor
Dim value As CompressorReliability
 
value = instance.Reliability

public CompressorReliability Reliability {get;}

 get_Reliability();

public:
property CompressorReliability Reliability {
   CompressorReliability get();
}

Property Value

A CompressorReliability enumeration value.

Playing compressed data requires a decompressor. For a list of possible values, refer to CompressorReliability enumeration values. The reported reliability is based on usage experience, where some compressors demonstrated instability.

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Public _result As Boolean = False
Public _form As CaptureCtrlForm = New CaptureCtrlForm()
Public Sub CompressorsExample()
  Dim inputName, inputFriendlyName As String
  Dim selection As Integer

  ' reference the capture control
  Dim capturectrl As CaptureCtrl = _form.CaptureCtrl

  ' select a video device, use your device name here instead of Analog
  If capturectrl.VideoDevices("Analog") Is Nothing Then
     Throw New Exception("No Analog video tuner device available")
  End If

  capturectrl.VideoDevices("Analog").Selected = True

  ' get the video compressors object
  Dim compressors As VideoCompressors = capturectrl.VideoCompressors

  Try
     ' select an input by name if possible
     If Not compressors.Mpeg2 Is Nothing Then
       compressors.Mpeg2.Selected = True
     End If

     ' get the current selected input
     selection = compressors.Selection

     For Each cmp As Compressor In compressors
       ' get the compressor properties
       inputName = cmp.Name
       inputFriendlyName = cmp.FriendlyName
       Dim rel As CompressorReliability = cmp.Reliability

       ' if we found the video tuner input
       If inputFriendlyName = "LEAD H264 Encoder (4.0)" AndAlso rel = CompressorReliability.Stable Then
         ' select it and break
         cmp.Selected = True
         Exit For
       End If
     Next cmp

     ' set the result to what we expect
     _result = (selection <> compressors.Selection)

  Catch e1 As Exception
     _result = False
  End Try
End Sub

public bool _result = false;
public CaptureCtrlForm _form = new CaptureCtrlForm();
public void CompressorsExample()
{
   string inputName, inputFriendlyName;
   int selection;

   // reference the capture control
   CaptureCtrl capturectrl = _form.CaptureCtrl;

   // select a video device, use your device's name here instead of Analog
   if (capturectrl.VideoDevices["Analog"] == null)
      throw new Exception("No Analog video tuner device available");

   capturectrl.VideoDevices["Analog"].Selected = true;

   // get the video compressors object
   VideoCompressors compressors = capturectrl.VideoCompressors;

   try
   {
      // select an input by name if possible
      if (compressors.Mpeg2 != null)
         compressors.Mpeg2.Selected = true;

      // get the current selected input
      selection = compressors.Selection;

      foreach (Compressor cmp in compressors)
      {
         // get the compressor properties
         inputName = cmp.Name;
         inputFriendlyName = cmp.FriendlyName;
         CompressorReliability rel = cmp.Reliability;

         // if we found the video tuner input
         if (inputFriendlyName == "LEAD H264 Encoder (4.0)"
            && rel == CompressorReliability.Stable)
         {
            // select it and break
            cmp.Selected = true;
            break;
         }
      }

      // set the result to what we expect
      _result = (selection != compressors.Selection);

   }
   catch (Exception)
   {
      _result = false;
   }
}

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Compressor Class
Compressor Members