ltmmConvertCtrl.GetPreferredFilter Method

 

Syntax

object.GetPreferredFilter(FilterType As Long) As String

 

FilterType

Value that indicate the filter type. For a list of possible values, refer to lltmmConvert_PreferredFilter Constants.

Remarks

Retrieves the preferred filter display name set using ltmmConvertCtrl.SetPreferredFilter.

This method can be used to determine whether a preferred filter has been set by ltmmConvertCtrl.SetPreferredFilter Method. It will return NULL (if no preferred filter has been set) or a display name indicating the preferred filter.

A display name uniquely identifies a filter. Display names for filters have the following format: @device:sw:GUID\GUID.

For example, the display name for the LEAD MPEG2 Transport Demultiplexer is:

@device:sw:{083863F1-70DE-11D0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\{E2B7DF1A-38C5-11D5-91F6-00104BDB8FF9}

Note that there is a single backslash between the two GUIDs.

A list of display names for common LEAD filters can be found in ltmmFilter Constants.

Please see ltmmConvertCtrl.SetPreferredFilter Method for more information on filter display names.

Platforms

Win32, x64

See Also

Elements:

ltmmConvertCtrl Object, ltmmConvertCtrl.SetPreferredFilter Method

Topics:

Multimedia Properties, Methods and Events