Microsoft DirectX 8.0

Filter Categories

If you use the GraphEdit sample tool that comes with the Microsoft® DirectX® SDK, and choose Insert Filters from the Graph menu, you will notice that the Microsoft® DirectShow® filters on the system are grouped into categories. The DirectShow Filters category is the generic category that most filters fall into. New filters will be registered in this category by default. GraphEdit does not display empty categories.

However, if your filter is one of the following kinds of filters, you should make sure that your filter appears in the proper category.

For information on how to register your filters by category, see the AMovieDllRegisterServer2 function topic, which contains sample code for registering a Video Compressor filter. For additional information, see How to Register DirectShow Filters.