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A typical DirectShow application performs these three basic steps:
- Creates an instance of the Filter Graph Manager, using the
CoCreateInstancefunction.
- Uses the Filter Graph Manager to build a filter graph. (You
might use other DirectShow helper as well.)
- Controls the filter graph and responds to events.
To get started with DirectShow, read Playing a Media File. It presents a simple console application that plays a file. This application is the DirectShow equivalent of the classic Hello World program. Setting the Video Windowand Responding to Eventsexpand the program into a simple Windows application.