Windows Media Player 11 SDK Rendering Plug-in Developer Overview (deprecated) 

Rendering Plug-in Developer Overview (deprecated)

This page documents a feature that may be unavailable in future versions of Windows Media Player and the Windows Media Player SDK.

From the developer's perspective, rendering plug-ins are software programs that receive arbitrary data from Windows Media Player, then render that data.

The following sections provide conceptual information you should understand before developing a rendering plug-in for Windows Media Player:

• About Arbitrary Data Streams (deprecated)
• Rendering Plug-in Packaging (deprecated)
• Connecting to Windows Media Player (deprecated)
• Data Input and Rendering (deprecated)
• Format Negotiation (deprecated)
• Providing a User Interface (deprecated)

See Also

• About Rendering Plug-ins (deprecated)