IWMReaderAdvanced2::OpenStream method (wmsdkidl.h)

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The OpenStream method opens a Windows Media stream for reading.

Syntax

HRESULT OpenStream(
  [in] IStream           *pStream,
  [in] IWMReaderCallback *pCallback,
  [in] void              *pvContext
);

Parameters

[in] pStream

Pointer to an IStream interface (see the Remarks section below).

[in] pCallback

Pointer to an IWMReaderCallback interface.

[in] pvContext

Generic pointer, for use by the application. This is passed to the application in calls to IWMReaderCallback::OnStatus.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Remarks

This method is identical to IWMReader::Open, except that it takes an IStream interface pointer instead of a URL. An IStream is a standard COM interface for providing data. This allows the application to provide its own data, rather than just getting data from a file or a network. For example, if you have an IStream interface pointer that represents the contents of a supported media file (Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video, MP3, for example) and, for performance reasons, you do not want to write a temporary file , this is a way you can use the SDK to parse and decompress your content.

This method sends a WMT_OPENED status notification to the application's IWMReaderCallback::OnStatus function. (OnStatus is inherited by IWMReaderCallback from IWMStatusCallback.)

Requirements

See also

IWMReaderAdvanced2 Interface