Play video using DirectDraw and VB.NET

[gairs]

I'm using VB.NET to write an application which will play an MPEG video file and allow me to overlay some graphics on the video.

If I use DirectShow to play the video, I can't draw any graphics on it. So I am trying to use DirectDraw to play the video, but I'm having some problems.

The only example code I have found is in C++ and uses a IAMMultiMediaStream object to render the video. Does anyone know how to do this using VB??

 

[wazoo69]

IIRC there's a sample in the DX8/9 SDK which shows you how to play a video stream as a texture on the side of a cube.

*checks SDK*
Okay so it's not a cube, but a cylindrical cone thing. Anyways, it's the "Texture3D" sample in the DirectShow samples area

The sample uses an .AVI (i believe), but you'd just need to find a video converter for your .mpeg file...

hth,

 

[gairs]

I have seen the Texture sample, but it is not what I am looking for.

I don't want to render my video on a texture, I just want to play video normally and use GDI functions to draw lines on top of the video as it plays.