GraphEdit
Encyclopedia
GraphEdit is a utility which is part of the Microsoft
DirectShow
SDK. It is a visual tool for building and testing filter graph
s for DirectShow
. Filters are displayed as boxes, with a text caption showing the name of the filter. Pins appear as small squares along the edge of the filter. Input pins are shown on the left side of the filter, and output pins are on the right side of the filter. A pin connection appears as an arrow connecting the output pin to the input pin. Connection mediatypes can be viewed as "properties" on pins and connections. GraphEdit can automatically build a filter graph that plays a file.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
DirectShow
DirectShow
DirectShow , codename Quartz, is a multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft for software developers to perform various operations with media files or streams. It is the replacement for Microsoft's earlier Video for Windows technology...
SDK. It is a visual tool for building and testing filter graph
Filter graph
A filter graph is used in multimedia processing. For example to capture video from a webcam. Filters take input, process it or change the input, and then output the process data. An example of a filter, would be a video codec that takes raw uncompressed video and compresses it using a video...
s for DirectShow
DirectShow
DirectShow , codename Quartz, is a multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft for software developers to perform various operations with media files or streams. It is the replacement for Microsoft's earlier Video for Windows technology...
. Filters are displayed as boxes, with a text caption showing the name of the filter. Pins appear as small squares along the edge of the filter. Input pins are shown on the left side of the filter, and output pins are on the right side of the filter. A pin connection appears as an arrow connecting the output pin to the input pin. Connection mediatypes can be viewed as "properties" on pins and connections. GraphEdit can automatically build a filter graph that plays a file.
External links
- GraphStudio - an OpenSource GraphEdit implementation (GPL License)
- Overview of GraphEdit - Microsoft's GraphEdit pages
- Download link - Download location from Microsoft's website
- GraphEditPlus - Commercial reimplementation of GraphEdit which provides more information and control on filters, mediatypes etc. and has source code generation.
- DSGraphEdit - Open Source clone of GraphEdit written in C#.