AVIStreamGetFrameOpen

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The AVIStreamGetFrameOpen function prepares to decompress video frames from the specified video stream.

STDAPI_(PGETFRAME) AVIStreamGetFrameOpen(

PAVISTREAM pavi,
LPBITMAPINFOHEADER lpbiWanted
);

Parameters
pavi

Address of the video stream used as the video source.

lpbiWanted

Address of a structure that defines the desired video format. Specify NULL to use a default format. You can also specify AVIGETFRAMEF_BESTDISPLAYFMT to decode the frames to the best format for your display.

Return Values
Returns a GetFrame object that can be used with the AVIStreamGetFrame function. If the system cannot find a decompressor that can decompress the stream to the given format, or to any RGB format, the function returns NULL.