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PlayerForcedCodec

property

Delphi
property PlayerForcedCodec: string read GetPlayerForcedCodec write SetPlayerForcedCodec;
C++Builder
__property System::UnicodeString PlayerForcedCodec = {read=GetPlayerForcedCodec, write=SetPlayerForcedCodec};
C#
public string PlayerForcedCodec { get; set; }
VB.NET
Public Property PlayerForcedCodec As String
C++/Qt
wchar_t *GetPlayerForcedCodec ();
void SetPlayerForcedCodec (wchar_t *Value);

Force the use of a given codec during playback. The "AVS" (AVISynth) value is deprecated. Used to specify particular codecs to be used by TVideoGrabber. TVideoGrabber automatically selects the default appropriate codec to play a given clip. However in some cases a different codec can be preferred. E.g. to play MPEG2 clips you can prefer the Elecard/Moonlight video decoder instead of the Intervideo video decoder. Note that adding codecs to the graph can be achieved also by invoking ThirdPartyFilter_AddToList (tpf_AddToGraph...). To use the default codecs, leave PlayerForcecCodec empty. To force the use of a given codec, simply assign to this property: either a significant part of the codec name, or the CLSID string of the codec. E.g.: VideoGrabber1.PlayerForcedCodec = "Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder" or VideoGrabber1.PlayerForcedCodec = "{F50B3F13-19C4-11CF-AA9A-02608C9BABA2}". PlayerForcedCodec keywords: the following keywords are supported by the PlayerForcedCodec property: PlayerForcedCodec = "NOFFDSHOW" prevents TVideoGrabber from using the FFDSHOW codecs when they are enabled by default on the current platform. PlayerForcedCodec = "NOMPC" prevents TVideoGrabber from using the MPC (Media Player Classic) codecs when they are enabled by default on the current platform. PlayerForcedCodec = "AVS" enables the playback through AVISynth when AVISynth is installed. PlayerForcedCodec = "FFDSHOW" enables the playback through FFDSHOW if the FFDSHOW video decoder is configured to decode the format to be played. All these non-default settings can be restored to their default value by setting PlayerForcedCodec = "". Note that reading the PlayerForcedCodec string does not reflect the state of these keywords, only codec names or codec CLSIDs appear in the PlayerForcedCodec string.