Multimedia Plug-in Collection Tutorials

The Multimedia framework can be extended through writing several types of plug-in:

• A controller plug-in supports playing or recording one or more multimedia formats (usually for a particular media type, such as audio)

• A format decoder plug-in reads a particular media data format; a format encoder plug-in writes a particular media data format

• A codec plug-in converts media data between two different encodings (compression/decompression algorithms)

• A source plug-in encapsulates handling reading data from a source of media data; a sink plug-in encapsulates handling writing data to a media output device

You are advised to familiarise yourself with the information on how to write a controller plugin before attempting to write any of the other plugins.

• Writing a controller plugin
  
• Writing a Codec Plugin
  
• Writing a Format Plugin
  
• Creating a Format Encode Plugin
  
• Creating a Format Decode Plugin
  
• Writing a Source/Sink Plugin
  
• Creating a Source Plugin
  
• Creating a Sink Plugin