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Purpose

The Multimedia Plug-ins collection represents +a plug-in framework for handling multimedia data.

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Architecture

The components in the Multimedia Plug-ins +collection are used by the components in the Multimedia APIs and Frameworks +collection. The following diagram shows the architecture of the Multimedia +Plug-ins collection:

+ Multimedia Plug-ins architecture + +
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Description

The Multimedia Plug-ins collection +provides a generic plug-in architecture for the Camera Framework, Imaging +Frameworks and Multimedia Framework (MMF) components. The following types +of plug-ins are available:

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  • Codec plug-ins provide +the conversion between different data types.

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  • Controller plug-ins +enable support for audio and video formats.

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  • Content Rendering Plug-ins +(CRPs) are plug-ins that are loaded into the Window Server process for server-side +rendering. For more information, see Window +Server Component.

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Components

The Multimedia Plug-ins collection comprises +the following components:

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  • Camera Plug-ins - +provides a Camera stub plug-in implementation. For information about Camera +Plug-ins see, Camera +Plug-in Overview.

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  • Imaging Plug-ins - +encodes and decodes various imaging formats, for example, GIF and JPEG. For +information about Imaging Plug-ins see, Imaging +Plug-ins Overview.

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  • Video Subtitle CRP +(Content Rendering Plug-in) - displays video subtitles. For information +about Video Subtitle CRP see, Video +Subtitle CRP Overview.

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Using Multimedia Plug-ins

You can use the functionality +provided by the Multimedia Plug-ins collection to:

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  • Implement the camera +stub plug-in.

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  • Encode and decode imaging +formats.

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  • Display video subtitles.

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+ +Camera Plug-in + +Imaging Plug-in + +Video Subtitle +CRP +Writing + Multimedia Framework Plug-ins +
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