BMediaFormats

The BMediaFormats class provides a means for translating between BeOS media format identifiers and those used by the codecs themselves. This is primarily useful if you’re writing a codec add-on or a file format parser.

Supported Families

The BMediaFormats class currently knows how to translate among the following formats’ codec identification methods:

BeOS	BeOS uses a constant within the media_format structure to indicate the kind of media being handled.
QuickTime	QuickTime uses a two-word vendor/codec pair to indicate the type of media.
AVI	The media format is indicated by a one-word constant.
AVR	The media format is indicated by a one-word constant.
ASF	The media format is indicated by a 128-bit UUID value.
MPEG	The media format is specified by a word that indicates the MPEG version and layer.
AIFF	The media format is specified by a codec ID word.
WAV	The media format is specified by a codec ID word.
Miscellaneous	The media format is indicated by a one-word file format value and a one-word codec ID.