[MultiMedia] What's New for DirectShow in Windows 7 - Filters

Microsoft MPEG-1/DD/AAC Audio Decoder


This filter decodes the following audio formats:

• MPEG-1 audio layers I and II.
• Backward-compatible MPEG-2 audio, layers I and II (ISO/IEC 13818-3), mono and stereo only.
• Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) Low Complexity (LC) profile.
• High-Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) version 1 and version 2.
• Pass-through Digital Theater Systems (DTS) for digital output.
• LPCM, mono and stereo only, with or without PES headers.
• Dolby Digital.
• Dolby Digital Plus, including conversion from Dolby Digital Plus to Dolby Digital for digital output.

Note This filter is not supported on IA-64-based platforms.

In the registry, the friendly name of this filter is "Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder".

Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder

• This filter decodes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264 video.

• Note Decoding of H.264 video requires Windows 7.

Note This filter is not supported on IA-64-based platforms.

In the registry, the friendly name of this filter is "Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder".