CreateDecoderInstance

The player calls this function to create an separate instance of a decoder.

Parameters

Parameters	Description
medianame	[in] Unicode string of filename or stream URL
flags	[in] no flags currently defined

Return Values

Return Values	Description
NULL	could not create decoder instance
IQCDMediaDecoder*	pointer to new decoder instance

Remarks

The player will use this instance to operate the IQCDMediaDecoder interface that it provides other plug-ins. For plug-ins to support this function call, the plug-in must be able to instantiate any number of independent IQCDMediaDecoder instances.

The reason for this function call is to mix old plug-in support with newer interface support. Previous plug-ins were not able to be multiply instantiated.

For more information see IQCDMediaDecoder interface.