[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Your application can use the Microsoft® ActiveX® control for video (the Video control, Vid.ocx) to manage audio and video streams. This control also enables your application to interact with the Video Access server, Vidsvr.exe, to manage user purchase of broadcast items, such as pay-per-view shows.
The input stream that the Video control displays can be a live stream, such as an analog television broadcast received through a television tuner card.
Because the Video control is an ActiveX control, it cannot exist outside of a container application. Examples of containers are application windows, forms written using the Microsoft® Visual Basic® development system, and HTML pages displayed in Web browsers.
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