ICCompressBegin

The ICCompressBegin macro notifies a video compression driver to prepare to compress data. You can use this macro or explicitly call the ICM_COMPRESS_BEGIN message.

DWORD ICCompressBegin(
  hic,        
  lpbiInput,  
  lpbiOutput  
);
 

Parameters

hic

Handle of a compressor.

lpbiInput

Address of a BITMAPINFO structure containing the input format.

lpbiOutput

Address of a BITMAPINFO structure containing the output format.

Return Values

Returns ICERR_OK if the specified compression is supported or ICERR_BADFORMAT if the input or output format is not supported.

Remarks

The driver should allocate and initialize any tables or memory that it needs for compressing the data formats when it receives the ICM_COMPRESS message.

VCM saves the settings of the most recent ICCompressBegin macro. The ICCompressBegin and ICCompressEnd messages do not nest. If your driver receives ICM_COMPRESS_BEGIN before compression is stopped with ICM_COMPRESS_END, it should restart compression with new parameters.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in vfw.h.

See Also

Video Compression Manager Overview, Video Compression Macros, BITMAPINFO, ICCompressEnd, ICM_COMPRESS_BEGIN