Over the last few years I’ve worked with a number of engineers that have reported out of memory errors when encoding high definition (HD) video using the Windows Media Format SDK. This issue typically only occurs on 32 bit systems. As we know on a 32 bit Windows OS the maximum memory that your...

It looks like the 64 bit version of the Windows Media Format SDK .lib static library files are not where you would expect to find them. If you go to the Windows Media SDK downloads page, there is a happy little link for the Windows Media Format 11 SDK (link below). This link does not detail a specific...

I ran into an issue using the WM Format SDK DRM Stub Library the other day. When we were trying to decode and playback some DRM encrypted files we saw a “NS_E_DRM_LICENSE_NOTACQUIRED” error when using the “Audio Player” sample SDK application. The issue only occurred from certain...