May 2004 - Posts

• How do you use DirectShow?

  I'm still in survey mode, but I'd like to get some feedback on how people are utilizing this technology today: 1) Do you use Directshow Editing Surfaces for any multimedia editing tasks in your application? 2) Are you using Directshow for file playback? Read More... Posted Monday, May 24, 2004 8:30 AM by ccgibson | 10 Comments

• Looking for a source for some high definition video content?

  To switch gears a bit, I wanted to share the following site: www.wmvhd.com . WMV HD is high resolution, high bitrate, basically high definition video content. Several of the video clips & titles on the site are simply stunning. You should all check Read More... Posted Friday, May 21, 2004 10:46 AM by ccgibson | 2 Comments

• What else do you typically do? (While playing digital media on your Windows PC)

  The initial post over at Channel9 started some great feedback on Windows digital media. I'd like to ask the first of (hopefully many) questions about how people typically consume digital media on their PCs. This first question is, what other applications Read More... Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:39 PM by ccgibson | 11 Comments

• It's time to join the party...

  Hello, my name is Chad Gibson and I’m a program manager within the Digital Media Division at Microsoft. Our team is working on several different areas of the Windows digital media platform, and I’ve created this blog to start sharing several Read More... Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:43 AM by ccgibson | 10 Comments