CMFormatDescription Class

Definition

Namespace:: CoreMedia

Assembly:: Microsoft.iOS.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.MacCatalyst.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.macOS.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.tvOS.dll

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Describes media data for audio, video, text and time codes

public class CMFormatDescription : CoreFoundation.NativeObject

type CMFormatDescription = class
    inherit NativeObject

Inheritance: Object

DisposableObject

NativeObject
CMFormatDescription

Derived: CoreMedia.CMAudioFormatDescription

CoreMedia.CMVideoFormatDescription

Remarks

Some properties apply to all media types, while some others only apply to specific media types. They are prefixed with Audio or Video in those cases.

Properties

Name	Description
AudioChannelLayout	Audio-media only: describe the channel layout.
AudioFormats	Audio-media only: the supported audio formats, sorted from most rich to less.
AudioFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a AudioFormatType.
AudioMagicCookie	Audio-media only: magic cookie that might need to be passed to some backends.
AudioMostCompatibleFormat	Audio-media only: returns the most compaible audio format.
AudioRichestDecodableFormat	Audio-media only: Returns the richest decodable format.
AudioStreamBasicDescription	Audio-media only: Returns the AudioStreamBasicDescritpion object for the audio.
ClosedCaptionFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMClosedCaptionFormatType.
Handle	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
MediaSubType	Returns the media subtype (as a fourcc value).
MediaType	Get the media type of this format description.
MetadataFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMMetadataFormatType.
MuxedStreamType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMMuxedStreamType.
Owns	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
PixelFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CVPixelFormatType.
SubtitleFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMSubtitleFormatType.
TaggedBufferGroupFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMTaggedBufferGroupFormatType.
TimeCodeFormatType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMTimeCodeFormatType.
VideoCodecType	Gets the MediaSubType property as a CMVideoCodecType.

Methods

Name	Description
ClearHandle()	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
Create(CMMediaType, UInt32, CMFormatDescriptionError)	Creates a CMFormatDescription (or a subclass of it) based on a native handle and to have it wrapped in a specific type.
Create(IntPtr, Boolean)	Creates a CMFormatDescription (or a subclass of it) based on a native handle.
Create(IntPtr)	Creates a CMFormatDescription (or a subclass of it) based on a native handle.
Dispose()	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
Dispose(Boolean)	(Inherited from NativeObject)
Equals(Object)	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
GetCheckedHandle()	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
GetExtension(String)
GetExtensions()
GetHashCode()	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
GetTypeID()	Type identifier for the CoreMedia.CMFormatDescription type.
InitializeHandle(NativeHandle)	(Inherited from DisposableObject)
Release()	(Inherited from NativeObject)
Retain()	(Inherited from NativeObject)

Extension Methods

Name	Description
GetHandle(INativeObject)
GetNonNullHandle(INativeObject, String)

Applies to

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