Playback

Multimedia Playback

The LEADTOOLS Multimedia product line has everything you need to build a powerful multimedia playback application.

LEADTOOLS Multimedia Playback functionality includes:

Ability to play all formats supported by DirectShow.
Play streaming music and video from memory.
Support for zooming the video during playback. Options include Fit to window, stretch, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, and full screen video options.
Control the playback speed (2x, 3x, 4x, 1/2x, 1/3x, 1/4x).
Support for playing DVD’s and DVD navigation.
Support for any DirectShow video and DirectShow audio processing filters.
Capture and save still bitmaps from the video stream with control over format and quality. Images can be saved to file or memory.
Ability to choose the exact frame from where the still images are captured.
Ability to use a preferred MPEG2 splitter when playing MPEG2 files.
Select devices for playback. For example, select the sound card, if multiple sound cards are installed, to playback audio.
Save player settings to files and streams. These settings can include the selected processors, flags, and controls.
Time-based, frame-based or synchronized with a track bar positioning.
Mark the start point and end point to play.
Set infinite loop or a repeat count.
Get content and tag information such as author, copyright, etc.
Read and seek DV timecode data.

Create Windows Media Player type applications capable of playing many formats such as AVI, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, ISO (MP4, 3GPP, AAC, AVC1, MOV), XVID, ASF, WMV , WAV, WMA, OGG, and more.
Create YouTube type applications that can play streaming audio and video content.
Create NetMeeting type video conferencing and text messaging applications.
Display and annotate (markup) video files for presentation purposes.
Create DVD player / navigation software.
Create player software for music from a streaming audio hosting service.
Create a player for video being streamed from UAVs through a UDP port.