INFO: Win95 Video Capture Drivers Must be 16-Bit

• Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) Windows 95

SUMMARY

Windows 95 video capture drivers must be 16-bit to work with Video For Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Under Windows 95, video capture drivers cannot be 32-bit if you want them to communicate with Video For Windows. Video For Windows requires 16-bit video capture drivers. It is possible for the 16-bit video capture driver to thunk to a 32-bit dll, but Video For Windows assumes the video capture driver is 16-bit. If you want to use a 32-bit video capture driver, then you cannot use Video For Windows API's and you must establish your own interface between the application and 32-bit video capture driver.

You can use MSVC 1.5x to build video capture drivers since it is a 16-bit compiler. MSVC 2.0 and above are 32-bit compilers.

Additional query words: vfw vid cap

Keywords          : kbmm 
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: March 3, 1999