How to view the filter graph used by Windows Media Player

Posted by Ian Boyd on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ian Boyd
Published on 2012-06-11T02:45:09Z Indexed on 2012/06/11 4:42 UTC
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i have a video that i cannot render in Graph Edit:

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GSpot cannot render:

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and AVISynth's DirectShowSource cannot open:

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And yet Windows Media Player (12) can play it fine.

How can i figure out the filters that Windows Media Player is using, when DirectShow itself cannot render the file?


i tried running GraphEdit as an adminstrator and connecting to a remote graph, but Windows Media Player does not register its graph in the running objects table:

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Related question: How can i access a file in AviSynth that Windows Media Player can play, but DirectShow cannot?

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