Image-Data Decompression - Win32 Multimedia Programmer's Reference (mmedia.hlp)

Image-Data Decompression

Your application uses a series of ICDecompressEx functions to control the decompressor. The functions can help you perform the following tasks:

Select a decompressor.
Prepare the decompressor.
Decompress the data.
End decompression.

Your application handles decompression similarly to the way it handles compression, except that the input format is a compressed format and the output format is a displayable format. The input format for decompression is usually obtained from the stream header. After determining the input format, your application can use the ICLocate or ICOpen functions to find a decompressor that can handle it.

The ICDecompressEx functions and macros are a superset of the ICDecompress function group and provide more capabilities. The functionality of ICDecompressEx, ICDecompressExBegin, ICDecompressExEnd, and ICDecompressExQuery replaces that of the ICDecompress, ICDecompressBegin, ICDecompressEnd, and ICDecompressQuery functions. Use the ICDecompressEx functions and macros in place of the ICDecompress equivalents.

Decompressor and Decompression Format Selection
If you want to decompress data and your application requires a specific output format, you can use the ICDecompressExQuery function to query the decompressor to determine if it supports the input and output formats.

If the output format is not important in your application, you need only find a decompressor that can handle the input format. To determine if a decompressor can handle the input format, use ICDecompressExQuery and specify NULL for the lpbiDst parameter. Your application can determine the buffer size needed for the data specifying the decompression format by sending the ICM_DECOMPRESS_GET_FORMAT message (or use the ICDecompressGetFormatSize macro). You can also send ICM_DECOMPRESS_GET_FORMAT (or the ICDecompressGetFormat macro) to retrieve the format data. The decompressor returns its suggested format in a BITMAPINFO structure. This format typically preserves the most information during decompression. Your application should ensure that the decompressor returns successfully before it decompresses the information.

Because your application allocates the memory required for decompression, it needs to determine the maximum memory the decompressor can require for the output format. The ICM_DECOMPRESS_GET_FORMAT message obtains the number of bytes the decompressor uses for the default format.

If your application defines its own format by using ICDecompressExQuery, it must also obtain a palette for the bitmap; ICDecompressExQuery does not provide palette definitions. (Most applications use standard formats and do not need to obtain a palette.) Your application can obtain the palette by sending the ICM_DECOMPRESS_GET_PALETTE message (or use the ICDecompressGetPalette macro).

Decompressor Initialization
After your application selects a decompressor that can handle the input and output formats it needs, you can initialize the decompressor by using the ICDecompressExBegin function. This function requires the decompressor handle and the input and output formats.

Data Decompression
You can use the ICDecompressEx function to decompress a frame. Your application must use this function repeatedly until all the frames in a sequence are decompressed.

If your video stream lags behind other components (such as audio) during playback, your application can specify the ICDECOMPRESS_HURRYUP flag to speed decompression. To do this, a decompressor might extract only the information it needs to decompress the next frame and not fully decompress the current frame. Therefore, your application should not try to draw the decompressed data when it uses this flag.

After your application has decompressed the data, it can send the ICM_DECOMPRESSEX_END message (or use the ICDecompressExEnd macro) to notify the decompressor that it has finished. If you want to restart decompression after using this function, your application must reinitialize the decompressor by using ICDecompressExBegin.

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