C++ game developers, here's everything you need to deliver ultracool sound, music, cut-scenes, and other special effects to your games! Created by members of the Microsoft Windows Media team, this all-in-one toolkit provides the professional-level instruction, tools, and code to amp up your special-effects programming skills using Microsoft DirectX® 9, Microsoft DirectShow®, and Windows Media® technologies.
You'll learn how to add and layer 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D sound effects; trigger music to changes in the game; capture and edit video; render video cut-scenes to a background surface in a 3-D scene; stream media content during a game; compress files; and more.

The book offers easy-to-follow guidelines and insider tips—and the CD-ROM packs multiple SDKs, sample code, copyright-free music, and loads of reusable special effects direct from Microsoft's own game developers!

Contents

• Audio
  • Getting Started with DirectSound
  • Changing the Volume, Panning, and Frequency of Stereo Sound
  • Moving Sounds in 3-D Space
  • Adding Special Effects and Environmental Reverb to 3-D Sounds
  • Understanding Audio Special Effects
  • Streaming Sounds into Circular Buffers
  • Driving Hardware with Property Sets
  • Building an Application with the Concertina Framework
• Video
  • Introducing DirectShow and Video Rendering
  • Taking Video to the Third Dimension
  • Customizing Compositors
  • MultiMon, ProcAmp, Deinterlacing, and Other Odds and Ends
• Production Quality
  • Producing Content with Technical Quality Optimizing Quality Throughout Production
  • Appendix A: ATL Smart Pointers Appendix B: Multichannel Audio Tool