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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

CPS1.NET: A C# Based CPS1 (MAME) Emulator

by shunninghuang

CPS1 emulator, ROM hacking

H.264 CUDA Encoder DirectShow Filter in C#

by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes how to make H.264 Video Encoder DirectShow Filter using NVIDIA encoder API in C#

Blowing the Doors Off 3D Math: Part I - Matrix Multiplication

by CMalcheski

Thinking outside the box can result in critical performance gains

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CPS1.NET: A C# Based CPS1 (MAME) Emulator

by shunninghuang

CPS1 emulator, ROM hacking

ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library

by Michael Chourdakis

DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3

Diligent Engine: A Modern Cross-Platform Low-Level Graphics Library

by EgorYusov

This article introduces Diligent Engine, a modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction library and rendering framework

Ray Tracing has become Diligent

by EgorYusov

An introduction to ray tracing API in Diligent Engine

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DirectX

Introduction to D3DImage

11 Aug 2008

Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

CPS1.NET: A C# Based CPS1 (MAME) Emulator

3 Apr 2021

shunninghuang

CPS1 emulator, ROM hacking

H.264 CUDA Encoder DirectShow Filter in C#

16 Jul 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes how to make H.264 Video Encoder DirectShow Filter using NVIDIA encoder API in C#

Blowing the Doors Off 3D Math: Part I - Matrix Multiplication

4 Oct 2017

CMalcheski

Thinking outside the box can result in critical performance gains

Fabrika LAB: WebCam Video

22 May 2013

Dejan Mauer

Free and easy way to access a web camera by using the Aforge library.

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DirectX and Pure Assembly Language: Doing What Can't be Done - Part I

8 Jun 2017

CMalcheski

How to Create a Complete DirectX Game in Assembly Language

NormalMapCompressor - A tool to automatically compress normal maps

4 Jul 2005

DeltaEngine

Normal maps are used for realtime 3D rendering (mostly in games) to improve the visual quality, but compressing them makes the 3D content look ugly, this tool helps to fix that problem.

Rendering Textures with Alpha Channels and Color Key Transparency using a MatrixStack in Managed Direct3D

28 Jun 2005

Greg Rezansoff

This brief article describes how to use managed Direct3D to render texture bitmaps with alpha channels and transparency key colours onto vertices in C# with the aid of a MatrixStack.

Interactive 3D Spectrum Analyzer Visualization for Windows Media Player

17 May 2009

Carlo McWhirter

Interactive 3D Spectrum Analyzer for Windows Media Player using DirectX 9 and some light GPGPU.

Stencil Buffer Glows - Part 1

18 Nov 2010

JimRL

A glow effect achieved by leveraging the stencil buffer

Rendering 3D Graphic in .NET with C# and Igneel.Graphics

20 Jan 2017

Ansel Castro

The article shows how to render 3D graphics with C# in .NET using an API Igneel.Graphics.

DirectX and Pure Assembly Language: Doing What Can't be Done - Part IV(b): the Full DirectX App

26 Jun 2018

CMalcheski

A Full DirectX Sample Application Created in Pure Assembly Language

ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library

1 Apr 2021

Michael Chourdakis

DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3

Voice and Text Conferencing Library

14 Feb 2010

Irfan alam

A library for creating a voice and text conferencing application

Video Effects in Direct3D. Part 1

20 Nov 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Article shows how easy to make various video effects using PixelShaders in Direct3D.

VMR9 Allocator Presenter in C# with Direct3D Video Rendering

10 Jul 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Articles describes how to make pure C# rendering video on VMR9 with custom allocator presenter over Direct3D in .NET

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 1 - Windows Media Splitter example.

7 Oct 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic task which are requre to solve for developing your own DirectShow Splitter filters.

Direct X and Pure Assembly Language: Doing What Can't be Done - Part II

14 Jun 2017

CMalcheski

Part II - Laying the Foundation for the Migration to Assembly

A Flexible Direct2D Pianoroll for Your Music Apps

9 May 2019

Michael Chourdakis

Create music easily

Direct2D: Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7 Plotting

10 May 2009

Michael Chourdakis

Draw your vectors using a new, ActiveX based hardware accelerated interface.

TexasQuest v.2.0

22 Mar 2013

Terence Wallace

TexasQuest is a 2D side scroller platform game similiar to Super Mario

D3dHost - MDX and WPF interoperability

13 Nov 2012

Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can render an interoperable MDX (Managed DirectX) scene, inside a WPF window.

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 2 - AVI File Source example

13 Oct 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic tasks for implementing your own File Source DirectShow filters.

Getting Started with Mesh Shaders in Diligent Engine

23 Sep 2020

EgorYusov

Introduction to amplification and mesh shaders, the new programmable stages available in modern GPUs, and how to use them to implement view frustum culling and object LOD selection on the GPU using the Diligent Engine API

Ray Tracing has become Diligent

11 Jan 2021

EgorYusov

An introduction to ray tracing API in Diligent Engine

Adventures In Abattoirville

31 Jul 2001

Xavier John

A Maze based game.

Android* Texture Compression - a comparison study with code sample

20 Jan 2015

Android on Intel

Android* Texture Compression - a comparison study with code sample

Shader Effects in WPF - The basics

10 Sep 2015

Kenneth Haugland

Create HLSL files, compile them and use them in a WPF appliction. A light Shazzam Shader Editor tool for Visual Studio

DirectX and Pure Assembly Language: Doing What Can't be Done - Part IV(a)

15 Sep 2017

CMalcheski

Initializing DirectX

Managing Descriptor Heaps in Direct3D12

17 Apr 2017

EgorYusov

Descriptors and descriptor heaps are key components of a new resource binding paradigm introduced in Direct3D12. This article describes an efficient system for managing descriptor heaps.

Unity Graphics Emulator for Native Plugin Development

29 Nov 2017

EgorYusov

This article describes Unity low-level plugin interface and the Unity graphics interface emulator that facilitates native plugin development.

MarbleMaze

31 Jul 2013

Ayush001

Traditional game which becomes more interetsing.

DirectX 8 Template

26 Sep 2001

Anthony Roach

A framework for writing apps using DirectX 8

Murl Engine* Cross-Platform Development Tool with Android* x86 Support

2 Mar 2015

Android on Intel

The Murl Engine is a fresh and free solution for cross-platform development. It is focused on games and multimedia applications and is currently supporting Android, iOS, Windows, OS X and Linux* platforms.

Adaptive Volumetric Shadow Maps for Android Using OpenGL ES 3.1

1 Dec 2015

Android on Intel

As a follow-up to Adaptive Volumetric Shadow Maps for DirectX 11, we present a port of the same algorithm adapted for Android devices that support OpenGL ES 3.1 and the GL_INTEL_fragment_shader_ordering OpenGL extension.

Height Map Rendering with Igneel Engine

7 Mar 2017

Ansel Castro

Describes the basic steps to render height maps using the graphics engine of Igneel

Comparing GPU Resource Update Strategies in Diligent Engine

11 Sep 2018

EgorYusov

This article describes several strategies to update GPU resources in Diligent Engine (a modern low-level graphic library) as well as important internal details and performance implications related to each method.

More Explicit Diligent Engine: Getting on Top of State Management in Direct3D12 and Vulkan

22 Dec 2018

EgorYusov

This article introduces the problem of resource state management and synchronization in modern graphics APIs such as Direct3D12 and Vulkan and describes a solution offered by Diligent Engine.

DirectDraw extension

27 Nov 1999

Stephane Rodriguez

A DirectDraw Framework made of template classes

DirectX 8 Template 2

18 Oct 2001

Anthony Roach

An extension to the DirectX framework for adding backgrounds

Seeking and getting the position snippets for DirectShow.NET

14 Feb 2008

Jarno Burger

How to seek and get the position and duration for your DirectShow movie with VB.NET.

Asynchronous Progress Using Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback in C#

3 Dec 2010

CRayGoodwin

Custom windows control that mimics Windows 7 diming & asynchronous aero progress animation

Paste Date Time Stamp While Capturing Image in Windows Store App

20 Dec 2012

Farhan Ghumra

Here I am presenting you how can you paste date time in photo. This article will be helpful to those devs who want to add CamaraCaptureUI in their apps.

Intel GPA 2015 R1 - OpenGL splits from DirectX - and it's all free!

1 Sep 2015

Android on Intel

Which Intel software tool includes a new name, new features, and it's ALL available for FREE?

Brick by Brick: Building a Better Game with LEGO Minifigures Online

30 Oct 2015

Android on Intel

The current generation of Intel® graphics hardware extends Intel’s leadership in enabling innovation across the industry, including being fully ready for DirectX 12 and driving the adoption of advanced features by next-generation games.

Terrain Rendering

21 Aug 2012

Egor Yusov

Terrain Rendering is a game technology code sample that demonstrates how to render large-scale terrains in real time by efficiently distributing the tasks between the CPU and the GPU. This article provides an overview of the terrain-rendering application and includes a link to the free code.

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IMSL® C# with Excel and VSTO: An Introduction and Walkthrough

7 Jan 2008

Visual Numerics, Inc.

This document focuses on the combination of VSTO 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition.

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Introduction to Resource Binding in Microsoft DirectX 12

13 May 2015

Android on Intel

Introduction to Resource Binding in Microsoft DirectX 12

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Game Companies Speed Up Development with Intel® Sample Code

26 May 2015

Intel Corporation

Game Companies Speed Up Development with Intel® Sample Code

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What Resources Are Available to Developers Using Intel® INDE?

16 Sep 2015

Intel Corporation

In this article, we will introduce the components of INDE and show how developers can use them to create new applications and optimize existing applications. To start with Intel® INDE provides support for IDE integration.

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Performance Considerations for Resource Binding in Microsoft DirectX 12

23 Oct 2015

Intel Corporation

This article describes how to pick different resource binding mechanisms to run an application efficiently on specific Intel’s GPUs.

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Instantly Increase the Value of your Windows Application

12 Oct 2016

gricardi

As users are migrating from traditional desktops to mobile devices, transitioning your Windows application to the web is the next step to increasing your exposure. Thinfinity VirtualUI delivers your Windows applications to users on any device, anywhere.

Sharing Surfaces between OpenCL™ and DirectX 11 on Intel® Processor Graphics

18 Mar 2015

Intel Corporation

This tutorial demonstrates how to share surfaces between OpenCL™ and DirectX 11 with Intel ® Processor Graphics on Microsoft Windows, using the surface sharing extension in OpenCL.

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Pure .NET DirectShow Filters in C#

13 Oct 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes how to make DirectShow Filters in .NET, it consist of BaseClasses and couple of samples

DirectX and Pure Assembly Language: Doing What Can't be Done - Part III

10 Jul 2017

CMalcheski

App Initialization and Main Window Creation

Diligent Engine: A Modern Cross-Platform Low-Level Graphics Library

28 Mar 2021

EgorYusov

This article introduces Diligent Engine, a modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction library and rendering framework

WPF Parent Window Shading Using Pixel Shaders

29 Mar 2010

Fredrik Bornander

This article discusses using Pixel Shaders to shade the main window when a dialog is showing.

Lego Pan Tilt Camera and Objects Tracking

20 Nov 2008

Andrew Kirillov

Turning regular USB web camera into a pan tilt camera using the Lego Mindstorms robotics kit and tracking simple objects using C#.

Sciter - multiplatform embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting UI engine

11 Nov 2015

c-smile

Basics of Sciter embedding principles, high-level overlook of Sciter SDK structure.

Features of DVB-T2 application development using C# and DirectShow.NET library

24 Sep 2014

Denis Lysikov

In this article I'm going to tell about the features of working with DVB-T2 TV tuners and the nuances that you can expect in this work.

A Brief Tutorial On How To Develop DirectShow Source Filter For Beginners

22 Feb 2010

Aric Wang

The article will give you an idea on how to design a source filter.The source filter creates samples and outputs it from its output pin.

The Main Architecture of MAME.NET

3 Dec 2020

shunninghuang

C# arcade emulator, ROM hacking

EVR Presenter in pure C# with Direct3D Video Rendering

11 Jul 2012

Maxim Kartavenkov

Articles describes how to make pure C# rendering video on EVR with custom presenter over Direct3D in .NET

Grausteroids - an Asteroids game using DirectX and C++

7 Apr 2002

Christian Graus

An Asteroid's clone which needs some work but will illustrate some points about writing games.

DirectUI

27 Apr 2012

Leslie Zhai

Open source windowless presentation manager library with DirectX 3D anmiation

Ultra Rapid Object Detection in Computer Vision Applications with Haar-like Wavelet Features

9 Jul 2008

Chesnokov Yuriy

The article describes the use of Haar-like wavelet features for ultra fast object detection using a cascade of artificial neural network classifiers.

17 Apr 2008

Xavier John

A game written using Visual C++ and DirectX.

Hands Gesture Recognition

22 May 2008

Andrew Kirillov

Some ideas about Hands Gesture Recognition in still images and video feeds, using the AForge.NET framework (C#).

DirectX Tutorial Part I: DirectX Dialog Template for fast pixelwise drawing to DirectX surfaces

16 May 2006

Doga Arinir

CDirectXDialog is a base class for dialog classes in which you want to use DirectX.

FFT Guitar Tuner

10 Aug 2010

notmasteryet

Using a Fast Fourier Transform to calculate the fundamental frequency of the captured audio sound

Rendering Text with Direct2D & DirectWrite

3 Jan 2015

Espen Harlinn

Direct2D, DirectWrite, Windows API, C++, std::shared_ptr and more

Developing 3D Games for Windows* 8 with C++ and Microsoft DirectX*

12 Sep 2014

Bruno Sonnino

In this article, I show you how to develop a soccer penalties shootout game.

Heresy II - Why 4D Homogeneous Transform/Clip/Project is Wasteful

21 Feb 2014

John Hilton

See why your GPU is getting so hot.

Unmanaged Vista Power

22 Feb 2007

DYSEQTA

How to access the power of Vista and the DWM without WPF and .NET

A New Perspective on Viewing

6 Oct 2009

John Hilton

Simple yet comprehensive viewing code for OpenGL and Direct3D.

Windows 7: Exploration of 7 exciting new programming features in a single application!

6 Jan 2010

Michael Chourdakis

Demonstration of seven new programming technologies.

MFC D3D Application - Direct3D Tutorial Part II

29 Jan 2009

hector [.j.] rivas

Part II of the step by step MFC + D3D tutorial, with a custom Direct3D framework.

Play Audio Files with DirectSound and Display its Spectrum in Real Time - Part 3

24 Dec 2008

jackyxinli

An article to show how to play audio file with DirectSound and display its spectrum in real time accurately

RaceX - A 2D racing game using DirectDraw

30 Aug 2002

Mauricio Ritter

This is a 2D racing game that uses a DirectX wrapper library. The game has single player and multiplayer support.

5 Oct 2007

User 2739121

..using DirectDraw - A tool for displaying a customisable overlay

SnapWindows - StickyWindows reloaded

15 Feb 2010

Mr.PoorEnglish

A new approach to 2D - geometric computation replaces Point, Size, and Rectangle.

Camera Vision - video surveillance on C#

9 Oct 2006

Andrew Kirillov

A C# video surveillance application, which allows monitoring several IP cameras simultaneously.

Invasion - A computer game using DirectDraw

4 Jun 2002

Mauricio Ritter

This "Space Invaders"-like game was originally writen in DirectX 6, but I've changed some things so that you can use it with the latest version of the DirecX SDK. It uses just the Windows API and DirectX library (no MFC here). Have fun!

Learning Binary and Hexadecimal

24 Nov 2014

Jeremy Falcon

A beginner's guide to talking like a computer.

Streaming Server using Direct Show and Windows Media Format

13 May 2010

R@jeev K R

A simple streaming server using Direct Show and Windows Media Format SDK

Windows Mobile DirectDraw Game Example

29 Jul 2009

Joel Ivory Johnson

Recreated an old game as a simple demonstration of DirectDraw.

Developing MIDI applications with DirectMusic

11 Apr 2008

Carlos Jiménez de Parga

A wrapper class library for the DirectMusic MIDI.

XNA & Beyond: The Path to VS 2008

4 Jan 2010

Pedro Güida

The article shows how to embed a XNA-based game into a WinForms control with ease. Also, it explains how to integrate an XNA GS project into VS2008 (this IDE is not currently supported by XNA GS), and in turn, to be able to use WPF with your XNA-based creation.

A 3D RPG Based on Ogre and ODE

18 Apr 2013

lxdfigo

A 3D Game Based on Ogre, ODE, 3D Max, CEGUI and so on

XNA: A Beginner's Introduction

17 Jul 2007

Marc Clifton

Getting started with XNA, Blender, and 3D modeling

Use Direct3D 8 To Fly Through the Munsell Color Solid

19 Jul 2004

John Kopplin

A tutorial on Direct3D 8

Introducing Investigo: Using a Proxy DLL and embedded HTTP server for DirectX9 Performance Analysis, Debugging and Automated Performance Testing.

9 Nov 2012

Ashley Davis

Introducing Investigo: Using a Proxy DLL and embedded HTTP server for DirectX9 Performance Analysis, Debugging and Automated Performance Testing

A DirectX Game: Quadrino

16 Oct 2008

Paul M Watt

An interpretation of a popular falling block game implemented with DirectX that attempts to avoid any copyright infringement.

Magnet: A mind teaser in 3D

17 Dec 2013

ATUL_LOONA

Can you solve this?

Capturing audio to a WAV file from an MPEG movie file, using DirectShow

29 Dec 2004

Samiullah Khan

This article describes the process of storing the audio data of a movie file (.mpeg, .mpg, .avi and .dat) on the hard disk in a WAV file using DirectShow filters.

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 1

11 Feb 2009

WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio but does not save it.

Camera_Net Library

14 Jan 2015

free5lot

Camera in .NET application using .NET library (DirectShow).

C# Synth Toolkit - Part I

17 Aug 2007

Leslie Sanford

A toolkit for creating software synthesizers with C# and Managed DirectX.

DirectShow - Fine TV Tuning Using IKsPropertySet.

20 Aug 2004

Liaqat Fayyaz

How to fine tune a TV channel in DirectShow / How to set custom video frequencies of TV tuner devices?

Drawing with DirectDraw & GDI

24 May 2002

marb

Drawing Graphics fast with DirectDraw than with GDI

Getting Started with Shader Effects in WPF

23 Jul 2010

Kubajzz

All you need to know about GPU - accelerated effects in Windows Presentation Foundation

SurfaceImageSource Manager: Connecting C# and DirectX/Direct2D using the WinRT/Metro SurfaceImageSource class, through a small C++ component

21 Mar 2012

Philippe Monteil

SurfaceImageSource Manager is a C++ WinRT component making it easy to produce ready-to-use SurfaceImageSource instances, and then use DirectX or Direct2D to define their aspect in C# Metro applications.

An Easy Video-processing Framework by Grabbing Frames as Bitmaps Using DirectShow

5 Mar 2008

Mingliang Zhu

An article showing how to easily but effectively extract all frames from a video as bitmaps

Write a Screensaver that Actually Works

24 May 2006

Rei Miyasaka

A base class for managing screensaver initialization, timing, preview view, and multiple monitor support, the proper way.

Cam Alarm 2.0 - Alarm system run from a web camera

16 Jun 2010

John Underhill

Simple alarm system for those on a budget..

A Powerful Spectrum Analyzer Based on DirectX

7 Nov 2009

Ali Tavakol

Fast, beautiful, real and easy to connect to your application

3D Terrain Visualisation in Managed DirectX 9 and C#

18 Sep 2005

Igor Stjepanovic

In this project I demonstrate how to write a simple 3D rendering application in a relatively small amount of code.

MIDI Star

10 May 2009

Amory Wong

An article on parsing MIDI files and using MIDI events.

DirectShow Filters Development Part 1: Video Rendering with Direct2D

31 Jan 2011

Roman Ginzburg

This article is about DirectShow development in general and filters development in detail.

Video File Saving in Windows Media Video Format for the DirectX.Capture Class Library

27 Mar 2009

almere109

Enhancements to the DirectX.Capture class for capturing audio and video to Windows Media files, using IWMProfile

Sound Experiments in Managed DirectX

16 Feb 2007

DrGary83

Using static and streaming sound buffers in Managed DirectX.

A Simple Snake Game: Engerek

9 Feb 2011

Okan Kocyigit

A simple snake game controllable both by joystick and keyboard, graphics using C#, joystick control using Directx

C# Synth Toolkit - Part II

17 Aug 2007

Leslie Sanford

Demonstrates how to create a simple synthesizer using the C# Synth Toolkit

Endogine sprite engine

17 Jul 2006

Jonas Beckeman

Sprite engine for D3D and GDI+ (with several game examples).

DirectShow Filters Development Part 2: Live Source Filter

15 Mar 2011

Roman Ginzburg

A generic source filter which exposes an interface for pushing downstream RGB samples of predefined size and frame rate, and can be used for any custom frame input scenario.

Heresy I - Why Floating Point Coordinates are Wasteful

5 Mar 2010

John Hilton

Save space and save the planet by using integer coordinates

Basic Video Capture and VMR9

9 Apr 2009

WajihUllahBaig

Capturing video from webcam and VMR9 windowless rendering with DirectShow.

DirectShow Filters Development Part 3: Transform Filters

15 Mar 2011

Roman Ginzburg

A text overlay filter and a JPEG/JPEG2000 encoder using transform filters.

Capture image from a streaming URL using different ISampleGrabber modes

12 Oct 2009

R@jeev K R

This articles shows how to capture an image from a streaming URL using different ISampleGrabber modes.

A 3D-Enabled View Base Class for SDI Direct3D Development

6 Feb 2005

Bob Ciora

Definition of the CDSSD3DView8 class, a CView-derived class to facilitate Direct3D development with SDI.

Code optimization tutorial - Part 3

30 Jul 2012

Razvan Aguridan

Beginner optimization tutorial

The Console Reinvented

26 Mar 2009

Dmitri Nеstеruk

A multi-view console written in C# and DirectX.

Loading and Rendering Milkshape 3D Models with Animation and Skinning

18 May 2011

Tiberiu Boros

This article shows how to load Milkshape ms3d binary files, animate and display them with OpenGL

Managed DirectDraw with Windows Mobile

4 Jun 2009

Ziad Elmalki

Using Managed DirectDraw with Windows Mobile.

Stencil Buffer Glows - Part 2

10 Feb 2011

JimRL

Create a more robust glow with basic post processing

Extracting still pictures from movie files, with C#

23 Feb 2005

daniel049

Sample application to extract still pictures from most movie file formats.

AViD

3 Mar 2009

Andrew Rissing

An application for visualizing common dendrimer models

.NET Implementation of an Ogg Vorbis Player

4 Apr 2007

Perry Marchant

An article on decoding Ogg Vorbis audio files in .NET.

Multimedia Streaming Synchronization Mechanisms Under DirectShow

1 Feb 2000

Stephane Rodriguez

An overview of three methods on how to perform multimedia streaming.

Managed DirectX via F#

24 Oct 2010

logicchild

An article that illustrates referencing DirectX Libraries in an F# application

Introduction to DirectDraw and Surface Blitting

31 May 2002

Mauricio Ritter

This is an introductory example of how to create a simple application using the DirectDraw library to produce some animation in fullscreen mode. It requires DirectX SDK 7 or greater to run.

An app that reads out text for you

17 Jun 2015

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I would explain the steps to create a simple WPF application that can read out text for you; using .NET framework's Speech API and Installed voices.

Simple Managed DirectX Render Loop

14 Jul 2005

Eric Falsken

A simple framework for implementing the best possible Managed DirectX render loop for games or simulations written in Microsoft .NET.

Programming DirectShow applications in C#: A set of tutorials

6 Oct 2005

daniel049

A collection of tutorials for programming DirectShow in C#.

Super Brick Breaker - A Simple DirectDraw Game

11 Jan 2004

Rob Walter

An article on using DirectX (DirectDraw) to create a simple game

Recording DirectX and OpenGL Rendered Animations

22 Feb 2007

Gopalakrishna Palem

Explains methods for recording DirectX and OpenGL rendered animations programmatically.

DirectSound Wrapper Classes

6 Aug 2006

Arman S.

An article on multimedia - playing Waves by using the DirectSound component.

Play and Visualize WAV Files using Managed Direct Sound with VB.NET

21 Dec 2007

ENO

“Circular Buffers” is an application developed in VB.NET (VS 2003).

Double Buffered Graphics using DirectDraw

23 Sep 2001

Gertruud Lawrence

This article explains how my class CDXSurfaceMgr can be used to facilitate Double Buffered drawing.

Basic Directx Transformation with VB.NET

15 Mar 2011

Abudreas

Applying simple world transformation in 2D world using DirectX and VB.NET

Why Play Guitar Hero When An Android Can Do It For You?

21 Mar 2007

Rafael Mizrahi

An android that plays the Guitar Hero game. A DirectX DirectShow filters the video feed from the PlayStation2, detects where, when and how to play and moves the fingers accordingly.

Google Maps Offline Windows

11 Dec 2018

omeecode

Google Maps Offline in windows discusses how one can download or save Google maps and then view these images offline

Beginning Direct3D

8 Mar 2004

Vahid Kazemi

Start Direct3D programming and create a window

C# MP3 Sound Capturing/Recording Component

20 Oct 2009

Lukasz Kwiecinski, Istrib

A .NET component capturing WAVE or MP3 sound from a sound card. LAME used for MP3 compression.

DirectShow VB.NET Example

24 Dec 2008

lilbiz8

A VB.net example to show how to use DirectShow in VB.NET.

QuickQuery - a database querying tool

7 Feb 2005

BlackDice

A tool for querying all types of databases.

A Primer of DirectX Basics and the DirectX3D API

11 Dec 2010

logicchild

An article that desribes some essentials to help learn the DirectX technology.

Starting DirectX with Visual Basic .NET

21 Feb 2011

Abudreas

Create a DirectX device and draw some Primitives using VB!

Capture Live Video from various Video Devices.

20 May 2004

Dillip Kumar Kara

LiveVideo is an application to capture live video from various video capture devices.

The ultimate Managed DirectSound 9 Tutorial. Part 1: a full introduction to Playback

28 Sep 2005

Dario Solera

How to playback sounds, apply effects and more with the Managed DirectSound 9.

Believable physics in C#

29 Dec 2003

Mårten R

How to create believable physics using C#.

Extract Frames from Video Files

26 Sep 2007

JockerSoft

Class to extract frames from most video file formats using IMediaDet

The Ultimate Managed DirectSound 9 Tutorial Part 2: managing 3D Sounds

2 Aug 2005

Dario Solera

How to playback sounds with 3D audio management.

XNA Alpha Textures

5 Jan 2011

Tiberiu Boros

This shows how to create and combine transparent sprites in C# XNA

MP3, Wav, and PCM Audio Recorder Using iTunes in C#

21 Jun 2009

Lukasz Kwiecinski, Istrib, Ed Nutting

A program that integrates with iTunes and DirectSound to record music

A beginning DirectX application using MFC.

29 Mar 2004

BlackDice

Lets user create and manipulate 3D DirectX models.

Use Android Phone as Webcam and Surveillance Camera

4 Jul 2014

mengwangk

Android phone as webcam or remote surveillance camera through Skype

DirectShow: TV Fine-tuning using IKsPropertySet in C#

31 Mar 2009

almere109

Enhancements to the DirectX.Capture class for TV fine-tuning using IKsPropertySet.

Capture Sample with DirectX and .NET

10 Aug 2003

Blas5

A solution to capture video and frames simultaneously

A DirectX Wrapper

18 Jul 2003

arussell

A DirectX Wrapper

Streaming over HTTP with JavaScript: AJAX video player

24 Oct 2006

Shahin__

In this article, we simulate data streaming with JavaScript and talk about its potentials to perform the tasks associated with plug-ins.

A Remote Windows Mobile Screen Grabber

11 Feb 2008

João Paulo Figueira

Capture your Windows Mobile device screen via ActiveSync or WMDC.

Problems in the AudioVideoPlayback namespace of managed DirectX9

13 Sep 2004

Christian Graus

A guided tour of the many reasons NOT to use DirectX9 for your audio/video playback needs

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

8 May 2008

Davidwu

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

Wrapper class for playing video with the VMR9

10 Feb 2003

Guitool

Class for playing and mixing video files using DirectX9 Video Mixing Renderer.

Rendering terrains with Managed DirectX

5 Sep 2004

Cr@zyIv@n

With use of the High Level Shader Language, this article will help you create almost photorealistic terrains.

Direct3D Rendering Cookbook

28 Apr 2014

Bartlomiej Filipek

Short review of a very interesting book about DirectX 11 using C#

Simple Keyboard Electric Organ

15 Oct 2014

hevesir

This is a simple electric organ (piano) to teach how to synthesize sound with directsound.

DirectX 9 SDK with .NET Forms (C++)

6 Sep 2009

IrrationalThinking

Shows you how to implement a DirectX Render Window into a .NET Form.

Managing Lifetimes of Direct3D12 Resources

16 Apr 2017

EgorYusov

This article describes a low-overhead strategy for managing lifetimes of resources in Direct3D12.

Implementing Dynamic Resources with Direct3D12

23 Nov 2017

EgorYusov

This article describes how to implement dynamic resources with Direct3D12 API using ring buffers.

A wrapper class for the DirectSound API

21 Mar 2001

Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

This article focuses on giving an example of using the DirectX API in PC game software development by using a DirectSound wrapper class

DirectX Board Game Engine

29 Nov 2007

Fredrik Bornander

An article on how to create a generic engine for board games such as Checkers or Chess

Ramblings about your own, fast C# Maths library

16 Nov 2009

Inaki Ayucar

Why not building your own C# Maths library instead of using the ones included in APIs like DirectX or XNA?

Audio File Saving for the DirectX.Capture Class Library

23 Feb 2008

almere109

Enhancements to the DirectX.Capture class for capturing audio to WMA files.

Managed DirectX Tutorials: Part 8 - Exploring the Terrain with Basic Input

26 May 2006

James Gupta

Great, we have terrain, but now, in a similar fashion to Dr. Livingstone we must explore this vast terrain

Half Life Game Level Viewer

7 Feb 2009

Paul Higinbotham

DirectX based application to open and view Half Life 1 game files

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 3

10 Feb 2009

WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio and saves it with simultaneous preview.

DirectX 11 Compute Shaders

22 Feb 2013

Asif Bahrainwala

HPC via Compute Shaders (GPGPU).

Using XInput to access an Xbox 360 Controller in Managed Code

11 Nov 2012

Joel Ivory Johnson

Using the XInput library to interface with the Xbox 360 controller.

DirectX Video Stream and frame capture

12 Jul 2004

hpAng

A library that can capture video stream and frame together

Using the DirectShow Video Mixing Renderer 9 filter

1 Feb 2005

Sameer Ahmed

This article describes how to dynamically mix two video files (.mpeg, .mpg, .avi and .dat). Mixing involves alpha-blending and stretching/shrinking and positioning of the two video streams, individually, using DirectShow's VMR9 filter.

D3dScenePresenter - How to present and manipulate a 3D scene using MDX

15 Feb 2013

Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can present a 3D scene and, perform common operations (zoom, rotate, move, zoom to specific region, adjust the camera to view the whole of the scene, and pick a 3D shape on a specific region on the rendered surface) on it, using Managed DirectX.

A Beautiful Oscilloscope Based on DirectX

1 Nov 2009

Ali Tavakol

Fast, real, and easy to connect to your application.

Windows Forms, Managed DirectX and C++. All In One

26 Mar 2009

ManelF

This project shows with an example how to combine Managed C++, Managed DirectX and Windows Forms.

Force Feedback in Managed DirectX

16 Mar 2008

Chris McElligott Park

A C# example of working Force Feedback in Managed DirectX

GUI Library for Managed DirectX Applications

24 Jul 2007

AvengerDr

This article introduces the Odyssey User Interface, a library of controls that can be used in any Managed DirectX application.

LED Style Volume Meter Using DirectX

21 Sep 2007

stebo0728

A DirectX based Audio Volume Meter, emulates LED panel on sound board.

cHitChecker - Solving the hit testing problem in game development

4 Jun 2002

Mauricio Ritter

This article show the creation of a simple HitChecking class that allow you to check the if an object in the plane has been hit. It uses the GDI API, implementing some of the region functions.

Joystick Driver Project

10 Feb 2013

Work Damnit!

Need to control something with a Joystick in Windows? Here is an easy to use driver that will help you do it.

3D Basics Using XNA for Windows 8 Store Apps and Windows Phone Apps

27 Feb 2013

MetaMapper (Andy Powell)

How to program hardware accelerated 3D graphics for Windows 8 Store apps and Windows Phone apps using XNA.

Windows-Phone-7

Xbox 360 Controller Input in C++ with XInput

13 Jun 2008

Minalien

A small tutorial on how to use XInput (requires the DX SDK) to handle input from an Xbox 360 Controller for Windows.

A Simple and Powerful Game Engine

23 Jul 2007

S Keller

This article talks about a simple and powerful game engine to make game programming simpler

DirectShow Video and Audio Trimming

18 Mar 2008

Kovalev Maxim

How to cut off specified parts of media file using DirectShow

MIDI Wrapper Classes

3 Nov 2005

Arman S.

An article that presents some C++ classes to play MIDI files.

Prototyping DirectShow filters in C#

14 Dec 2005

daniel049

This article shows how to implement a DirectShow filter in C#.

Perfect Panning in 3D (Zoom Too)

12 Oct 2009

John Hilton

How to pan in perspective views so the point under the cursor stays under the cursor.

Real-time video image processing / frame grabber using a minimalistic approach

6 Apr 2010

Ladislav Nevery

Probably the simplest possible sample for video image grabber on Windows. Supports AVI, MPG, QTV, Webcam,TVTuner, etc.

Preview and Record with MPEG2 Capture device

11 Jun 2004

BeCapture

This article shows how to work with MPEG2 capture devices such as Preview, Record. Works with all video renderers. Grab picture and configure MPEG2 Demux.

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 2

10 Feb 2009

WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio and saves it.

Simple Managed DirectX Render Loop

14 Jul 2005

Eric Falsken

A simple framework for implementing the best possible Managed DirectX render loop for games or simulations written in Microsoft .NET.

Programming DirectShow applications in C#: A set of tutorials

6 Oct 2005

daniel049

A collection of tutorials for programming DirectShow in C#.

Super Brick Breaker - A Simple DirectDraw Game

11 Jan 2004

Rob Walter

An article on using DirectX (DirectDraw) to create a simple game

Recording DirectX and OpenGL Rendered Animations

22 Feb 2007

Gopalakrishna Palem

Explains methods for recording DirectX and OpenGL rendered animations programmatically.

DirectSound Wrapper Classes

6 Aug 2006

Arman S.

An article on multimedia - playing Waves by using the DirectSound component.

Play and Visualize WAV Files using Managed Direct Sound with VB.NET

21 Dec 2007

ENO

“Circular Buffers” is an application developed in VB.NET (VS 2003).

Double Buffered Graphics using DirectDraw

23 Sep 2001

Gertruud Lawrence

This article explains how my class CDXSurfaceMgr can be used to facilitate Double Buffered drawing.

Basic Directx Transformation with VB.NET

15 Mar 2011

Abudreas

Applying simple world transformation in 2D world using DirectX and VB.NET

Why Play Guitar Hero When An Android Can Do It For You?

21 Mar 2007

Rafael Mizrahi

An android that plays the Guitar Hero game. A DirectX DirectShow filters the video feed from the PlayStation2, detects where, when and how to play and moves the fingers accordingly.

Google Maps Offline Windows

11 Dec 2018

omeecode

Google Maps Offline in windows discusses how one can download or save Google maps and then view these images offline

Beginning Direct3D

8 Mar 2004

Vahid Kazemi

Start Direct3D programming and create a window

C# MP3 Sound Capturing/Recording Component

20 Oct 2009

Lukasz Kwiecinski, Istrib

A .NET component capturing WAVE or MP3 sound from a sound card. LAME used for MP3 compression.

DirectShow VB.NET Example

24 Dec 2008

lilbiz8

A VB.net example to show how to use DirectShow in VB.NET.

QuickQuery - a database querying tool

7 Feb 2005

BlackDice

A tool for querying all types of databases.

A Primer of DirectX Basics and the DirectX3D API

11 Dec 2010

logicchild

An article that desribes some essentials to help learn the DirectX technology.

Starting DirectX with Visual Basic .NET

21 Feb 2011

Abudreas

Create a DirectX device and draw some Primitives using VB!

Capture Live Video from various Video Devices.

20 May 2004

Dillip Kumar Kara

LiveVideo is an application to capture live video from various video capture devices.

The ultimate Managed DirectSound 9 Tutorial. Part 1: a full introduction to Playback

28 Sep 2005

Dario Solera

How to playback sounds, apply effects and more with the Managed DirectSound 9.

Believable physics in C#

29 Dec 2003

Mårten R

How to create believable physics using C#.

Extract Frames from Video Files

26 Sep 2007

JockerSoft

Class to extract frames from most video file formats using IMediaDet

The Ultimate Managed DirectSound 9 Tutorial Part 2: managing 3D Sounds

2 Aug 2005

Dario Solera

How to playback sounds with 3D audio management.

XNA Alpha Textures

5 Jan 2011

Tiberiu Boros

This shows how to create and combine transparent sprites in C# XNA

MP3, Wav, and PCM Audio Recorder Using iTunes in C#

21 Jun 2009

Lukasz Kwiecinski, Istrib, Ed Nutting

A program that integrates with iTunes and DirectSound to record music

A beginning DirectX application using MFC.

29 Mar 2004

BlackDice

Lets user create and manipulate 3D DirectX models.

Use Android Phone as Webcam and Surveillance Camera

4 Jul 2014

mengwangk

Android phone as webcam or remote surveillance camera through Skype

DirectShow: TV Fine-tuning using IKsPropertySet in C#

31 Mar 2009

almere109

Enhancements to the DirectX.Capture class for TV fine-tuning using IKsPropertySet.

Capture Sample with DirectX and .NET

10 Aug 2003

Blas5

A solution to capture video and frames simultaneously

A DirectX Wrapper

18 Jul 2003

arussell

A DirectX Wrapper

Streaming over HTTP with JavaScript: AJAX video player

24 Oct 2006

Shahin__

In this article, we simulate data streaming with JavaScript and talk about its potentials to perform the tasks associated with plug-ins.

A Remote Windows Mobile Screen Grabber

11 Feb 2008

João Paulo Figueira

Capture your Windows Mobile device screen via ActiveSync or WMDC.

Problems in the AudioVideoPlayback namespace of managed DirectX9

13 Sep 2004

Christian Graus

A guided tour of the many reasons NOT to use DirectX9 for your audio/video playback needs

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

8 May 2008

Davidwu

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

Wrapper class for playing video with the VMR9

10 Feb 2003

Guitool

Class for playing and mixing video files using DirectX9 Video Mixing Renderer.

Rendering terrains with Managed DirectX

5 Sep 2004

Cr@zyIv@n

With use of the High Level Shader Language, this article will help you create almost photorealistic terrains.

Direct3D Rendering Cookbook

28 Apr 2014

Bartlomiej Filipek

Short review of a very interesting book about DirectX 11 using C#

Simple Keyboard Electric Organ

15 Oct 2014

hevesir

This is a simple electric organ (piano) to teach how to synthesize sound with directsound.

DirectX 9 SDK with .NET Forms (C++)

6 Sep 2009

IrrationalThinking

Shows you how to implement a DirectX Render Window into a .NET Form.

Managing Lifetimes of Direct3D12 Resources

16 Apr 2017

EgorYusov

This article describes a low-overhead strategy for managing lifetimes of resources in Direct3D12.

Implementing Dynamic Resources with Direct3D12

23 Nov 2017

EgorYusov

This article describes how to implement dynamic resources with Direct3D12 API using ring buffers.

A wrapper class for the DirectSound API

21 Mar 2001

Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

This article focuses on giving an example of using the DirectX API in PC game software development by using a DirectSound wrapper class

DirectX Board Game Engine

29 Nov 2007

Fredrik Bornander

An article on how to create a generic engine for board games such as Checkers or Chess

Ramblings about your own, fast C# Maths library

16 Nov 2009

Inaki Ayucar

Why not building your own C# Maths library instead of using the ones included in APIs like DirectX or XNA?

Audio File Saving for the DirectX.Capture Class Library