public void OpenFile(string destPath, Parameters parameters, CodecToken videoCodecToken) { this.parameters = parameters; this.currVideoCodecToken = videoCodecToken; //TODO - try creating the file once first before we let vfw botch it up? //open the avi output file handle if (File.Exists(destPath)) { File.Delete(destPath); } if (Win32.FAILED(Win32.AVIFileOpenW(ref pAviFile, destPath, Win32.OpenFileStyle.OF_CREATE | Win32.OpenFileStyle.OF_WRITE, 0))) { throw new InvalidOperationException("Couldnt open dest path for avi file: " + destPath); } //initialize the video stream Win32.AVISTREAMINFOW vidstream_header = new Win32.AVISTREAMINFOW(); Win32.BITMAPINFOHEADER bmih = new Win32.BITMAPINFOHEADER(); parameters.PopulateBITMAPINFOHEADER24(ref bmih); vidstream_header.fccType = Win32.mmioFOURCC("vids"); vidstream_header.dwRate = parameters.fps; vidstream_header.dwScale = parameters.fps_scale; vidstream_header.dwSuggestedBufferSize = (int)bmih.biSizeImage; if (Win32.FAILED(Win32.AVIFileCreateStreamW(pAviFile, out pAviRawVideoStream, ref vidstream_header))) { CloseFile(); throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed opening raw video stream. Not sure how this could happen"); } //initialize audio stream Win32.AVISTREAMINFOW audstream_header = new Win32.AVISTREAMINFOW(); Win32.WAVEFORMATEX wfex = new Win32.WAVEFORMATEX(); parameters.PopulateWAVEFORMATEX(ref wfex); audstream_header.fccType = Win32.mmioFOURCC("auds"); audstream_header.dwQuality = -1; audstream_header.dwScale = wfex.nBlockAlign; audstream_header.dwRate = (int)wfex.nAvgBytesPerSec; audstream_header.dwSampleSize = wfex.nBlockAlign; audstream_header.dwInitialFrames = 1; // ??? optimal value? if (Win32.FAILED(Win32.AVIFileCreateStreamW(pAviFile, out pAviRawAudioStream, ref audstream_header))) { CloseFile(); throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed opening raw audio stream. Not sure how this could happen"); } outStatus = new OutputStatus(); IsOpen = true; }