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Fri 01 Sep 06 @ 2:56 pm

1) The main thing to use Direct3D is to have : IDirect3DDevice9 *pd3dDevice;

As this pointer is defined by the VirtualDJ sofware, a global pointer is given in the VirtualDJ video plugins SDK:
IDirect3DDevice9 *D3DDevice;

Each time you want to use a Direct3D functions, you have to use "D3DDevice->"

2) A vertex is a dot in the space defined by a struct TVertex
(NB: one vertex, two vertices)

struct TVertex
{
struct {FLOAT x,y,z;} position; // The 3D position (coordinates) for the vertex
DWORD color; // The vertex color
FLOAT tu,tv; // The texture coordinates
};

3D models in Direct3D are based on triangles:
To define a triangle, you need 3 Vertices: vertices[0], vertices[1], vertices[2]
To define a square so 4 Vertices: vertices[0], vertices[1], vertices[2], vertices[3], you need 2 triangles :
{vertices[0], vertices[1], vertices[2]} and {vertices[1], vertices[3], vertices[2]}



Texturing:

"IDirect3DTexture9 *texture" in the function OnDraw is the current video texture

Then you apply the texture (video,bitmap,...) on this square with the following function:

D3DDevice->SetTexture(0,texture);

NB: in this case "0" means the first stage of the video

Renderering:

return S_FALSE; will automatically render the video for you

if you want to render by yourself, you can use for example the following function:
D3DDevice->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP,2,(LPVOID)Vertices,sizeof(Vertices[0]));
and in this case, use return S_OK;