An idea for a filter devlopment tool

[Harlequin]

I had an idea for a development tool and I wondered what people would think about it.

my idea was to use a Trasnform filter to copy a raw sample of any type to the disk. This way you can view each sample in a hex editor and view each sample one at a time. Then write a simple plugin launcher for testing decoder algorithms.

I thought that it would be simpler to write or test a simple DecodeSample() function instead of trying to test the decoding in graphedit.

[Valex]

You need to try 'Dump' filter shipped with DirectShow samples. Very useful thing...

[Harlequin]

I hadn't noticed that filter sample, however my thought was to make one that had a button on a property page for grabing a single sample which would be more useful to find data like subpic samples that may take a while to display.