Microsoft DirectX Redistributable is acollection of application programming interfaces (APIs) forhandling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programmingand video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of theseAPIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw,DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth. The nameDirectX was coined as shorthand term for all of these APIs(the X standing in for the particular API names) and soon becamethe name of the collection.
Microsoft encourages the use of these DirectXcomponents:
– Direct3D (D3D): for drawing 3D graphics.
– DXGI: for enumerating adapters and monitorsand managing swap chains for Direct3D 10 and up.
– Direct2D: for 2D graphics.
– DirectWrite: for fonts.
– DirectCompute: for GPU Computing.
– DirectSound3D (DS3D): for the playback of 3Dsounds.
– DirectX Media: comprising DirectAnimation for2D/3D web animation, DirectShow for multimedia playback andstreaming media, DirectX Transform for web interactivity, andDirect3D Retained Mode for higher level 3D graphics. DirectShowcontains DirectX plugins for audio signal processing and DirectXVideo Acceleration for accelerated video playback..
– DirectX Diagnostics (DxDiag): a tool fordiagnosing and generating reports on components related to DirectX,such as audio, video, and input drivers.
– DirectX Media Objects: support for streamingobjects such as encoders, decoders, and effects.
– DirectSetup: for the installation of DirectXcomponents, and the detection of the current DirectX version.
Microsoft has deprecated, but still supports, these DirectXcomponents:
– DirectDraw: for drawing 2D Graphics (rastergraphics). Deprecated in favor of Direct2D, though still in use bya number of games and as a video renderer in mediaapplications.
– DirectInput: for interfacing with inputdevices including keyboards, mice, joysticks, or other gamecontrollers. Deprecated after version 8 in favor of XInput for Xbox360 controllers or standard WM_INPUT window message processing forkeyboard and mouse input.
– DirectPlay: for communication over alocal-area or wide-area network. Deprecated after version 8 infavor of Games for Windows Live and Xbox Live.
– DirectSound: for the playback and recordingof waveform sounds. Deprecated in favor of the current audiolibraries, including XAudio2 (a low-level audio library) and XACT3(a higher-level audio API).
– DirectMusic: for playback of soundtracksauthored in DirectMusic Producer. Deprecated since DirectX 8 infavor of XAudio2 and XACT3.
DirectX functionality is provided in the form of COM-style objectsand interfaces. Additionally, while not DirectX componentsthemselves, managed objects have been built on top of some parts ofDirectX, such as Managed Direct3D and the XNA graphics library ontop of Direct3D 9.
Installer Size: 98.7 + 587 MB
Download Links : Microsoft DirectX End-User Redistributable v9.0c June 2010 + SDK + Crack