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thewhiteambit
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11 years ago

Desktop Duplication API throwing exception on Direct HMD

When using Desktop Duplication API http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh404487(v=vs.85).aspx DxgiOutput1->DuplicateOutput //throwing exception when in Direct HMD Mode ...
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thewhiteambit
Adventurer
11 years ago
MS Desktop Duplication API works only on Windows 8, if that is no concern it you can implement it. But it is quiet complicated, because multi-threaded handling needs shared resources over multiple devices. The API itself is great and easy to use.

I am working on an overlay, one could use with different existing software - this should work at least in windowed mode with wpf - this way one could use a virtual desktop in many other software :)