What is Microsoft DirectX?
In the early days of computing, producing any sort of real-time animation or computer game for Microsoft Windows was pretty much a nightmare. There were all kinds of video cards, sound cards, and hardware configurations, and all of them worked just a little bit differently. What this meant was that a programmer either had to study and design his program for all of the possible configurations or limit the program to a select few. On top of this, Windows generally tended to run things pretty slow. For this reason, there were very few games made for Windows 3.1 and earlier. In time (what many programmers thought was as a very long time), the Microsoft company began to realize that this was a severe limitation of the Windows system. So, they came up with DirectX. This was a dream come true for video game programmers. DirectX provided a standard way to interact with all kinds of hardware, so the programmer no longer had to worry about such things. DirectX also gave the program more control
Microsoft DirectX® is an advanced suite of multimedia Application Programming Interfaces (API’s) built into Microsoft Windows® operating systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform for Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to access specialized hardware features without having to write any hardware-specific code. DirectX is a recognized standard for multimedia application development on the Windows platform. In simple terms, DirectX is a Windows-based technology that enables higher performance in graphics and sound when you’re playing games or watching video on your PC. You must have DirectX 8.1 or higher installed, to be able to use Digital Media Converter.
