<s>
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
was	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
video-playing	O
and	O
editing	O
software	O
introduced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
runtime	O
version	O
for	O
viewing	O
videos	O
only	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
add-on	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
which	O
then	O
became	O
an	O
integral	O
component	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
was	O
mostly	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
July	O
1996	O
release	O
of	O
ActiveMovie	B-Application
,	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
DirectShow	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
in	O
1994	O
alleging	O
theft	O
of	O
several	O
thousand	O
lines	O
of	O
QuickTime	B-Application
source	O
code	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	O
was	O
settled	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
when	O
Apple	O
agreed	O
to	O
make	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
the	O
default	O
browser	O
over	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
in	O
exchange	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
agreed	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
other	O
software	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
for	O
the	O
next	O
5	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
purchase	O
$150	O
million	O
of	O
non-voting	O
Apple	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
November	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
reaction	O
to	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
's	O
QuickTime	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
digital	O
video	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costing	O
around	O
$200	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
included	O
editing	O
and	O
encoding	B-Algorithm
programs	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
video	O
input	O
boards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
runtime	O
version	O
for	O
viewing	O
videos	O
only	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
add-on	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
3.11	O
;	O
it	O
then	O
became	O
an	O
integral	O
component	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
QuickTime	B-Application
,	O
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
had	O
three	O
key	O
aspects	O
:	O
Audio	O
Video	O
Interleave	O
(	O
AVI	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
container	O
file	O
format	O
designed	O
to	O
store	O
digital	O
video	O
;	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
that	O
allowed	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
to	O
play	O
or	O
manipulate	O
digital	O
video	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
applications	O
;	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
playing	O
and	O
editing	O
digital	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
was	O
mostly	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
July	O
1996	O
release	O
of	O
ActiveMovie	B-Application
,	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
DirectShow	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
second	O
beta	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
3	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveMovie	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
,	O
either	O
standalone	O
or	O
bundled	O
with	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveMovie	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
video	B-General_Concept
capture	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
was	O
still	O
used	O
for	O
video	B-General_Concept
capture	I-General_Concept
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
Model	I-Application
capture	O
drivers	O
,	O
which	O
only	O
started	O
to	O
become	O
popular	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
became	O
an	O
issue	O
in	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
Apple	O
filed	O
in	O
December	O
1994	O
against	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Canyon	O
Company	O
and	O
in	O
1995	O
against	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Intel	O
alleging	O
theft	O
of	O
several	O
thousand	O
lines	O
of	O
QuickTime	B-Application
source	O
code	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
lawsuit	O
was	O
ultimately	O
settled	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
when	O
Apple	O
agreed	O
to	O
make	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
the	O
default	O
browser	O
over	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
;	O
in	O
exchange	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
agreed	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
other	O
software	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
for	O
the	O
next	O
5	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
purchase	O
$150	O
million	O
of	O
non-voting	O
Apple	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1997	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
ActiveMovie	B-Application
would	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
and	O
around	O
July	O
started	O
referring	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
DirectShow	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Including	O
Microsoft	O
RLE	B-Algorithm
and	O
Video1	B-Algorithm
codecs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
1993	O
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
1.1Added	O
Cinepak	B-Algorithm
codec	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
updates	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
this	O
version	O
:	O
1.1a	O
through	O
1.1e	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
last	O
one	O
(	O
published	O
in	O
March	O
1995	O
)	O
being	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1x	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1.1d	O
included	O
Indeo	B-Algorithm
3.2	O
codec	O
(	O
which	O
Apple	O
alleged	O
to	O
have	O
infringed	O
on	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
Apple	O
's	O
QuickTime	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
)	O
.September	O
1994Video	O
for	O
Windows	O
NTBundled	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.5	I-Device
and	O
laterAugust	O
1995Video	O
for	O
Windows	O
95Bundled	O
with	O
Windows	O
95July	O
1996ActiveMovie	O
1.0The	O
successor	O
of	O
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
support	O
for	O
MPEG-1	B-Algorithm
and	O
QuickTime	B-Application
file	O
formats.March	O
1997DirectShow	O
1.0The	O
successor	O
of	O
ActiveMovie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
