DirectX 9 Beta 3
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Thanks Voodoo of Neowin.
There are many new and exciting features in all of the DirectX components. The SDK has added a new member to its core technology called Managed DirectX, a DirectPlay port for the PocketPC, a High Level Shader Language for D3DX, and Windows XP parity on downlevel operating systems for DirectShow and the DirectX audio APIs.
DirectShow also has a new Video Mixing Renderer (VMR9) which uses D3D9 surfaces and always renders video through the 3D pipeline, along with new and exciting samples.
Important notes:
Requires Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Does not support either Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
Do not install the DirectX 9.0 beta on a machine that you need run the shader debugger for DirectX 8.1 code. There is a known issue in Beta 3 that prevents correct operation on DirectX 8.1 shaders. This will be fixed in the near future.
You can start the setup from either of the setups below:
/http://home.wi.rr.com/srch/dxwebsetup.exe
/http://www.neowin.net/staff/users/Voodoo/dxwebsetup.exe
/http://mikemth.com/downloads.php?d_op=getit&lid=447
