Play Video without Blank while Rendering.

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How to Play Video Files without Black (Blank) Frames, while new file is
rendered?

DETAILED:
i am using DirectShow (Quatrz.dll) to play video files in VB6

my project is for Small Cable TV Channel, where i have to run video
files one after other from a playlist.

when i render the next new file, the screen goes black for fraction of
seconds.
i know this is due to clearing the previous buffer.

but most of the professional softwares are made without any blank, even
WinDVD Player.

TRY 1:
i tried VMR9. but it is not solving my issue. It sucks the CPU usage,
and
i don't know how to pass file by file rendering with VMR9.
i could render 2 files together and switch one by one, works how i
wanted.
but my purpose is Previous files ends, then Next file runs. (Without
any black frames).

TRY 2:
capturing last frame of previous video and show it till we render Next
file.
it got failed due to many reasons and not professional way. (Slow and
no exact last frame)

HELP NEEDED:
1. is there any filter (way) to store last frame and show it till the
new file is getting rendered ?
2. is there any method in direct (X,Show,Draw) to send the video to
graphic card TV out ?
3. is there any other technic to do this ?

thanks in advance...

soorya
soorya(at)vsnl(dot)com

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