Module Map

Target inventory

The root CMakeLists.txt adds 28 module subdirectories. Targets are added in dependency order (foundation first, engine last):

#	CMake target	Source dir	Type	Family
1	WLXPhotoBase	src/WLXPhotoBase/	DLL	Platform
2	WLXMovieLibrary	src/WLXMovieLibrary/	DLL	Pipeline & effects
3	WLXVideoTrim	src/WLXVideoTrim/	DLL	Pipeline & effects
4	WLXPipeline	src/WLXPipeline/	DLL	Pipeline & effects
5	WLXPipetran	src/WLXPipetran/	DLL	Pipeline & effects
6	WLXMediaPublishSubscribe	src/WLXMediaPublishSubscribe/	DLL	Platform
7	WLXSlideshow	src/WLXSlideshow/	DLL	Pipeline & effects
8	WLXPhotoCinematic	src/WLXPhotoCinematic/	DLL	Pipeline & effects
9	WLXFaceRecognition	src/WLXFaceRecognition/	DLL	Platform
10	WLXCodecHost	src/WLXCodecHost/	EXE	Media Foundation
11	WLXTranscode	src/WLXTranscode/	EXE	Media Foundation
12	WLXMP4Parser	src/WLXMP4Parser/	DLL	Media Foundation
13	WLMFReadWrite	src/WLMFReadWrite/	DLL	Media Foundation
14	WLMFDS	src/WLMFDS/	DLL	Media Foundation
15	MovieMakerCore	src/MovieMakerCore/	DLL	Application
16	MovieMakerLang	src/MovieMakerLang/	DLL (resource-only)	Application
17	MovieMakerPreviewClient	src/MovieMakerPreviewClient/	DLL	Application
18	MovieMaker	src/MovieMaker/	EXE (launcher)	Application
19	DmxBici	src/DmxBici/	DLL	Platform
20	MetadataSys	src/MetadataSys/	DLL	Platform
21	UXCore	src/UXCore/	DLL	DirectUI engine layer
23	uxctl	src/uxctl/	DLL	DirectUI engine layer
24	wlidcli	src/wlidcli/	DLL	Platform
25	MediaCatalog	src/Media/	static lib	DirectUI engine layer
26	WLXPhotoSqm	src/WLXPhotoSqm/	DLL	Platform
27	TimelineEngine	src/Timeline/	static lib	DirectUI engine layer
28	GPURenderer	src/Renderer/	DLL	DirectUI engine layer
29	PlaybackEngine	src/Playback/	static lib	DirectUI engine layer

(src/WTL/ is the vendored WTL 10 header set — not a build target.)

Dependency layers

Dashed edges are delay-loaded and optional — the engine must survive their absence on modern Windows (Quirk #11).

What links what

Each module's CMakeLists.txt declares its system import libraries explicitly. The common system set (root CMakeLists.txt) is:

kernel32 user32 gdi32 shell32 ole32 oleaut32 advapi32 shlwapi gdiplus
d3d11 d3d9 d3dcompiler dxva2 mfplat mf dwmapi uxtheme version winmm
XmlLite windowscodecs oleacc propsys esent d2d1 dwrite

Notable per-module additions:

• MovieMakerCore — D3D11/D2D/DWrite/MF plus crypt32 (DPAPI for the PSA auth store) and XmlLite (project serialization).
• WLXVideoTrim — DirectShow-era interfaces (strmiids, quartz) for its DirectShow-based trimming pipelines.
• MovieMaker (launcher) — links the static CRT and delay-loads MovieMakerCore.dll.

Full per-module detail: see each page in the Module Reference.

Source directory conventions

Every module follows the same micro-layout:

src/<Module>/
  CMakeLists.txt      # project() + add_library/add_executable + def file
  <Module>.def        # export table (Name @ordinal) — most modules
  dllmain.cpp         # DLL entry (COM registration entries where applicable)
  <Module>.cpp/.h     # implementation + public header
  README.md           # module-specific notes (most modules)

MovieMakerCore is the exception — a full subsystem tree of 349 files described in Architecture Overview.

The disconnected DirectUI preview scaffolding is not constructed or linked by MovieMakerCore (#25); application playback uses MF PlaybackController. The unused standalone ProjectManager target was removed (#21).