Complex sentence: To overcome their difficulties with DirectShow's unique COM rules, developers often turn to a higher level API that uses DirectShow, notably, "Windows Media Player SDK", an API provides the developer with an ActiveX Control that has fewer COM interfaces to deal with.
Split into simpler sentences: To overcome their difficulties with DirectShow's unique COM rules, developers often turn to a higher level API that uses DirectShow, notably, "Windows Media Player SDK". This API provides the developer with an ActiveX Control that has fewer COM interfaces to deal with.