The Multimedia Development Kit includes a complete set of functions for building Windows-based multimedia applications. Developing a multimedia title through this approach offers the most flexibility in the design of a title; it also requires the highest level of technical skill.
Should you decide to go this route, obtain the services of experienced Windows programmers. The prerequisite experience for this would be a working knowledge of both the C programming language, and the Windows development environment.
The Programmer's Reference and the Programmer's Workbook describe in detail the use and content of the application programming interface (API) included with the Multimedia Extensions to Windows.