This chapter provides an overview of the functions in the Multimedia extensions to Windows. The functions are organized into the following categories, some of which contain smaller groups of related functions:
High-level audio services
Low-level waveform audio services
Low-level MIDI audio services
Auxiliary audio device services
Multimedia movie-playback services
File I/O services
Media Control Interface (MCI) services
Joystick services
Timer services
Screen-saver services
Bitmap display services
Debugging services
For detailed information on the functions listed in this chapter, see Chapter 3, “Function Directory,” which is an alphabetical listing of the functions in the Multimedia extensions to Windows.