Chapter 7 Using the Movie Player Functions

Movie Player functions provide more flexibility than the MCI animation commands, but they require more work. This chapter covers the following topics:

An overview of the Movie Player functions

Opening and closing a Movie Player instance, and getting error information

Loading, unloading, and getting information on movie files

Managing the playback window

Starting playback, advancing frames, and stopping playback

Changing playback options and jumping to specific frames in a movie

Using frame callback functions

For an overview of the Movie Player, including a description of the MCI animation commands, see Chapter 6, “The Multimedia Movie Player.” Also, the MMPLAY sample application on your MDK disc is a Movie Player application that uses many of the Movie Player features.