MCI Reference

This section describes the MCI functions, structures, messages, macros, commands, and command strings. These elements are grouped as follows.

Notifications

MM_MCINOTIFY
MM_MCISIGNAL

Retrieving Information

mciGetCreatorTask
mciGetDeviceID
mciGetErrorString

Sending Commands

mciSendCommand
mciSendString

Time Formats

MCI_HMS_HOUR
MCI_HMS_MINUTE
MCI_HMS_SECOND
MCI_MAKE_HMS
MCI_MAKE_MSF
MCI_MAKE_TMSF
MCI_MSF_FRAME
MCI_MSF_MINUTE
MCI_MSF_SECOND
MCI_TMSF_FRAME
MCI_TMSF_MINUTE
MCI_TMSF_SECOND
MCI_TMSF_TRACK

Yield Procedures

mciGetYieldProc
mciSetYieldProc

Configuring a Device

break
configure
escape
index
MCI_BREAK
MCI_BREAK_PARMS
MCI_CONFIGURE
MCI_DGV_SET_PARMS
MCI_DGV_SETAUDIO_PARMS
MCI_DGV_SETVIDEO_PARMS
MCI_ESCAPE
MCI_INDEX
MCI_SEQ_SET_PARMS
MCI_SET
MCI_SET_PARMS
MCI_SETAUDIO
MCI_SETTIMECODE
MCI_SETTUNER
MCI_SETVIDEO
MCI_SPIN
MCI_VCR_SET_PARMS
MCI_VCR_SETAUDIO_PARMS
MCI_VCR_SETTUNER_PARMS
MCI_VCR_SETVIDEO_PARMS
MCI_VD_ESCAPE_PARMS
MCI_WAVE_SET_PARMS
set
setaudio
settimecode
settuner
setvideo
spin

Controlling Playback

freeze
load
MCI_DGV_FREEZE_PARMS
MCI_DGV_LOAD_PARMS
MCI_DGV_PAUSE_PARMS
MCI_DGV_PLAY_PARMS
MCI_DGV_RESUME_PARMS
MCI_DGV_STOP_PARMS
MCI_FREEZE
MCI_LOAD
MCI_LOAD_PARMS
MCI_OVLY_LOAD_PARMS
MCI_PAUSE
MCI_PLAY
MCI_PLAY_PARMS
MCI_RESUME
MCI_STOP
MCI_UNFREEZE
MCI_VCR_PLAY_PARMS
MCI_VD_PLAY_PARMS
pause
play
resume
stop
unfreeze

Controlling the Position

cue
mark
MCI_CUE
MCI_DGV_CUE_PARMS
MCI_DGV_SIGNAL_PARMS
MCI_DGV_STEP_PARMS
MCI_MARK
MCI_SEEK
MCI_SEEK_PARMS
MCI_SIGNAL
MCI_STEP
MCI_VCR_CUE_PARMS
MCI_VCR_SEEK_PARMS
MCI_VCR_STEP_PARMS
MCI_VD_STEP_PARMS
seek
signal
step

Editing

copy
cut
delete
MCI_COPY
MCI_CUT
MCI_DELETE
MCI_DGV_COPY_PARMS
MCI_DGV_CUT_PARMS
MCI_DGV_DELETE_PARMS
MCI_DGV_PASTE_PARMS
MCI_PASTE
MCI_UNDO
MCI_WAVE_DELETE_PARMS
paste
undo

Miscellaneous

MCI_GENERIC_PARMS

Opening and Closing

close
MCI_CLOSE
MCI_DGV_OPEN_PARMS
MCI_OPEN
MCI_OPEN_PARMS
MCI_OVLY_OPEN_PARMS
MCI_WAVE_OPEN_PARMS
open

Realizing a Palette

MCI_REALIZE
realize

Repainting a Frame

MCI_DGV_UPDATE_PARMS
MCI_UPDATE
update

Retrieving Information

capability
info
list
MCI_DGV_INFO_PARMS
MCI_DGV_LIST_PARMS
MCI_DGV_STATUS_PARMS
MCI_GETDEVCAPS
MCI_GETDEVCAPS_PARMS
MCI_INFO
MCI_INFO_PARMS
MCI_LIST
MCI_STATUS
MCI_STATUS_PARMS
MCI_SYSINFO
MCI_SYSINFO_PARMS
MCI_VCR_LIST_PARMS
MCI_VCR_STATUS_PARMS
status
sysinfo

Saving

MCI_DGV_RECORD_PARMS
MCI_DGV_SAVE_PARMS
MCI_OVLY_SAVE_PARMS
MCI_RECORD
MCI_RECORD_PARMS
MCI_SAVE
MCI_SAVE_PARMS
MCI_VCR_RECORD_PARMS
record
save

Video Control

capture
MCI_CAPTURE
MCI_DGV_MONITOR_PARMS
MCI_DGV_QUALITY_PARMS
MCI_DGV_RESERVE_PARMS
MCI_DGV_RESTORE_PARMS
MCI_MONITOR
MCI_QUALITY
MCI_RESERVE
MCI_RESTORE
monitor
quality
reserve
restore

Window or Display Rectangles

MCI_DGV_PUT_PARMS
MCI_DGV_RECT_PARMS
MCI_DGV_WINDOW_PARMS
MCI_OVLY_RECT_PARMS
MCI_OVLY_WINDOW_PARMS
MCI_PUT
MCI_WHERE
MCI_WINDOW
put
where
window