Using MCIWnd Palettes

Playing video clips with 8-bit color depth (256-color capacity) requires a palette to define the colors being used. Sometimes, the palette included with a video clip is not the most appropriate palette to use during playback. In this case, MCIWnd provides three ways to manage palettes for playback:

Note  When a video clip with 8-bit color depth is loaded into the MCIWnd window, the palette included with that clip replaces the palette associated with the MCIWnd window.