Multimedia Installable Driver SYSTEM.INI Entries

 Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q76872
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows with Multimedia Extensions version 1.0

SUMMARY

Windows with Multimedia Extensions uses installable device drivers for hardware-specific support. In addition to the standard device entries in the SYSTEM.INI file, Windows with Multimedia Extensions introduces another convention: the use of "driver specific" parameters on the driver entry.

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For example, an entry in the SYSTEM.INI file might look like the following: 

   [mci]
   cdaudio=mcicda.drv
   waveaudio=mciwave.drv 4
The "waveaudio=" entry has both the driver name, MCIWAVE.DRV, and an extra parameter that is specific to the MCIWAVE.DRV driver (4). In this example, "4" is the number of seconds of wave data the MCIWAVE.DRV should buffer.

Because this parameter can be stored here, MCIWAVE.DRV is not required to add another section to the SYSTEM.INI file to store the number of seconds to buffer.

This parameter can be changed through the Drivers application in the Control Panel by choosing Setup for the MCIWAVE.DRV driver (in the Control Panel window, select the Drivers icon, select the MCIWAVE.DRV driver, then choose the Setup button).

KBCategory: kbmm
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: MMWIN 1.00

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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