MCI_STEP

See also MCI_CUE, MCI_PLAY, MCI_SEEK

Steps the player one or more frames.

DWORD lParam1

The following flags apply to all devices supporting MCI_STEP:

MCI_NOTIFY

Specifies that MCI should post the MM_MCINOTIFY message when this command completes. The window to receive this message is specified in the dwCallback member of the structure identified by lpStep.

MCI_WAIT

Specifies that the step operation should finish before MCI returns control to the application.


Animation Extensions

The following additional flag for lParam1 applies to animation devices.

MCI_ANIM_STEP_FRAMES

Indicates that the dwFrames member of the structure identified by lpStep specifies the number of frames to step.

MCI_ANIM_STEP_REVERSE

Steps in reverse.


Note that lParam2specifies a far pointer to the MCI_ANIM_STEP_PARMS structure.

Videodisc Extensions

The following additional flag for lParam1 applies to videodisc devices.

MCI_VD_STEP_FRAMES

Indicates that the dwFrames member of the structure identified by lParam2 specifies the number of frames to step.

MCI_VD_STEP_REVERSE

Steps in reverse.


Note that lParam2 specifies a far pointer to the MCI_VD_STEP_PARMS structure.

Only devices that return TRUE to the MCI_GETDEVCAPS_HAS_VIDEO capability query support this command at present.