MCI_STEP

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.

See Also

MCI_CUE, MCI_PLAY, MCI_SEEK