Windows Media Device Manager Interfaces

The collection of interfaces that the application acquires to access and control a media device is organized in a hierarchical manner; each interface is typically acquired from another interface. The Windows Media Device Manager application programming interfaces provide methods for handling the following tasks:

• Certifying applications.
  
  
• Enumerating media devices.
  
  
• Accessing media device interfaces.
  
  
• Obtaining device-specific information and status.
  
  
• Accessing storage media on media devices.
  
  
• Formatting a storage medium.
  
  
• Getting play lengths, track numbers, and so on.