Media Control Interface
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API for controlling multimedia peripherals connected to a Microsoft Windows or OS/2 computer
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It is catalogued under topics including Microsoft application programming interfaces, Microsoft Windows multimedia technology and Multimedia frameworks.
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The feature associated with this page, [MCI , is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer . MediaPlayer has been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer instead of MCI , when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.] The Media Control Interface (MCI) provides standard commands for playing multimedia devices and recording multimedia resource files. These commands are a generic interface to nearly every kind of multimedia device. Want to try using Ask Learn to clarify or guide you through this topic? Ask Learn is an AI assistant that can answer questions, clarify concepts, and define terms using trusted Microsoft documentation.
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- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/multimedia/mci
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Article · Deutsch
Das Media Control Interface (MCI) war die erste generische Programmierschnittstelle in Windows zur Steuerung abstrakter Multimedia-Geräte und Ressourcen. Entwickelt wurde es Anfang der 1990er Jahre und fand Einzug in Windows 3.11. MCI bietet identische Funktionen innerhalb einer Geräteklasse und Datentypen und zum Teil auch darüber hinweg. So können Multimedia-Geräte einer Geräteklasse weitestgehend unabhängig von ihren ganz konkreten Eigenschaften benutzt werden, daher spricht man von abstrakten Geräten.
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