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Zephni
My other cars a Balrog
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23rd November, 2010 at 12:57:21 -
Sorry for my ever increasing noobiness but ive never used the MCI object before. 1 Question is what am i ment to put as the device name in the MCI object properties?
Also i wanna understand it a bit more, is there a list of commands i can find somewhere?
I have seen the article that someone wrote on it, but im still haveing problems. Also i get an error message about not having an alias / drive / or somthing... whats all that about?
Thanks
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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23rd November, 2010 at 16:18:42 -
MCI is obsolete (replaced by DirectX - or in the case of Kliking, by other extensions).
To answer your question though...
The device name depends on the file extension you are trying to open. Names include:
"cdaudio" = compact disc audio track
"sequencer" = midi file
"waveaudio" = waveform audio file
"avivideo" = movie file
The complete MCI reference can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms709461(VS.85).aspx
The multimedia commands are listed here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712580(v=VS.85).aspx
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Zephni
My other cars a Balrog
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24th November, 2010 at 11:07:03 -
Thanks sketchy that helped alot. So... i can do the same thing with the direct x object?
Sorry i havent ever used these extentions
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Sketchy
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24th November, 2010 at 14:59:55 -
I meant that MCI in general, is obsolete - not just the MCI extension. Not even proper programmers use it any more.
There isn't a DirectX extension - only Directshow, which is for video (it can do audio too, but I wouldn't recommend it).
For audio, just use MMF2's built-in functions, unless you need something really advanced (like if you're trying to make a sophisticated media player), in which case there are a few other extensions you could try (or even bass.dll).
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