AVI/WMV Playback Control?

[Signe Marie Sanne]

At 08:31 10.03.2004 +0000, you wrote:
>>Peter, I used MCI with MetaCard a long time ago and it worked; it allows
>>you to play from a position to another position, so it may be a good
>>approach for you. Scott Rossi has a reference at his site:
>>
>>    http://www.tactilemedia.com/info/MCI_Control_Info.html
>>
>>Although this doesn't help on the Mac...
>>
>>Ken Ray
>
>Thanks for the link Ken.  Do you have any simple MC/Rev coding examples of 
>the use of this stuff?  Also, do you know if the linked document is still 
>reliable (for current Windows) given that it is dated 1991 and refers to 
>OS/2 as well as Windows?!

I use mci to record and play audio (wave files) on Windows XP using MC. It 
still works perfectly in 2004. In MC you use "get mciSendString(....)"  For 
instance:

put "open" && quote & orglyd & quote && "type waveaudio alias myAudio" into 
tstring
get mciSendString(tstring)

get mciSendString ("status myAudio length")

There are two stacks in the Developers area: mciSendString and mciMidi. 
These may put you on the right track.

Signe Marie Sanne


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