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Each of these so-called MCI devices (e.g. [[CD-ROM]] or VCD player) can play a certain type of files, e.g. <tt>AVIVideo</tt> plays <tt>.avi</tt> files, <tt>CDAudio</tt> plays [[CD-DA]] tracks among others. Other MCI devices have also been made available over time.

== Playing media through the MCI interface ==

To play a type of media, it needs to be initialized correctly using MCI commands. These commands are subdivided into categories:

*System Commands

*Required Commands

*Basic Commands

*Extended

A full list of MCI commands can be found at [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712587.aspx Microsoft's MSDN Library].

==External links==