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Q105672: Explanation of Numbers in Device Settings in MPLAYER.INI

Article: Q105672
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
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Last Modified: 09-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Media Player for Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses the Device settings in the MPLAYER.INI file (the
initialization file for Media Player for Windows).

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The [Devices] section of your MPLAYER.INI file can include the following
entries:

  CDAudio=17, CD Audio
  Sequencer=22, MIDI Sequencer
  WaveAudio=22, Sound
  Mixer=0, Media Vision Multimedia Mixer
  AVIVideo=22, Video for Windows
  MMMovie=22, Microsoft Multimedia Movie Player

The numbers that follow each equals sign indicate whether the device is simple or
compound, and whether or not it is present.

  17 = simple device
  22 = compound device
   0 = device not present

Simple devices do not need additional elements (such as a filename) for playback.
Compound devices require a filename (such as the name of a waveform [.WAV] file)
for playback.

NOTE: Informal testing has found that you may need to set the CD Audio line to 21
to be able to use Media Player to play CD tracks and display CD track
information.

Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media wave kbmm

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Technology        : kbWinMediaPlayerSearch kbWinMediaPlayer95
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