Advanced Windows Capabilities with Multimedia

Author: Charles Calvert
Language: Borland Pascal for Windows
Location: 1993 Borland International Conference

               

  This paper focuses on the world of multimedia sound as
  represented by wave files, midi files, and CD players.


The Tools and Definitions

  Papers of this type usually dive right into the code itself,
  with little delay. But multimedia tools are so new, and the
  technology involved so daunting, that it would perhaps be
  helpful to spend a few moments clarifying certain issues.

  The first to come to grips with is MPC, or Multimedia PC. This
  is a hardware standard meant to define the minimum
  configuration of any personal computer that can play multimedia
  programs. The key elements in the MPC standard are a 386 or
  better computer with a VGA video system, a mouse, a sound
  board, and a CD-ROM.

  The programs in this paper were tested on two 486s, one
  equipped with  Creative Labs' Sound Blaster Pro card and the
  other with a NEC CD-ROM drive. The first is a requirement for
  playing MIDI files, and the second for playing CDs.

  If you don't have either of these tools then you will not be
  able to run any of the code accompanying this paper. It is
  important to understand that the widely distributed Speaker.drv
  file will not be enough to allow you to run the included code.
  The reason for this is that the calls used in this paper are
  too low level for the