Developing Multimedia Applications Under OS/2 [Paperback]

William Lawton (Author), Bradley Noe (Author), Marcelo Lopez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1995 | ISBN-10: 0471131687 | ISBN-13: 978-0471131687 | Edition: 1

A comprehensive look at mmpm/2 and how to program powerful multimedia applications

Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 or MMPM/2 is OS/2's integrated multimedia application platform. Developing Multimedia Applications Under OS/2 offers tips and techniques, complete with sample programs, for integrating multimedia into your existing applications and developing new ones.

It also covers:

• Lists of hardware supported under OS/2 Warp
• How to program the Media Control Interface (MCI)
• I/O procedures
• How to access individual track headers
• Audio playback, record, MIDI, and DIVE
• The Digital Video Device Interface
• How to capture Digital Video
• MMPM/2 Window Controls
• Updated and corrected reference on the API and Command Set
• Step-by-step instructions for putting together a sample multimedia application with all code on disk

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From the Publisher

The authors have been part of the Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 (MMPM/2) development team since its inception. In this outstanding guide they provide tips and techniques, complete with sample programs, to integrate multimedia into existing applications and develop new ones. Lists of hardware supported under OS/2 Warp; I/O procedures; audio playback, record, MIDI and DIVE, how to capture digital video and MMPM/2 Windows controls are among the topics discussed. Includes an updated reference on the API and command set.

From the Back Cover

"A comprehensive look at mmpm/2 and how to program powerful multimedia applications

Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 or MMPM/2 is OS/2's integrated multimedia application platform. Developing Multimedia Applications Under OS/2 offers tips and techniques, complete with sample programs, for integrating multimedia into your existing applications and developing new ones.

It also covers: Lists of hardware supported under OS/2 Warp How to program the Media Control Interface (MCI) I/O procedures How to access individual track headers Audio playback, record, MIDI, and DIVE The Digital Video Device Interface How to capture Digital Video MMPM/2 Window Controls Updated and corrected reference on the API and Command Set Step-by-step instructions for putting together a sample multimedia application with all code on disk

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Product Details

• Paperback: 810 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471131687
• ISBN-13: 978-0471131687
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,465,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have if you do any OS/2 multimedia programming, November 24, 1997

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This review is from: Developing Multimedia Applications Under OS/2 (Paperback)

From the developers of MMPM/2 itself, this book covers all sorts of information that you just can't get anywhere else. If you're doing any sort of OS/2 multimedia programming, even if you think you know what you're doing, you really should have this book. The one drawback is that it doesn't cover any new features in OS/2 Warp 4 like DART and the audio mixer API's.