mcisendstring - sends a command string to an MCI device (Windows only).
The mciSendString primitive sends a command string to an MCI device. The device that the command is sent to is specified in the command string.
see on http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp and search "Windows Multimedia SDK open"
mcisendstring("open ""d:\audio.mp3"" type MPEGVideo alias MP3_Device")
mcisendstring("play MP3_Device")
mcisendstring("close MP3_Device")
mcisendstring("open ""d:\video.avi"" type avivideo alias AVI_Device")
mcisendstring("play AVI_Device from 0")
mcisendstring("close AVI_Device")
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