<s>
The	O
Media	B-Device
Control	I-Device
Interface	I-Device
—	O
MCI	O
for	O
short	O
—	O
is	O
a	O
high-level	O
API	B-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
IBM	O
for	O
controlling	O
multimedia	O
peripherals	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
or	O
OS/2	B-Application
computer	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
players	I-Device
and	O
audio	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
advantage	O
of	O
this	O
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
MCI	O
commands	O
can	O
be	O
transmitted	O
both	O
from	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
scripting	O
language	O
(	O
open	O
script	O
,	O
lingo	O
aso	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
MCI	O
interface	O
has	O
been	O
phased	O
out	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
APIs	B-General_Concept
first	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Media	B-Device
Control	I-Device
Interface	I-Device
consists	O
of	O
7	O
parts	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CD-ROM	B-Device
or	O
VCD	O
player	O
)	O
can	O
play	O
a	O
certain	O
type	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
