stop

The stop command stops playback or recording. CD audio, digital-video, MIDI sequencer, videodisc, VCR, and waveform-audio devices recognize this command.

stop device stopflags  flags 
 

Parameters

device

Identifier of an MCI device. This identifier or alias is assigned when the device is opened.

stopflags

For digital-video devices, it can be the following flag:

hold

Prevents the release of resources required to redraw a still image on the screen. The frame buffer remains available for use in updating the display when, for example, the window is moved.

flags

Can be “wait”, “notify”, or both. For digital-video and VCR devices, “test” can also be specified. For more information about these flags, see The Wait, Notify, and Test Flags.

Return Values

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise.

Remarks

For CD audio devices, the stop command stops playback and resets the current track position to zero.

The following command stops playback or recording on the “mysound” device:

stop mysound