MCI files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.mci file type #1: Media Control Interface command script
Files with mci extension are used for Microsoft Windows OS. They are used as system files.
Further details:
The Media Control Interface, the mci file extension is an aging high-level API developed by Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia peripherals connected to a Microsoft Windows or OS/2 computer, such as CD-ROM players and audio controllers.
MCI makes it very simple to write a program which can play a wide variety of media files and even to record sound by just passing commands as strings. It uses relations described in Windows registries or in the [MCI] section of the file SYSTEM.INI. One advantage of this API is that MCI commands can be transmitted both from the programming language and from the scripting language (open script, lingo aso).
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Microsoft Windows
A series of operating systems developed by Microsoft
OS/2
An older computer operating system developed by IBM for PCs
.mci file type #2: True Paint picture image
Files with mci file extension are related to the True Paint picture image format.
Further details:
The mci file extension is associated with the True Paint, a picture image editing program for C64, an 8-bit computer, developed by Commodore.
The mci file stores picture image (320x200).
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RECOIL
A viewer of pictures in native formats of classic computers