The mmcli utility helps you to learn the APIs of multimedia
libraries and services before you begin writing applications that will use them.
This learning activity can help you design and implement the applications you intend to
release to customers.
When to use mmcli
You should use
mmcli if you want to:
- exercise the APIs of multimedia components in an interactive session
- write and execute test scripts to assess the functionality and performance
of multimedia components
- log all media commands and their results so that you can review the
command history and analyze any errors
When to use other components directly
You shouldn't use
mmcli, but instead directly call the APIs of
multimedia components if you want to:
- write production-level media applications that don't depend on a helper utility to
forward commands to platform services
- optimize media operations by avoiding the mmcli overhead of
parsing input text and logging errors
- customize how you handle errors or events reported by a particular library or
service