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Getting the Capabilities of a Device

After you determine how many devices of a certain type are present in a system, you can inquire about the capabilities of each device. Use the following functions to determine the capabilities of audio devices.

Function
Description
auxGetDevCaps
Retrieves the capabilities of a given auxiliary audio device.
midiInGetDevCaps
Retrieves the capabilities of a given MIDI input device.
midiOutGetDevCaps
Retrieves the capabilities of a given MIDI output device.
waveInGetDevCaps
Retrieves the capabilities of a given waveform input device.
waveOutGetDevCaps
Retrieves the capabilities of a given waveform output device.

Each of these functions takes a pointer to a structure that it fills with information on the capabilities of a specified device. The following list shows the structures that correspond to each of the device-inquiry functions.

Function
Structure
auxGetDevCaps
AUXCAPS
midiInGetDevCaps
MIDIINCAPS
midiOutGetDevCaps
MIDIOUTCAPS
waveInGetDevCaps
WAVEINCAPS
waveOutGetDevCaps
WAVEOUTCAPS


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