The goal of the Open MPEG Consortium is to “create a single API for the playback of MPEG-1 titles under Windows and DOS.” The consortium has developed the MPEG Multimedia Control Interface (MCI) which defines how MPEG boards operate under Windows.

Due to some undefined topics, the MCI specification has not been able to curb incompatibility, but the consortium has later cooperated with the Japanese OMWF group on an enhanced specification.