1. A method for closing a video stream object between a rendering process and a graphics device having an associated graphics device driver, the method comprising: issuing, by a rendering process, a close stream call having at least one call parameter comprising a stream identifier corresponding to a previously established video stream object; and receiving, by a supporting process, said close stream call and parsing said close stream call to retrieve said at least one call parameter, and causing said supporting process to close said previously established video stream object.