Messages that can be gathered with BMediaRoster::StartWatching() for each registered handler, the first message always informs about all exiting nodes, like this: B_MEDIA_NODE_CREATED: BMessage: what = TRIA (0x54524941, or 1414678849) entry media_node_id, type='LONG', c=7, size= 4, data[0]: 0x1 (1, '') data[1]: 0x2 (2, '') data[2]: 0x3 (3, '') data[3]: 0x4 (4, '') data[4]: 0x5 (5, '') data[5]: 0x7 (7, '') data[6]: 0x8 (8, '') Creating, connection, disconnecting and deleting looks like this: B_MEDIA_NODE_CREATED: BMessage: what = TRIA (0x54524941, or 1414678849) entry media_node_id, type='LONG', c=1, size= 4, data[0]: 0x12 (18, '') B_MEDIA_CONNECTION_MADE: BMessage: what = TRIC (0x54524943, or 1414678851) entry output, type='RAWT', c=1, size=328, entry input, type='RAWT', c=1, size=328, entry format, type='RAWT', c=1, size=192, entry be:old_what, type='LONG', c=1, size= 4, data[0]: 0x54524943 (1414678851, 'TRIC') B_MEDIA_CONNECTION_BROKEN: BMessage: what = TRID (0x54524944, or 1414678852) entry source, type='RAWT', c=1, size=16, entry destination, type='RAWT', c=1, size=16, entry be:old_what, type='LONG', c=1, size= 4, data[0]: 0x54524944 (1414678852, 'TRID') B_MEDIA_NODE_DELETED: BMessage: what = TRIB (0x54524942, or 1414678850) entry media_node_id, type='LONG', c=1, size= 4, data[0]: 0x12 (18, '') The following notification is only received if you use the node specific StartWatching, and only if the node you are watching uses BroadcastParameterChange() B_MEDIA_NEW_PARAMETER_VALUE: BMessage: what = TRIL (0x5452494c, or 1414678860) entry be:node, type='RAWT', c=2, size=24, entry be:parameter, type='LONG', c=1, size= 4, data[0]: 0x2 (2, '') entry be:when, type='LLNG', c=1, size= 8, data[0]: 0x2388ad126 (9538556198, '') entry be:value, type='RAWT', c=1, size= 4, entry be:old_what, type='LONG', c=1, size= 4, data[0]: 0x5452494c (1414678860, 'TRIL') Other notifications have not been observed so far.