[PLUG] Playing MIDI.

[Miller, Jeremy]

I can't remember if I got midi working on that card under linux or not
(debian).  I think I did... I might check later.  I remember it being a
pain, though.  Probably due to debian package age. :)  (Although there is
supposedly a "debian music distro" project that I may try one of these
days... http://www.demudi.org )

What I do remember is resorting to compiling and using the latest ALSA
drivers most of the time.   Sounds like you're using the included OSS Free
ones.  If you keep running into dead ends there, perhaps you could give ALSA
a try?

Jeremy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeme A Brelin [mailto:jeme at brelin.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 11:20 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [PLUG] Playing MIDI.
> 
> 
> 
> I can't seem to play MIDI.
> 
> I've got playmidi installed and I've doublechecked my kernel 
> build and I
> have the SBLive! MIDI support compiled.
> 
> jbrelin at person:~$ ls -l /dev/sequencer /dev/midi*
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       35,   0 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi0
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       14,   2 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi00
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       14,  18 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi01
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       14,  34 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi02
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       14,  50 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi03
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       35,   1 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi1
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       35,   2 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi2
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       35,   3 Feb 24  2001 /dev/midi3
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     sys       14,   1 Feb 24  2001 /dev/sequencer
> 
> 
> Yet:
> jbrelin at person:~$ playmidi agplez.midi 
> Playmidi 2.4 Copyright (C) 1994-1997 Nathan I. Laredo, AWE32 
> by Takashi
> Iwai
> This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> For details please see the file COPYING.
> 
> And it hangs for quite a while then exits.  I assume it thinks it's
> playing.  No sound, though.
> 
> I also tried, by the way, the TiMiDiTy plug-in for XMMS and got
> nothing... that is, xmms doesn't even recognize the midi file 
> as something
> it might even want to try to play even though the plug-in is 
> present and
> enabled in the input plug-in browser.
> 
> Any other methods I'm not trying here?
> 
> J.
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