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Re: Soundblaster AWE64/32 midi problem...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (flaw@colba.net)
Fri Nov 27 16:16:39 1998
From: flaw@colba.net
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:12:46 -0500 (EST)
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On 19 Nov, William W. Austin wrote:
> However, when I try to play a midi file (using xplaymidi, splaymidi
> or anything else from the packages playmidi-2.4.-3 or
> playmidi-X11-2.4-3, I get the following typical result:
>
>> % playmidi sym64.mid
>> 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.
>> playmidi: No playback device found.
I've been having similar problems, but I got playmidi and xplaymidi to
work when I specify the -a option (output to awe32 wave synth):
playmidi -a whatever.mid
> That compiles nicely and tkmidi now comes up.
> But nothing plays -- the timer obviously sits there and never moves.
> Same thing with drvmidi.
I have this exact same problem, and for the life of me I can't figure
out why it's happening.
>
> The only thing which works (so far, anyway) is:
>
> miditext [MIDI-FILE-NAME] | txtplay
>
> but this leave a whole lot to be desired in terms of control. Has
> anyone else figured out a solution on this one -- I'd really like to be
> able to get away from the commecial driver if possible.
This works for me as well, but I agree it's not all that desirable an
option (neither is playmidi or xplaymidi in my opinion). I've also had
problems with kmid and kmidi (from KDE).
If you figure out anything more let me know.
fj
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