From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 13 21:47:22 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id VAA20952 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 21:47:22 -0800 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id VAA20935; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 21:47:14 -0800 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA20457 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:46:08 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Tue, 14 Feb 95 08:46:07 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id IAA00560; Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:31:46 +0300 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org References: <199502140336.TAA00920@morton.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <199502140336.TAA00920@morton.cdrom.com>; from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Mon, 13 Feb 1995 19:36:17 -0800 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:31:46 +0300 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.32 FreeBSD] From: "Andrew A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: playmidi? Lines: 26 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1303 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199502140336.TAA00920@morton.cdrom.com> Jordan K. Hubbard writes: >First he played a wav file, so I played a wav file. No big deal. >Then he plays an Amiga mod file, and I do too (the `tracker' program >is pretty cool - thanks Andrew! :). Then he plays a MIDI file and >I'm lost. Ummm. Geeze, how do I play midi files? My SB16 here at >work supports the snd7 device (midi), though unfortunately the AWE32 >box at home does not (can't even see a midi device at 0x300 - strange!). >Even with a working snd7, however, I would still not be able to play >midi files since there's no player to speak of! :-( Just cat'ing the >midi file to the /dev/midi device doesn't work - sounds interesting, >but doesn't work! :-) Really, /dev/midi related to midi playing only a bit :-) Kernel driver not able to play midi at all. One of midi players (similar to tracker) should be ported. I remember, I port one for 1.x. Right now I don't have 2.x box with soundcard to re-port it again, maybe later. -- Andrew A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849