From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 07:18:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C48216A468 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93EB13C455 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:18:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lAN7HThK092453; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:17:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id lAN7HTHt092452; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:17:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:17:29 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Bahman Movaqar Message-ID: <20071123071729.GA92392@thought.org> References: <20071121081250.GA49056@thought.org> <20071123075601.6b14a920@attila> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071123075601.6b14a920@attila> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21 of service to the Unix community. Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is this IT or not/ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:18:14 -0000 On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 07:56:01AM +0330, Bahman Movaqar wrote: > On 2007-11-21 Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > guys, one last thing before i call it a days; i just tried > > kmidi and tried to configure the audio. > > got the sound of a breaking glass and the warning that > > something was already using "dev/sequencer". i tried a > > ps -alx, but couldn't tell very much.. can anybody shed a > > light? > > I guess you, like me, have one of those motherboards with an on-board > sound card. Most of these sound cards don't have a MIDI sequencer > chip. So it's very hard, if not impossible, to play MIDI files using > those softwares that require a hardware sequencer to be available -at > least I couldn't make it work. > > I have a bunch of old MIDI files which I play frequently; and to play > them I use 'timidity' (ports/audio). That has a software sequencer > built in -no hardware required- and the output quality is good; not as > great as a hardware playback but it's good. > I've got whatever came with the box: pcm0: at irq 4 (1p/1r/3v channels duplex default) according to /dev/sndstat. timidity does a good enough job for as often as I play these files. I was hoping to make a playist using the midi files and amarok.... but I haven't figured out how "Kmid" and amaroK interface. -g PS: FBSD comes up short when it comes to "toys" ... but that why I have Ubuntu. > -- > Bahman Movaqar > PGP KeyID: 0xDA647509 (subkeys.pgp.net) > > The most prevalent philosophy in application security is that security > should not be added as an after thought, but should be included by > design and default. > -Frank Nimphius -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org