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From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline)
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Subject: Re: playmidi
To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 20:40:38 -0800 (PST)
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According to Chuck Robey:
> 
> On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> Gary, do you have a sound card?  What kind?  Using a GUS, I have to use 
> "playmidi -g midifile" and using a soundblaster, "playmidi -f midifile".
> 
> > 
> > 
> >   Can anybody point me to whatever magic it takes to play a
> >   MIDI file on FreeBSD?
> > 


	Here's what happens with some DOS midi files that were 
	in a Usenet newsgroup.


p8 20:34 <tao> [225] playmidi -f canon2.mid                       ~/sounds/midi
playmidi: No playback device set.  Aborting.
p8 20:35 <tao> [226] playmidi -g canond.mid                       ~/sounds/midi
playmidi: No playback device set.  Aborting.


	Ideas, people??


	gary