From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Feb 1 10:22:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter2.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B52A37B400 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:22:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g11IMMv20585; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:22:22 -0600 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:22:22 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: Joel Dinel Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Playmidi & SBLive In-Reply-To: <20020201104449.A28042@sunder.touchtunes.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i am unaware of any midi functionality in FreeBSD, per se. various patches have been made, but never integrated. you could use timidity. it's a userland midi player. On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Joel Dinel wrote: > Before I start, I should specify that this is my very first attempt at playing > MIDI on FreeBSD. > > I've got an SBLive value, working fine on FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE. I can play MP3s, > WAVs and CDs without a hitch. When I try to play a MIDI file with playmidi, I > get this : > > [dinjo@sunder 316 midi]$ playmidi -f mm2Metal.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. > open /dev/sequencer: Device not configured > [dinjo@sunder 317 midi]$ > > /dev/sequencer exists: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 10 Jan 30 10:38 sequencer -> sequencer0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 1 Jan 30 10:38 sequencer0 > > Dmesg reports my card as follows: > pcm0: port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 18.0 on pci0 > > My kernel has *only* this line regarding sound: > device pcm > > When installing my kernel, I have done this: > cd /dev > ./MAKEDEV snd0 > > When I built playmidi from ports, I chose option #5: > 5. SB AWE32 Synth > (The other 4 choices didn't make sense to me). > > Is there anything I am missing? I checked the archives for this mailing list, > and I couldn't find anything close to the problem I am experiencing. Simply > put, does the current PCM driver for FreeBSD support MIDI Playback? > > Please CC back to me as I am not subscribed to this list. > > THanks! > > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message