Sound working but not MIDI
I haven't been able to get midi playback working on Slackware 10. I have an on-board sound card, AC'97, Intel8x0. I can play MP3's and CD's no problem. The Linux MIDI-HOWTO doesn't help me, and I've searched google and these forums, but I haven't found any advice that has helped me to get midi working.
Here is the output of '/sbin/modprobe -l | grep midi': Code:
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/sound/v_midi.o.gz Code:
snd-seq-virmidi 2920 0 (unused) Code:
alias char-major-116 snd |
Download and installpkg timidity from linuxpackages.net. It works like a charm.
The problem is afaik, the onboard sound card does not have a midi capability, so you have to emulate it and that's what timidity does. Invoker |
Thanks. Midi is not that important to me, I'm just putting my Linux system to the test, so to speak, just seeing what I can do with it.
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I know it can play midi files from the command line, but i would like to let other programmes play midi files too, hopefuly by emulating the midi device somehow. My sound card is onboard AC'97 too, it has no midi device for sure. |
This page (http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/Se...ticle259.shtml) seems to cover it, but I've been unable to compile it in. Grrr.
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