Fail to run Timidity

satimis · 06-16-2005, 08:03 AM

Hi folks,

Fedora Core 3
===========

I download Timidity++ from
http://timidity.sourceforge.net/#download
with;
# cvs -d

server:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/timidity login
CVS password: (just press return)
# cvs -d

server:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/timidity co timidity

All went throught without problem

and followed following link to install Timidity++
http://timidity-docs.sourceforge.jp/...cgi?INSTALL.en

# locate timidity
/root/timidity
.....
....

# cd /root/timidity
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# make clean
All went through without complaint

I got the sample .cfg file from
http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/timid...g/timidity.cfg

and saved it to and as
/usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg

$ cat /usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg

Code:

##############################################################################
#
# Instrument configuration file for timidity
#
# Specify library directory:            dir <directory>
#
# - Multiple library directories may be given. The ones given last will be
#   searched first so you can override them in later configuration files.
#   Extra configuration files and MIDI files will also be searched in these
#   directories.
#
# Set tone bank or drum set to modify:  bank <number>
#                                       drumset <number>
#
# Map program number to patch map:      <program number> <patch name>
#
# - If the patch can't be found in the library directories, TiMidity will
#   search again with ".pat" appended to the name.
#   Programs without a loaded patch will be silent, except that for
#   banks/drumsets >0, the corresponding patch in  bank/drumset 0 will
#   be used (if one exists).
#
# Read another configuration file:      source <file name>
#

##############################################################################
# If you've moved things around since compiling, uncomment and edit this to
# point to the library directory:
#
#dir /usr/local/lib/timidity
#

##############################################################################
# This sets up the default patches in the TiMidity support package
# "timidity-lib-0.1.tar.gz":

bank 0
   0 patch/acpiano.pat
  24 patch/nylongt2.pat

##############################################################################
# If you have Dustin McCartney's "wowpats" patches, you can source the
# config file to set them up for TiMidity:
#
# (Note that later entries in config files always override earlier ones)
#
#source wowpats.cfg
#

##############################################################################
# If you have Dustin McCartney's GS drum sets, you can source the config
# file to set them up for TiMidity:
#
#source gsdrum.cfg
#

##############################################################################
# If you have the GUS General MIDI patch set, uncomment the following lines
# and edit the "dir" statement to point to your GUS patch directory.
#
#dir /dos-C/ultrasnd/midi
#source gravis.cfg
#

##############################################################################
# If you have the Midia patch set, you can source midia.cfg to set them up.
# Note that midia.cfg sources gravis.cfg in turn, since the filenames are
# almost identical.
#
#source midia.cfg
#


##############################################################################
# Use XG program map.
# "#extension" is keyword on TiMidity++, not comment.
#extension source xgmap.cfg


##############################################################################
# End of configuration file

But I could not run timidity
# /usr/local/bin/timidity /home/satimis/Download/Midi_Christmas/godresty.mid
xgmap.cfg: No such file or directory
timidity: Can't read any configuration file.
Please check /usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg

Please advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Eliasvan · 06-16-2005, 08:53 AM

You would like to play a midi (or .kar) he?

Well, here is a plugin for (!GRAPHICAL!) playing midis.
Its a plugin for XMMS(I tink you have that

)
Just install this RPM(with system-install-packages):
MIDI.RPM

Well, Enjoy the MIDIs!

satimis · 06-16-2005, 12:25 PM

Hi Eliasvan,

Tks for your link.

I just ran
# yum install xmms
to install "xmms"

# rpm -Uvh xmms-midi-0.03-1.i386.rpm
warning: xmms-midi-0.03-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 22b2951d
error: Failed dependencies:
timidity++ is needed by xmms-midi-0.03-1.i386

Can't proceed. I'm in the midway to install "timidity"

Any advice. TIA

B.R.
satimis

foo_bar_foo · 06-16-2005, 12:52 PM

you need some instrument patches
that work for timidity
freepats
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/ma...11.orig.tar.gz
eawpatches
or
shompatches
are generally the ones people use unless you have some good soundfonts from a soundcard disk or something
for eawpats timidity.cfg only needs to be this

Code:

dir /usr/share/timidity/eawpats
source timidity.cfg

then in /usr/share/timidity/eawpats
you would have another timidity.cfg that contains

Code:

source gravis.cfg
source gsdrums.cfg
source gssfx.cfg
source xgmap2.cfg

or whatever you have there

better still is to use a soundfont file *.sf2 in which case timidity.cfg has just 1 line pointing to the file

Code:

soundfont /usr/share/sounds/sf2/soundfontfile.sf2

or whatever
you might need to adjust permissions on these files !!!!
chmod -R a+r /usr/share/timidity/eawpats or whatever

satimis · 06-16-2005, 01:18 PM

Hi foo_bar_foo,

Tks for your advice and link.

Have the tarball download and untared

# ls
freepats freepats-20040611.tar.bz2
# ls ./freepats/
COPYING crude.cfg Drum_000 freepats.cfg README Tone_000

What shall I do next? Whether to copy "freepats.cfg" to

/usr/local/share/timidity/freepats.cfg

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Eliasvan · 06-16-2005, 02:37 PM

Sorry for that quick message, but it was late yesterday.
I have made a new(complete) post for doing the good tings:

Install these packages(with !=>system-install-packages=<!with terminal):

first:Timidity.RPM
then:XMMS.RPM
thenMP3:XMMSMP3
thenSKINS:SKINSXMMS.RPM
at last: FinalyGraphicalTimidity.RPM

So, that was it.

And then just run XMMS.

Enjoy