On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:16:52PM +0200, Vincent Beers wrote:
> SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC='EXT' SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC_EXT='1' freedink -w -g cloud
> results in no music, unfortunately. There are no extra messages.
>
> I have QSynth(/Fluidsynth) loaded at port 128:0, so maybe it can't detect
> that and goes for the default MIDI port at port 14:0. aconnect 128:0 14:0
> doesn't solve it. Can I tell SDL/Dink to use the specific port 128:0?
>
> - Vincent
>
> On 9 August 2011 10:20, Vincent Beers <
address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all the info. I'll have to mess around with is this evening, or
> > tomorrow, probably.
> >
> > By the way, Fedora has Timidity configured differently apparently, as I
> > have an /etc/timidity.cfg for Timidity "light" and /etc/timidity++.cfg for
> > the command-line player. Great.
> >
> > Anyway, you'll hear about my success or failure later. :)
> >
> > - DaVince
> >
> >
> > On 9 August 2011 08:37, Sylvain Beucler <
address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >> I see in the SDL_mixer source code (native_midi_gpl/README):
> >>
> >> External MIDI port can be set with env.
> >> SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC_EXT (SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC_EXT="1").
> >>
> >> The 'native_midi_gpl' driver is optional and may not be activated
> >> under Fedora. From what I remember it is enabled in Debian. You
> >> might need to rename /etc/timidity/ as well, so that SDL_mixer don't
> >> pick the timidity-light driver first. Apparently you can prioritize
> >> it over timidity using SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC=1.
> >>
> >> So running something like:
> >> sudo mv /etc/timidity /etc/timidity.disabled
> >> SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC='EXT' SDL_NATIVE_MUSIC_EXT=1 freedink -w -g cloudcastle
> >> might work.
> >>
> >> Btw this all reminds me of a certain thread at
> >>
http://www.dinknetwork.com/forum.cgi?MID=94587
> >> I know some more MIDI now so hopefully we can work something out :)
> >>
> >> - Sylvain
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 12:00:15AM +0200, Vincent Beers wrote:
> >> > You are completely right - FreeDoom seems to have the exact same
> >> problem.
> >> > When I switch to the soundfont, music stops working, but with the Fluid
> >> > patchset it's fine. This is really annoying, because there are some
> >> songs in
> >> > Cloud Castle that just sound unbearable with some of the samples in
> >> Fluid.
> >> > :(
> >> >
> >> > I get no error messages. I suspect it's just this "lite" version of
> >> Timidity
> >> > not supporting soundfonts. Which is, for me, a pretty big issue, as
> >> there's
> >> > not that many patchsets out there that I know of (nor do I know how to
> >> > configure it).
> >> >
> >> > Is there any chance that the MIDI library ever gets replaced by
> >> something
> >> > more functional? Or, more easily, is there, perhaps, a commandline flag
> >> that
> >> > lets the system handle the MIDI instead (through a defined port,
> >> > preferably), so I can offload the music to any other software synth
> >> instead?
> >> >
> >> > - DaVince
> >> >
> >> > PS. Thanks for suggesting GNUjump as the test app. It's hilarious.
> >> >
> >> > On 8 August 2011 21:50, Sylvain Beucler <
address@hidden> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Hi DaVince,
> >> > >
> >> > > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 09:25:05PM +0200, Vincent Beers wrote:
> >> > > > When I change /etc/timidity.cfg to use a soundfont instead of the
> >> > > standard
> >> > > > Fluid patch set, FreeDink will no longer play music.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My config file looks like this:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > dir /home/vincent/sf
> >> > > > soundfont "The Ultimate Megadrive Soundfont.SF2" order=0
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Testing it with command-line timidity works fine. Same goes when I
> >> try
> >> > > other
> >> > > > soundfonts. I'm on 64-bit Fedora 15, with FreeDink version
> >> 1.08.20101114.
> >> > >
> >> > > FreeDink relies on SDL_mixer for the sound, which itself uses a light,
> >> > > built-in version of timidity, which may explain the difference between
> >> > > command-line timidity and FreeDink.
> >> > >
> >> > > - Do you experience the same issue with other games that also rely on
> >> > > SDL_mixer for MIDI playing? A quick search shows that gnujump does,
> >> > > check if you can find other ones.
> >> > >
> >> > > - Do you get any error message if you run it from a terminal?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> >
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