Re: midi2ly

[Knute Snortum]

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I think the easiest thing to do at this point is to rename midi2ly -> midi2ly.py.  Windows may ask you how to execute py files, then choose Python.  Now try:

misi2ly.py --version

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Knute Snortum

On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 2:40 PM <nkerr@tutanota.com> wrote:

Aha, that seems to have done the trick! One final question, if I may... How to perform the conversion on a midi file from another directory?

Nathan Kerr

May 4, 2022, 14:35 by ksnortum@gmail.com:

Try typing this:

python midi2ly

or

python3 midi2ly

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Knute Snortum

On Wed, May 4, 2022, 2:32 PM <nkerr@tutanota.com> wrote:

Hi, thanks for the reply! The following is the response for that cmd:

GNU LilyPond 2.22.1

Copyright (c) 1996--2021 by

  Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>

  Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>

  and others.

This program is free software.  It is covered by the GNU General Public

License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it

under certain conditions.  Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more

information.

I see the midi2ly file in my LilyPond\usr\bin directory. Even when opening cmd from within the directory, midi2ly is still 'not recognized.' I'm not sure how to proceed from here.

Nathan Kerr

May 4, 2022, 14:22 by ksnortum@gmail.com:

I'm wondering if this could be a PATH issue. Can you type

lilypond --version

and get a meaningful response? If not, you may have to put the LilyPond bin directory on your PATH. Or use the full pathname midi2ly.

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Knute Snortum

On Wed, May 4, 2022, 1:42 PM nkerr--- via LilyPond user discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote:

Hi, thank you. I tried that, and no, that also comes up as 'not recognized.'

I don't see a separate installer for midi2ly, so how can I install it?

Nathan Kerr

May 4, 2022, 12:19 by janneke@gnu.org:

[sent to lilypond-user; please use the mailing list]

Hi, I'm trying to convert a midi file to a Lilypond string. From the

website

(https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/usage/invoking-midi2ly)

I understand I'm supposed to use the following in cmd:

midi2ly [option]… midi-file

but I get "not recognized." I can successfully use Lilypond from

cmd. I don't see a separate installer for midi2ly and see no

documentation indicating how to get passed this issue.

Any help you can provide is much appreciated.

You can try:

midi2ly --version

to see if midi2ly has been installed correctly. If it is, possibly

midi2ly cannot handle your midi file.

Greetings,

Janneke

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