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Support for MIDI

Story: KDE Plasma Media Center 1.1 Up To RC StageTotal Replies: 4
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Francy

Aug 11, 2013
10:18 PM EDT 		Is their support for MIDI, one way or another. I do not expect -everything-, but playback should be there. I did not find anything there...? Anyone ?
djohnston

Aug 12, 2013
1:46 AM EDT 		Francy,

I don't see anything there, either. It's been my experience that the "media players" generally have no MIDI playback capability built in. With XMMS, you have the timidity plugin. You also have the standalone playmidi and playmidi-X11 packages. As far as I know, MIDI playback is not an option in the multimedia players, unless there is an external plugin. I believe Audacious has one, but I'm not sure.

Does that help?
vagabondo

Aug 12, 2013
2:45 AM EDT 		To me a media-centre is somewhere I would expect to store and replay pre-recorded sound and video. It is analogous to a cinema, or concert hall.

MIDI is concerned with musical performance using digital instruments. I would expect to find MIDI files either in a library, alongside music scores, libretti, theatre and film scripts; or in a musical instrument store together with synthesizers, keyboards, etc.

Perhaps in the future a television set will provide the alternatives of watching the film, or reading the script and directors notes.
Francy

Aug 12, 2013
3:35 AM EDT 		@djohnston @vagabondo

Yes, I am very familiar with the nature of MIDI files. I use them every day ! But, as you said djohnston, with XMMS there is a plugin. And also, Audacious provides a 'amidi' plugin. One can use then Timidity or install fluidsynth plus sound fonts.

At least, they provide support/possibility ! I don't mind if there is extra work on the users part involved

But here, I see.....Nada ! Nothing ! And that for something they use the word --ALL-- ?
hkwint

Aug 12, 2013
2:43 PM EDT 		Well, I think --ALL-- is meant of the same way in which I would say: --ALL-- my money.

It doesn't necessarily mean "a lot" or "something complete", just that it's all there is.

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