midi

[jb]

Yes I created the folder and copied the cfg to it.
The only thing I didn't do was I did everything as su. I'll try it as a user 
and configure it then log in as root this time with the make and make 
install. Thanks and I'll check to be sure the executable is at 
/usr/local/bin/timidity, and the rpm install is in /usr/bin/timidity too.
jb
I downloaded the 8.9 mb version from the yum repo and I'll give it another go 
today some time.
On Tue October 11 2005 08:08, Cyber Source wrote:
> 1. The folder is not there, you need to create the folder, then copy the
> timidity.cfg into it.
> 2. The config needs to all be run as one line, with all those options.
> 3. It sound like you didn't run "make" and then "make install"(as root)
> after it compiled.
> 4. Running make install would have put the executable at
> /usr/local/bin/timidity, the rpm install puts it in /usr/bin/timidity.
>
> jb wrote:
> >Everything seemed to go smooth until I went to /usr/local/share/ to copy
> > the config file into the timidity folder, it wasn't there. I made a
> > folder and put timidity.cfg in it but I tried "which timidity" without
> > results. I then did rpm -qa|grep midity to get the version and then rpm
> > -e and the version given. Then when I did which timidity and it came back
> > with no timidity in a bunch of places.
> >It's probably obvious I did something noob with the compile. At first I
> > copied and pasted your ./configure but it caughed on the two other lines
> > below ./configure --enable-audio=default, then I put it all as a single
> > command and it didn't gag and seemed to compile with all the enables and
> > then thats where I ran into the missing folder in /usr/local/share/.
> >I'm using smart instead of yum and I checked for timidity ++ and it was no
> >longer installed. I re-installed TiMidity ++ and ran timidity -ig and it
> > came back with
> >Playmode `k' is not compiled in.
> >Interface `g' is not compiled in.
> >So I guess I'm back to square one and probably tried putting a square peg
> > in a round hole with my noob terminal commands, probably good for a
> > chuckle though. One thing I did notice the current version of timidity I
> > downloaded from  sourceforge wasn't quite as current as the one I get
> > from my smart repositories and quite a bit smaller if I'm not mistaken.
> > If you can tell what I did wrong please point me in the right direction.
> >Thanks, your always a great help Cyber.
> >jb
> >
> >On Mon October 10 2005 21:21, Cyber Source wrote:
> >>Ok, I played with this a while back because my step-mother was using FC
> >>and some friend of hers was sending her midi files or stupid emails with
> >>midi's playing as background music, etc.. You can tell your email app to
> >>use timidity but then you notice that you can't stop the file until the
> >>end because you have not gui control, etc.. So, you already have it
> >>installed, good. You could easily do "yum install timidity++" for those
> >>that don't have it. However, this won't give you a gui, it needs to be
> >>compiled in and the called when executing the binary. Go to
> >>http://timidity.sourceforge.net and download the lastest, LEAVE THE ONE
> >>YOU HAVE INSTALLED ALREADY, you'll see why in a minute. Compile the
> >>downloaded timidity, I used the following options, the install file
> >>explains all,
> >>./configure --enable-audio=default
> >>--enable-interface=gtk,ncurses,motif,tcltk,xskin,slang --enable-network
> >>--enable-spectrogram
> >>Then make, make install. This will put the executable in
> >>/usr/local/bin/timidity. One HUGE thing that will be missing is the
> >>timidity.cfg file but the install from yum (or rpm) will have one at
> >>/etc/timidity.cfg. Copy this file to
> >>/usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg. Do a "which timidity", if it
> >>comes back /usr/local/bin/timidity it's ok, that's the one put on from
> >>the compile, if not, after you copied the cfg file, you can rpm -e the
> >>installed timidity rpm (rpm -qa|grep midity) will give the exact name,
> >>left some out for case, etc. The whole reason to leave or use the
> >>rpm/yum install was to get the cfg file, if you have a look at that
> >>monster, you'll see it's no cake to figure out.
> >>Now, timidity -ig should fire it up with the gtk gui, try it out, let me
> >>know.
> >>
> >>jb wrote:
> >>>I found something that may help with diagnosing the problem. If I right
> >>>click on the mid file and click open with and navigate to
> >>>/usr/bin/timidity the file will play but I have no visual control, it
> >>>just plays until it stops. Not sure if that tidbit helps but it seems
> >>>like it narrows things down a bit. At least it isn't a hardware problem
> >>>and the comp is capable of playing that file type? Must be a setting
> >>>somewhere...
> >>>jb
> >>>
> >>>On Mon October 10 2005 15:36, jb wrote:
> >>>>I'm using FC4 and I tried to play a mid music file and no sound. In the
> >>>>control center I tested MIDI and nothing. In the hardware section it
> >>>> has select midi device and the only selection is Midi Through Midi
> >>>> Through Port-o-ALSA device. I'm not sure what to try next, I tried
> >>>> alsaconfig in a terminal but it said command not found. Not sure what
> >>>> to try next. I can play other types like mp3, is there a setting I
> >>>> need to do or do I need a plugin to play mid files? I didn't have any
> >>>> problem with them when I was using RH9 so the hardware isn't a problem
> >>>> just a setting or a missing lib or something? Any help would be
> >>>> appreciated.
> >>>>jb

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