Re: [opensuse] kmid not playing sound
Ken Schneider wrote:
Ed McCanless wrote:
Ken Schneider wrote:
When using kmid to playback a karaoke .mid file I get no sound being sent to my sound card. It's a USB sound card so I plainly see when data is sent to it. This is on a fresh install of 10.3.
Ken
Ken, Just in case you don't have a solution yet, here's what I did with kmid on Suse 10.3 (I just installed 10.3 last week.) Kmid did not play at first, which I've learned to expect. So, I started timidity. Command: timidity -iA -B8,2 -Os Then restarted kmid and went to Settings> MIDI Setup> Select MIDI Device... and tried timidity ports till I found one that works.
timidity doesn't show as a map device to select from, can you be a little more specific please?
In my
case it was the first timidity port. It plays my .mid files fine, hope this helps you.
-ED-
Ken
TiMidity must be running before you start Kmid for this to show. Start it with the Command: timidity -iA -B8,2 -Os The last option is not a zero, it is a capital O. Make sure the little bouncing startup icon goes away before you start kmid. On both my systems, 10.1 and 10.3, from the GUI I click Settings, which gives a drop down list. I choose MIDI Setup... which gives a dialog box with the list: Select MIDI device you want to use: Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 - ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-0 - ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-1- ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-2- ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-3 - ALSA device Highlight the first timidity option and click OK. If kmid doesn't play, try again using the next timidity port, until you have found the one that works. If you are trying to do this from a command line, or if you don't see a list similar to the one above, I'm afraid I can't help much more. It took me about 3 months, a couple of years ago, to gather this much info. Most of my other command line knowledge is for running lillypond, and some video work. Best of luck, and if it doesn't work, may we find better help; -ED- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ed McCanless wrote:
Ken Schneider wrote:
Ed McCanless wrote:
Ken Schneider wrote:
When using kmid to playback a karaoke .mid file I get no sound being sent to my sound card. It's a USB sound card so I plainly see when data is sent to it. This is on a fresh install of 10.3.
Ken
Ken, Just in case you don't have a solution yet, here's what I did with kmid on Suse 10.3 (I just installed 10.3 last week.) Kmid did not play at first, which I've learned to expect. So, I started timidity. Command: timidity -iA -B8,2 -Os Then restarted kmid and went to Settings> MIDI Setup> Select MIDI Device... and tried timidity ports till I found one that works.
timidity doesn't show as a map device to select from, can you be a little more specific please?
In my
case it was the first timidity port. It plays my .mid files fine, hope this helps you.
-ED-
Ken
TiMidity must be running before you start Kmid for this to show. Start it with the Command:
timidity -iA -B8,2 -Os
The last option is not a zero, it is a capital O. Make sure the little bouncing startup icon goes away before you start kmid. On both my systems, 10.1 and 10.3, from the GUI I click Settings, which gives a drop down list. I choose MIDI Setup... which gives a dialog box with the list: Select MIDI device you want to use: Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 - ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-0 - ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-1- ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-2- ALSA device TiMidity TiMidity Port-3 - ALSA device
Highlight the first timidity option and click OK. If kmid doesn't play, try again using the next timidity port, until you have found the one that works.
If you are trying to do this from a command line, or if you don't see a list similar to the one above, I'm afraid I can't help much more. It took me about 3 months, a couple of years ago, to gather this much info. Most of my other command line knowledge is for running lillypond, and some video work.
Best of luck, and if it doesn't work, may we find better help;
-ED-
I finally got this going last night. Much thanks to Ed and Rajko for your help. I tried adding the command to my .profile and it made my login hang. So for now I will just run the command by hand when needed. Ken -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 17 November 2007, Ken Schneider said:
I finally got this going last night. Much thanks to Ed and Rajko for your help. I tried adding the command to my .profile and it made my login hang. So for now I will just run the command by hand when needed.
kmid is basically unmaintained these days. If you want to have .mid playing functionality in KDE, would you guys consider starting to maintain it? Will -- Desktop Engineer KDE Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Will Stephenson wrote:
On Saturday 17 November 2007, Ken Schneider said:
I finally got this going last night. Much thanks to Ed and Rajko for your help. I tried adding the command to my .profile and it made my login hang. So for now I will just run the command by hand when needed.
kmid is basically unmaintained these days. If you want to have .mid playing functionality in KDE, would you guys consider starting to maintain it?
Will
Hi Will, Never thought of myself as capable of maintaining an app. What sort of knowledge would this require? I'm a long way from being a developer. -ED- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 23 November 2007 07:39:36 Ed McCanless wrote:
Will Stephenson wrote:
On Saturday 17 November 2007, Ken Schneider said:
I finally got this going last night. Much thanks to Ed and Rajko for your help. I tried adding the command to my .profile and it made my login hang. So for now I will just run the command by hand when needed.
kmid is basically unmaintained these days. If you want to have .mid playing functionality in KDE, would you guys consider starting to maintain it?
Never thought of myself as capable of maintaining an app. What sort of knowledge would this require? I'm a long way from being a developer.
True, it helps if you can actively develop the app. But without programming skills you can make a difference by going through the bugs and triaging - there are 35 open bugs mostly in the UNCONFIRMED state, at bugs.kde.org, and also by building the most recent kde 4 version (kmid seems to be minimally ported, now it has been move to extragear/multimedia) and looking for porting mistakes. Even some non-developers have been known to become developers by trying stuff out, learning how to revert individual commits that might cause a problem, then eventually seeing how it works and trying their own changes. Drop by #opensuse-kde or opensuse-kde@opensuse.org if you'd like some more info. Will -- Will Stephenson Desktop Engineer KDE Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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