Tried  xplaymidi -e canyon.mid  and it starts up without any errors and
appears to be playing okay - I just cant hear anything. What is the correct
device for midi ? /dev/sequencer or /dev/midi ?

 Bill

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: André Dahlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Playing MIDI files
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> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:02:29AM -0400, William Smith wrote:
> >
> > > I've had similar problems playing midi files (SoundBlaster AWE64 PnP).
> > >
> > > I can play .au and .wav files fine and I can use timidity to play a
> > > .mid file but when I try running playmidi I get "No playback device
> > > set.  Aborting"
> >
> > If I don't remember incorrectly you have to use the -e switch when
> > you're using playmidi with AWE cards to have it find the midi
> > device. drvmidi is another program that should work.
> > --
> >
> > // André
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