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]> > To: Debian Users Mailing List (E-mail) <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 2:14 PM > Subject: Re: Playing MIDI files > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > >