Hi,
Please consider including the following patch. This patch adds a '-T'
flag which prepends MIDI messages outputted by '--dump' with a
timestamp.
E.g.:
1625245188.993861810) C964
1625245188.994318675) F8
1625245188.995468101) 99647F
1625245189.494490183) F8
1625245189.495448424) 99647F
1625245189.995470260) F8
1625245189.996461381) 99647F
1625245190.494519924) F8
[...]
diff -uNr t3/alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.1 alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.1
--- t3/alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.1 2020-06-07 19:19:42.000000000 +0200
+++ alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.1 2021-07-02 14:35:25.416330576 +0200
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBamidi\fP [\fI\-p port\fP] [\fI\-s file\fP | \fI\-S data\fP]
[\fI\-r file\fP] [\fI\-d\fP] [\fI\-t seconds\fP] [\fI\-a\fP]
+[\fI\-T\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B amidi
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@
options to specify what data to send or receive.
.TP
+.I \-T
+Adds a timestamp in front of each MIDI message.
+
+.TP
.I \-h, \-\-help
Help: prints a list of options.
diff -uNr t3/alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.c alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.c
--- t3/alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.c 2020-06-07 19:19:42.000000000 +0200
+++ alsa-utils-1.2.3/amidi/amidi.c 2021-07-02 19:41:34.476470438 +0200
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
#include "aconfig.h"
#include "version.h"
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
"-r, --receive=file write received data into a file\n"
"-S, --send-hex=\"...\" send hexadecimal bytes\n"
"-d, --dump print received data as hexadecimal bytes\n"
+ "-T, --timestamp adds a timestamp in front of each dumped message\n"
"-t, --timeout=seconds exits when no data has been received\n"
" for the specified duration\n"
"-a, --active-sensing include active sensing bytes\n"
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@
/*
* prints MIDI commands, formatting them nicely
*/
-static void print_byte(unsigned char byte)
+static void print_byte(unsigned char byte, struct timespec *ts)
{
static enum {
STATE_UNKNOWN,
@@ -426,7 +428,18 @@
if (running_status)
fputs("\n ", stdout);
}
- printf("%c%02X", newline ? '\n' : ' ', byte);
+
+ if (newline) {
+ printf("\n");
+
+ /* Nanoseconds does not make a lot of sense for serial MIDI (the
+ * 31250 bps one) but I'm not sure about MIDI over USB.
+ */
+ if (ts)
+ printf("%lld.%.9ld) ", (long long)ts->tv_sec, ts->tv_nsec);
+ }
+
+ printf("%02X", byte);
}
static void sig_handler(int dummy)
@@ -454,7 +467,7 @@
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- static const char short_options[] = "hVlLp:s:r:S::dt:aci:";
+ static const char short_options[] = "hVlLp:s:r:S::dt:aci:T";
static const struct option long_options[] = {
{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
{"version", 0, NULL, 'V'},
@@ -465,6 +478,7 @@
{"receive", 1, NULL, 'r'},
{"send-hex", 2, NULL, 'S'},
{"dump", 0, NULL, 'd'},
+ {"timestamp", 0, NULL, 'T'},
{"timeout", 1, NULL, 't'},
{"active-sensing", 0, NULL, 'a'},
{"clock", 0, NULL, 'c'},
@@ -475,6 +489,7 @@
int ignore_active_sensing = 1;
int ignore_clock = 1;
int do_send_hex = 0;
+ int do_print_timestamp = 0;
struct itimerspec itimerspec = { .it_interval = { 0, 0 } };
while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, short_options,
@@ -509,6 +524,9 @@
case 'd':
dump = 1;
break;
+ case 'T':
+ do_print_timestamp = 1;
+ break;
case 't':
if (optarg)
timeout = atof(optarg);
@@ -611,6 +629,7 @@
}
if (inputp) {
+ int need_timestamp = 0;
int read = 0;
int npfds;
struct pollfd *pfds;
@@ -648,6 +667,7 @@
unsigned char buf[256];
int i, length;
unsigned short revents;
+ struct timespec ts;
err = poll(pfds, npfds, -1);
if (stop || (err < 0 && errno == EINTR))
@@ -657,6 +677,11 @@
break;
}
+ if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) < 0) {
+ error("clock_getres failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ break;
+ }
+
err = snd_rawmidi_poll_descriptors_revents(input, &pfds[1], npfds - 1, &revents);
if (err < 0) {
error("cannot get poll events: %s", snd_strerror(errno));
@@ -692,7 +717,8 @@
write(receive_file, buf, length);
if (dump) {
for (i = 0; i < length; ++i)
- print_byte(buf[i]);
+ print_byte(buf[i], do_print_timestamp ? &ts : NULL);
+
fflush(stdout);
}
diff -uNr t3/alsa-utils-1.2.3/configure.ac alsa-utils-1.2.3/configure.ac
--- t3/alsa-utils-1.2.3/configure.ac 2021-07-02 19:41:46.000000000 +0200
+++ alsa-utils-1.2.3/configure.ac 2021-07-02 15:55:13.245585248 +0200
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
if test x$bat = xtrue; then
saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
- saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+ saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lrt"
saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
FFTW_INC=""
FFTW_LIB=""
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
FFTW_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
FFTW_LIB="$LIBS"
CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"
- LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS"
+ LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS -lrt"
LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
AC_SUBST(FFTW_INC)
AC_SUBST(FFTW_LIB)
@@ -292,11 +292,11 @@
fi
saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
- saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+ saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lrt"
saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
if test -n "$CURSESLIBDIR"; then
- LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$CURSESLIBDIR"
+ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$CURSESLIBDIR -lrt"
fi
LIBS="$CURSESLIB $LIBS"
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
[AC_MSG_ERROR([form$NCURSESLIBSUFFIX library not found])])
CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"
- LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS"
+ LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS -lrt"
LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
if test -n "$CURSESLIBDIR"; then
