At Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:37:51 -0400, Nick Lloyd wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:34 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > At Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:10:35 -0400, > > Nick Lloyd wrote: > >> > >> Hi, quick question for the list. ÂHas MIDI support been implemented > >> for the hda-intel codec, specifically the sigmatel codec. ÂI tried > >> playing a MIDI file the other day, and could see the levels bouncing > >> around, but no sound whatsoever. ÂBasically, does the driver not > >> support it, or am I doing something wrong? > > > > The HD-audio doesn't support the MIDI playback in hardware. > > Everything is software rendering. > > > > > > Takashi > > > > Thanks Takashi. So to clarify, the HDA driver supports MIDI, but not > through the hardware? No and no. It's no job of a driver but a user-space application who renders the MIDI data to PCM. > So if I play a MIDI file, it should in fact > work? Use an application (or a sound subsystem) supporting software MIDI rendering. fluidsynth, timidity, whatever. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
