Thanks to both of you, that's exactly what I was looking for. Nick On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:24 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. ÂSo to clarify, the HDA driver supports MIDI, but not >> through the hardware? > > No and no. ÂIt's no job of a driver but a user-space application > who renders the MIDI data to PCM. > >> ÂSo if I play a MIDI file, it should in fact >> work? > > Use an application (or a sound subsystem) supporting software > MIDI rendering. Âfluidsynth, timidity, whatever. > > > Takashi > -- "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
