And once again ill answer myself. Bug is out at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132892 now somebody just has to write a (gtk?) frontend to timidity, as kmidi is dead. lør, 18.09.2004 kl. 22.27 skrev Kyrre Ness Sjobak: > Hmm... forgot something... > Step 5.1: chmod -R 755 /usr/local/eawpats > > lør, 18.09.2004 kl. 20.44 skrev Kyrre Ness Sjobak: > > Okay. It took a while, but right now i am listening to Time(Pink > > Floyd).mid in timidity with the "eawpats" patchset, and it sounds quite > > nice :D > > > > Here is what i did: > > > > 1. download the eawpats src.rpm (all other links was broken). Try to > > install it with rpm -ivh, find that it broke timidity (made it only spew > > a lot of garbage, f.ing up my terminal, and generally not do anything > > usefull). Reinstall timidity. > > 2. Open the source-rpm in fileroller. Find a .rar file inside it. Open > > that in file-roller. > > 3. Extract the rar. Encountered a bug in file-roller: if i opened a zip > > file (the src.rpm) in file-roller, and then opened another zip (the RAR > > archive inside), everything works out well. But if i then close the > > first window, and THEN try to unzip (unrar acctually) the rar, it simply > > does nothing. Absolutly nothing - think this might be some of the same > > case as this bug: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132478 > > 4. Try again, and extract the .rar into /usr/local/eawpats > > 5. Read "install.txt" carefully, and insert those lines at the end of > > /usr/share/timidity/timidity.cfg: > > > > #extra patches > > dir /usr/local/eawpats > > source gravis.cfg > > source gsdrums.cfg > > source gssfx.cfg > > source xgmap2.cfg > > > > 6. Play a midifile: > > [kyrre@kyrre MIDI]$ timidity -int Pink\ Floyd/Time.mid > > (the -int option gives a nice ncurces "gui" which shows some stats etc) > > Enjoy! > > > > I will now post a RFE to "distribution" on bugzilla. > > > > > > man, 13.09.2004 kl. 18.37 skrev Kyrre Ness Sjobak: > > > Yes, i have found it, and i am downloading the "eawpats" src.rpm right > > > now. (hmm... sound-font source-rpm?) I will (as soon as i have figured > > > out to do with a "source"-rpm... Any help, links etc? I feel ashamed not > > > knowing how to handle them!) test those patches asap, and will when i > > > have tested them contact ccrma for licensing information etc. > > > > > > And if all goes well, ill find some gui for it - i have found kmid, but > > > not tested it this far. Maybe find a GTK-based one as well, or persuade > > > a friend of mine into learning me GTK :P if i cant find one (maybe make > > > it python-based?). Then i will report back to bugzilla (which version? i > > > am currently running FC2) with a RFE. > > > > > > Does that seem good? First time i acctually do any real work to enchase > > > Fedora Core :D > > > > > > Kyrre Ness Sjøbæk > > > > > > søn, 12.09.2004 kl. 16.57 skrev Janina Sajka: > > > > Kyrre Ness Sjobak writes: > > > > > søn, 12.09.2004 kl. 01.11 skrev Janina Sajka: > > > > > > Kyrre Ness Sjobak writes: > > > > > > > Hmm... Does anybody know why Fedora haven't included a simple > > > > > > > midi-player, which simply sends things to your soundcard for rendering, > > > > > > > which in turn plays it?? And does anybody know about a good such > > > > > > > program? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Huh? Did timidity++ disappear? Or, am I misunderstanding your question? > > > > > > > > > > ... ... > > > > > > > > > > Hmm... what if i (as many others) are so lucky to have a HW-based > > > > > midi-playing soundcard (such as the AWE 64)? Methinks maybe they wants > > > > > to use it... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you aware of Planet CCRMA which is an entire distribution for > > > > musicians based on Fedora? > > > > > > > > http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ > > > > > > > > I mention CCRMA because it's Fedora and rpm based and aimed at > > > > professional musicians. > > > > > > > > However, I would also agree that support for driving MIDI instruments > > > > directly is weak on Linux. So, I heartily second Jeff's suggestion to > > > > get involved adding MIDI support to gstreamer--if that's something > > > > you're able to contribute. > > > > > > > > > Could it be possible to do something like MS does - in the gstreamer > > > > > setup, give an option to either use timidity (with a full patchset - the > > > > > patches included don't even rival my old SB16, > > > > > > > > The CCRMA repository does have timidity with a better set of > > > > instruments, fortunately. > > > > > > > > > >
