On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:13:00 +0200 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <pedro.lopez.cabanillas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > VLC 1.0 has been released a few days ago. Congratulations, and big > kudos to the VLC team! > > http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ > > VLC plays MIDI files, with the help of the FluidSynth MIDI > synthesizer library. This is optional at compile time, so please > install FluidSynth before compiling VLC. Here are the sources: > > http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/fluid > > If you want to play MIDI files, you need also a good SF2 SoundFont. > Choose one matching your taste and the requirements of your MIDI file > collection. I like this one: General User GS, by S. Christian Collins > (30Mb) > > http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php > > Once you downloaded the SF2 file into /usr/share/soundfonts or any > other suitable place, you should tell VLC about it. It is a bit > hidden, but I can provide you a detailed map: > > Tools -> Preferences (Ctrl+P). VLC shows the preferences dialog. > At the botton left, Show Settings: All (radio button). > The left side icons have changed into a tree with more options. > Select: Input/Codecs -> Audio Codecs -> FluidSynth. > Sound fonts (required): Here you can set the path to the GeneralUser > font, or whatever other SF2 font you like. > > You can play now your MIDI files. From the Open File dialog you > should select the filter "all files". You may want to use the > playlist (menu: View -> Playlist, Ctrl+L) to organize and enjoy your > MIDI collection. > > You can encode your MIDI files in other formats, in a similar way you > use VLC to convert your video clips from one encoding/container to > another. You can easily create MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV and other types > from your MIDI files. > > There was once a time when men were men and wrote their own SMF > parsers and sequencers. Like the brave VLC's people. FluidSynth is > used only as a MIDI synthesizer. Also, they don't use FluidSynth's > output audio drivers, so you won't find Jack or PulseAudio output. > > It is amazing that a lot of VLC features are available in so many > platforms. Of course there may be bugs. The ticket#35 says "World > Domination", showing currently a work status of 20%. Maybe all > together can help to fulfill the goal. > > Regards, > Pedro Nice, good to know it can do that but I'd be more happy about a well working jack implementation ;) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
