On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:15:58AM +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Ken Restivo wrote: > > I'd love to find a command-line MIDI file player that ... will accept > > arrow keys or some other key commands on stdin to fastforward, rewind, > > pause, play, etc. > > Pausing would be easy, but MIDI controller changes can be sent at any > time and affect all current and following notes, so when forwarding, the > player would have to send all intermediate controller messages, and when > rewinding, it would have to replay all controller messages from the > beginning of the file. It is possible to drop messages that are > overwritten by a later change to the same controller, but this does not > work for SysEx messages whose format isn't known. > > Hmm. How do programs like Rosegarden do it then? I've never had trouble seeking in RG, for example, or looping or any of that. If I can't find a command-line tool, then of course I'll end up using RG, which is fine, but I'd rather find a non-gooey way to do it if possible. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
