Thanks. Makes perfect sense! On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Gwenhwyfaer <gwenhwyfaer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lacking either connected MIDI hardware or a MIDI file to play, I was > limited in how much testing I could do; however, the aplaymidi man > page says it wants -p CLIENT:PORT but will assume port 0 if just given > a client. So it appears that you would be able to use: > > aplaymidi -p 20 > aplaymidi -p 20:0 > aplaymidi -p 'Ensoniq AudioPCI' > aplaymidi -p 'Ensoniq AudioPCI:ES1371' > aplaymidi -p 'Ensoniq AudioPCI:0' > aplaymidi -p 20:ES1371 > > but not > > aplaymidi -p 0 > aplaymidi -p ES1371 > > Does that clarify matters? > > On 19/11/2010, Bob van der Poel <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Oops, sorry I think you need to address the client name, not the port >>> name, >>> so in your case something like aplaymidi -p "Ensoniq AudioPCI":0 But then >>> aplaymidi needs to support that and according to its man page it does. So >>> you can even use just aplaymidi -p Ensoniq >> >> Okay ... learn something new every day! I had no idea one could use a >> device name. >> >> But, it doesn't seem to work here :) >> >> First, the version of aplaymidi I have. >> >> bob$ aplaymidi -V >> aplaymidi version 1.0.23 >> >> And, I checked the man page and it does say one can use the device name. >> >> And the ports are: >> >> bob$ aplaymidi -l >> Port Client name Port name >> 14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 >> 20:0 Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1371 >> >> But, it doesn't work as advertised: >> >> bob$ aplaymidi -p ES1271 test.mid >> Invalid port ES1271 - No such file or directory >> >> or >> >> bob$ aplaymidi -pEnsoniq test.mid >> Invalid port Ensoniq - No such file or directory >> >> However, it does appear that a full name does work: >> >> bob$ aplaymidi -p "Ensoniq AudioPCI" test.mid >> >> And export ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS="Ensoniq AudioPCI" also seems to work. >> >> is something broken here since I can't use "Ensoniq" or "ES1271" ? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** >> Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** >> EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
