12 Dec
2009
12 Dec
'09
2:06 p.m.
Bob van der Poel wrote:
Maybe somebody else. I've never successfully gotten timidity to make a
sound, period, so I just install qsynth, set it to use a soundfont, and
forget it.
MP3/OGG/FLAC files play just fine for me from web pages. Just not MIDI.
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David
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authenticity, honesty, community
I'm not
clear about something here. You're running a CGI script to play
MIDI files. But doing that would only make them play on your server -
not the visitor's computer.
Sorry for not being clear ... I was thinking of using this as part of
the docs for the program stored on a local computer. My brain hadn't
gone to the point of remote computers, etc.
But, I suppose it all applies the same way ... if I've got a cgi
script, then that implies I'm running a server. And I am, just that
right now it's on my box in my office :)
not everyone's system comes setup to play
MIDIs ... my system plays
MIDIs - when I fire up QSynth to do so - but even then it won't play
MIDIs from a web page (always reports there's no plugin to play MIDI). I
have to view source, download the MIDI file - then I can play it.
Yeah. I get the same issue when I visit remote sites. I must enable
timidity as a server and try some of the remote files. I don't know if
that is the issue or if it is a matter of setting up the file
associations in my browser ... anyone have success on this? Perhaps in
your CGI scripting you could have it "play" the MIDI to an
OGG or MP3 file and have THAT file play on the page?
Yeah, that's simple enough to do. Then I need a player for the
ogg/mp3. Oh I know ... I can use flash to play that :) Opps, cross
threading :)