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