[linux-audio-user] fluidsynth - high priority scheduling MIDI input

[Andreas Andersson]

>From: "luciorgomes" <luciorgomes at uol.com.br>
>Reply-To: A list for linux audio users 
><linux-audio-user at music.columbia.edu>
>To: linux-audio-user at music.columbia.edu
>Subject: [linux-audio-user] fluidsynth - high priority scheduling MIDI 
>input
>Date: Thu,  4 Mar 2004 20:28:45 -0300
>
>Hi
>Everytime that I start fluidsynth as a
>normal user, console mode or under
>Qsynth, I get the message "fluidsynth:
>warning: Couldn't set high priority
>scheduling for the MIDI input".
>[...]
>Is it possible
>to make fluidsynth get the "high
>priority scheduling" for a non root user?

# chmod +s /usr/local/bin/fluidsynth

This makes the application run as root. Therefore it's not entirely safe, 
but it works well for me.

/Andreas

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