How to configure timidity.cfg for xmms-midi?

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David_V · Post by **David_V** » Sat May 10, 2003 9:37 pm

Hi,

I just got TiMidity++ to work with MIDI files, and have an .sf2 file installed. Running timidity <filename> works great. Now I'd like to get the XMMS plugin xmms-midi to work with timidity. The standard config file (containing "soundfont /usr/local/share/timidity/soundfont.sf2") doesn't work with XMMS (but it does work with TiMidity), instead I get a syntax error.

Other lines like (either one of the two last lines are to be used):

dir /usr/local/share/timidity
bank 0
0 soundfont.sf2 # 0 for sound bank number
0 /usr/local/share/timidity.soundfont.sf2 # 0 for sound bank number

... work fine, but they give no result. Instead the output is muted. My guess is that I need simply one line of configuration to make XMMS happy. TiMidity seems to be rivaling about this file.

mplayer seems to be using the XMMS plugin as well. The TiMidity interface isn't that nice, so I'd like to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Thanks for any advice,
David

Dalcius · Post by **Dalcius** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:34 pm

When you emerge xmms-midi, it notes that it will play muted music until a valid timidity.cfg is stuffed in /etc/. You might give that a shot, though I'm not sure I understand your problem.

Thanks for the pasted examples though, I'm thinking about trying to get some soundfonts to work with timidity.

Cheers

minimizebeefgoo · Post by **minimizebeefgoo** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:01 pm

I think xmms-midi uses an old version of TiMidity internally - it comes with a file called timidity.c that makes no reference to TiMidity++. It probably doesn't support Soundfonts.

thinkpad20 · Post by **thinkpad20** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:56 pm

Just reviving this post here, cause I have a similar problem...

It does say (and it's right) that the midi files will play silent until a valid timidity.cfg file is placed in /etc. So, how does one make/find such a file? If I could just make one I wouldn't have to use timidity, I could just use xmms.

Thanks
Allen

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:45 pm

Hi Allen,

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# ln -s /usr/share/timidity/timidity.cfg /etc/timidity.cfg

after emerging "timidity++" and "timidity-eawpatches" should do the trick.

Mooses · Post by **Mooses** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:04 pm

Ok a midi thread cool!

Well, I also have small problems getting timidity to work.

The problem is rather simple, it just doesn't work!

No error messages or so, just no sound.

Any ideas, anyone?

Mooses

EDIT:
OK, seems it's been the artsd
however, now I always have to do a killall artsd before using timidity