Hi, Leo Prikler <leo.prik...@student.tugraz.at> writes:
> Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, den 28.07.2021, 18:33 +0200 schrieb Giovanni Biscuolo: >> > > So it seems that also fluidsynth is not able to load that >> > > SoundFont >> > > [1] >> > Ah, yes, I recall not being able to load that font with FluidSynth >> > as >> > well. Back then I thought it was an error in FluidSynth, but it >> > does >> > appear to be an issue with the SoundFont then if not even MuseScore >> > loads it. >> >> Please are you reproducing the same error? >> >> I tried installing musescore3 (v. 3.2.3) from Debian stable and AFAIU >> that SoundFont is loaded (with a lot of warnings): >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> >> Loading soundfont: /usr/share/mscore3- >> 3.2/sound/sf3/MuseScore_General.sf3 >> Loading soundfont: /home/giovanni/MuseScore3/SoundFonts/GeneralUser >> GS v1.471.sf2 >> SoundFont(/home/giovanni/MuseScore3/SoundFonts/GeneralUser GS >> v1.471.sf2) Sample(Grand Piano-D1) start(0) startloop(35640) >> endloop(70786) end(70787) smaller than SoundFont 2.04 spec chapter >> 7.10 recommendation >> [...] >> Loading soundfont: /usr/share/mscore3- >> 3.2/sound/sf3/MuseScore_General.sf3 >> SoundFont(/usr/share/mscore3-3.2/sound/sf3/MuseScore_General.sf3) >> Sample(Flute F#5) start(0) startloop(19435) endloop(29952) end(29955) >> smaller than SoundFont 2.04 spec chapter 7.10 recommendation >> [...] >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> musescore installed from Debian plays sounds using >> MuseScore_General.sf3 > Ah, but that's Debian's MuseScore_General.sf3. Those two could be > different for all we know. Did you binary diff them or did you try > using the SoundFont from the Guix installation with Debian's MuseScore? > >> [...] >> >> > > Could it be a bug in some library? >> > If so, then it's two different libraries, >> >> AFAIU the error >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> >> Sample::decompressOggVorbis: open failed: Not a valid SNDFILE* >> pointer. >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> /seems/ to come from libsndfile [1], an input for both fluidsynth and >> musescore > > Good point, it might be that libsndfile was compiled without Vorbis > support. However, there is also a nonzero chance that Fluidsynth or > Musescore use libsndfile incorrectly, for instance w.r.t. Vorbis > support [1]. Aside from the broken file hypothesis, that is... > >> > as MuseScore doesn't use FluidSynth for MIDI synthesis – it's more >> > likely that the font is simply broken. >> >> AFAIU this is not the case > How so? > >> > It would be nice to investigate when that font first broke or if it >> > ever worked. >> >> I'll try to do it in the coming days >> >> [...] >> >> Happy hacking! Gio' > > Don't stress too much about it and happy hacking :) musescore is now at 4.0.2, and I gave it a try and it can play sounds fine. Closing, let us know if you still are having issues! -- Thanks, Maxim
