On 18.08.2013 23:01, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 08/18/2013 06:28 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: >> Should Audacious be able to play MIDI files out of the box or is a >> little user-supplied configuration considered necessary? When I try to >> load a MIDI file into Audacious, I get the following complaint when it >> tries to actually play the file: >> >> You have not selected any sequencer ports for MIDI >> playback. You can do so in the MIDI plugin preferences. >> >> Regards, >> /Lars >> > Lars: > > I haven't used Audacious for playing MIDI, having run into the same > thing, and not knowing what to configure, or how to configure it. > > However, VLC has a Fluidsynth plugin. Its package name is > "vlc-plugin-fluidsynth". Here is the description from its package: > > FluidSynth plugin for VLC > > This plugin adds support for playing MIDI file via the FluidSynth > software > synthesizer to the VLC media player. > > Since I have that plug-in, I tried playing one of my MIDI files using > VLC, and it worked perfectly, with no additional configuration needed. > > By the way, in my opinion, Fluidsynth (or its Qsynth GUI wrapper) is one > of the very best software synthesizers around, and its default soundfont > (FluidR3_GM) is also one of the best. > > So with VLC, using this plug-in, you don't need a sound-card having > hardware synthesizers (such as Soundblaster Live!, or Audigy 2). It > uses the Fluidsynth software synthesizer, which (when configured > properly) will work even on a 450 megahertz machine. I know this > capability, because I test it regularly.
Thanks for that. The Fluidsynth plugin for VLC worked on the first try. Audacious, or something it depends on, seems to be lacking in some way. Regards, /Lars -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users