126 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
126 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: midiplay.1,v 1.18 2008/04/30 13:11:01 martin Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Author: Lennart Augustsson
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd June 30, 2006
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.Dt MIDIPLAY 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm midiplay
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.Nd play MIDI and RMID files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl d Ar devno
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.Op Fl f Ar file
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.Op Fl l
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.Op Fl m
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.Op Fl p Ar pgm
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.Op Fl q
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.Op Fl t Ar tempo
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.Op Fl v
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.Op Fl x
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.Op Ar file ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command plays MIDI and RMID files using the sequencer device.
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If no file name is given it will play from standard input, otherwise
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it will play the named files.
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.Pp
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RMID files are Standard MIDI Files embedded in a RIFF container and
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can usually be found with the
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.Sq rmi
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extension.
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They contain some
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additional information in other chunks which are not parsed by
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.Nm
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yet.
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.Pp
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The program accepts the following options:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl d Ar devno
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specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed
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by the
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.Fl l
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flag).
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There is no way at present to have
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.Nm
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map playback to more than one device.
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The default is device is given by environment variable
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.Ev MIDIUNIT .
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.It Fl f Ar file
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specifies the name of the sequencer device.
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.It Fl l
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list the possible devices without playing anything.
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.It Fl m
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show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc).
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.It Fl p Ar pgm
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force all channels to play with the single specified
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program (or instrument patch, range 1-128).
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Program change events in the file will be suppressed.
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There is no way at present to have
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.Nm
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selectively map channels or instruments.
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.It Fl q
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specifies that the MIDI file should not be played, just parsed.
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.It Fl t Ar tempo-adjust
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specifies an adjustment (in percent) to the tempi recorded in the file.
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The default of 100 plays as specified in the file, 50 halves every tempo,
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and so on.
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.It Fl v
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be verbose.
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If the flag is repeated the verbosity increases.
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.It Fl x
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play a small sample sound instead of the a file.
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.El
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.Pp
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A file containing no tempo indication will be played as if it specified
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150 beats per minute.
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You have been warned.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width MIDIUNIT
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.It Ev MIDIUNIT
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the default number of the MIDI device used for output.
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The default is 0.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/music
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.It Pa /dev/music
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MIDI sequencer device
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr midi 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command first appeared in
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.Nx 1.4 .
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.Sh BUGS
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It may take a long while before playing stops when
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.Nm
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is interrupted, as the data already buffered in the sequencer will contain
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timing events.
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