satelliteuser083 Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I have downloaded a '.mid' file but cannot find anything in my LE2005 to play it with. Can anyone make a suggestion? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 kmid is fine for plain playback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Many thanks, Scarecrow. :D I've installed kmid, as suggested, but am presented with the following error-message when I either try to play a .mid file or select Settings/Midi Setup: "Could not open /dev/sequencer to get some info. Probably there is another program using it." It's probably some simple adjustment, but I wouldn't know where to start. Have you any further tips? Thanks Edit: Have just checked and cannot find either a folder or a file called '/dev/sequencer' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Probably your soundcard doesn't support midi (if it does you need to setup midi support for your soundcard, for a howto look in my sig). You need to install a software synthesizer like fluidsynth and an frontend like qsynth (to install: urpmi qsynth). After installation you need to point qsynth to a soundfont and after that you need to point kmid to fluidsynth. For more information search the board for: Rosegarden Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Have read a thread involving Rosegarden which suggested installing timidity. This I have tried to do but get the message "Bad signatures: timidity-patch-freepats-20040611-1mdk; invalid key". Any tip on overcoming the problem? BTW, I used the following repositories (in Easy-Urpmi); could this combination be causing the problem? urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirro...i586/media/main with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirro...6/media/contrib with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia jpackage ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirro.../media/jpackage with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia plf-free ftp://ftp.easynet.fr/plf/mandrake/free/10.2 with synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia plf-nonfree ftp://ftp.easynet.fr/plf/mandrake/non-free/10.2 with synthesis.hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirro...5/main_updates/ with media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 (edited) Just ignore the bad signature and continue with installation. Or you could try to change the mirror on which timidity is located and see if it helps. Your rpm sources list is ok. Edited March 29, 2006 by solarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Just ignore the bad signature and continue with installation. Or you could try to change the mirror on which timidity is located and see if it helps. Your rpm sources list is ok. Yes, solarian, took your advice, ignored the warnings and now timidity works. Many thanks (including devries and scarecrow, of course) :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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