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Date:	Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:22:00 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Problem using TiMidity

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Jerry,
Do you have any time to help me figure out a TiMidity problem?

If not, it's OK. I have no pressing need for it.
Thanks,
Colin
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Steven Levine wrote:
> In <444D493A.4090706@adelphia.net>, on 04/24/06
> at 01:55 PM, Colin Campbell said:
>
>> I found that on the older one, with a Crystal sound chipset, a .MID file
>> would play, if not very well.
>
> This is expected. The Crystal drivers are not very good, but they do
> support midi.
>
>> Then, I tried again to play a .MID file. At first, I would see the
>> Player window, with "Opening..." at the bottom. This lasted a long
>> time, but I never got any sound. I found I couldn't close the window,
>> and I couldn't do a clean shut down. I had to power off and restart,
>> then let the system do CHKDSK, etc.
>
> You need to get Jerry Rash involved on this. He probably has the most
> experience with Timidity.
>
>> Trying again to play a .MID file, I double click on the file, and I see
>> the Player window open for less than a second, then it disappears. (I
>> can see it get added to the eWorkplace task bar and deleted, too.) There
>> is no TIM.LOG file created.
>
> This is better than a hang, I guess.
>
>> How should I proceed to debug this situation?
>
> Try to get Jerry interested. You may need to e-mail him directly.
>
> You might check to see if you are getting popuplog entries.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven
>
POPUPLOG.OS2 was last updated October 21, 2005, so I guess that TiMidity
doesn't send anything there.
Colin

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