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Date:	Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:40:45 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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Gary,
Thanks, but I cc'ed Jerry on this note, and it didn't show up in my
post. Oh well, I hope he doesn't get mad about getting it twice!
Colin
=====
Gary Wong wrote:
> Colin, I have re-sent this in case Jerry isn't subscribed to the
> scoug-help list, although I would think he is.
>
> Colin Campbell wrote:
>> 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
>> =====
>> 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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