pmidi (1)

NAME

       pmidi - A midi file player for ALSA.

SYNOPSIS

       pmidi [ -pclient:port ] [ -l ] [ -ddelay ] file...

DESCRIPTION

       The  pmidi  command  reads  in  the specified midi files and plays them
       through the ALSA sequencer.  You can specify on the command line  which
       sequencer  port  that you wish to use.  Use the -l option to get a list
       of possible sequencer ports for your machine.

   OPTIONS
       -pclient:port
              Specify the ALSA port to send the midi file to.

       -l     List the possible output ports that could be used.

       -ddelay
              Delay after song ends.  This is used to prevent the last note of
              a song being chopped off early.  The default is two seconds.

   Port numbers
       You  can  specify client:port numbers in the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS environ-
       ment variable.  You can also supply a comma (or space  if  quoted  cor-
       rectly)  separated list of client:port numbers.  This will allow you to
       play midi files that use more than 16 channels.

   Examples
              pmidi song.mid song2.mid
              pmidi -p "64:0, 64:1" song.mid

ENVIRONMENT

       ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS   Port to use in playing midi file.

SEE ALSO

       playmidi(1)

AUTHOR

       Steve Ratcliffe <steve@parabola.demon.co.uk>

                                  Dec 1 2002                          pmidi(1)