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NAME

     midiplay - play MIDI files


SYNOPSIS

     midiplay [-d devno] [-f file] [-l] [-m] [-p pgm] [-q] [-t tempo] [-v]
              [-x] [file ...]


DESCRIPTION

     The midiplay command plays MIDI files using the sequencer device.  If no
     file name is given it will play from standard input, otherwise it will
     play the named files.

     The program accepts the following options:

     -d devno    specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as
                 listed by the -l flag).  The default is device is given by
                 environment variable MIDIUNIT.

     -f file     specifies the name of the sequencer device.

     -l          list the possible devices without playing anything.

     -m          show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc).

     -p pgm      use only this program (range 1-128) for all channels.

     -q          specifies that the MIDI file should not be played, just
                 parsed.

     -t tempo    specifies the tempo.  The default tempo is 100.

     -v          be verbose.  If the flag is repeated the verbosity increases.

     -x          play a small sample sound instead of the a file.


ENVIRONMENT

     MIDIUNIT  the default number of the MIDI device used for output.  The de-
               fault is 0.


FILES

     /dev/music  MIDI sequencer device


SEE ALSO

     midi(4)


HISTORY

     The midiplay command first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.


BUGS

     It may take a long while before playing stops when midiplay is interrupt-
     ed since the sequencer and MIDI buffers will still be emptied.

NetBSD 1.6.1                    August 12, 1998                              1