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NAME

     midiplay -- play MIDI and RMID files


SYNOPSIS

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


DESCRIPTION

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

     RMID files are Standard MIDI Files embedded in a RIFF container and can
     usually be found with the `rmi' extension.  They contain some additionnal
     information in other chunks which are not parsed by midiplay yet.

     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
               default 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 inter-
     rupted since the sequencer and MIDI buffers will still be emptied.

NetBSD 3.1                     February 17, 2003                    NetBSD 3.1