OpenBSD-4.6/usr.bin/midiplay/midiplay.1

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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 26 2008 $
.Dt MIDIPLAY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm midiplay
.Nd play MIDI files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm midiplay
.Op Fl glmqvx
.Op Fl d Ar devno
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl t Ar tempo
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "-d devnoXX"
.It Fl d Ar devno
Specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed
by the
.Fl l
flag).
The default is device 0.
.It Fl f Ar file
Specifies the name of the sequencer device.
.It Fl g
Send a
.Dq General MIDI On
system exclusive message to the device.
.It Fl l
List the possible devices without playing anything.
.It Fl m
Show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc.).
.It Fl q
Do not play the MIDI file, just parse it.
.It Fl t Ar tempo
Specifies the tempo.
Default is 100.
.It Fl v
Be verbose.
If the flag is repeated, the verbosity increases.
.It Fl x
Play a small sample sound.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/music
.It Pa /dev/music
MIDI sequencer device
.El
.\".Sh ENVIRONMENT
.\".Bl -tag -width MIDIDEVICE
.\".It Pa AUDIOCTLDEVICE
.\"the audio control device to use.
.\".El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr midi 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Nx 1.4 .
.Sh BUGS
It may take a long while before playing stops when
.Nm
is interrupted since the sequencer and MIDI buffers will still
be emptied.