APLAYMIDI(1) General Commands Manual APLAYMIDI(1)
NAME
aplaymidi - play Standard MIDI Files
SYNOPSIS
aplaymidi -p client:port[,...] [-d delay] midifile ...
DESCRIPTION
aplaymidi is a command-line utility that plays the specified MIDI
file(s) to one or more ALSA sequencer ports.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Prints a list of options.
-V, --version
Prints the current version.
-l, --list
Prints a list of possible output ports.
-p, --port=client:port,...
Sets the sequencer port(s) to which the events in the MIDI
file(s) are sent.
-u, --ump=version
Changes the sequencer client to the given MIDI version and out-
puts via the UMP packets instead of legacy sequencer events. As
of now, the only supported version is 1.
A client can be specified by its number, its name, or a prefix of
its name. A port is specified by its number; for port 0 of a
client, the ":0" part of the port specification can be omitted.
Multiple ports can be specified to allow playback of MIDI file(s)
that contain events for multiple devices (ports), as specified by
"Port Number" meta events.
For compatibility with pmidi(1), the port specification is taken
from the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS environment variable if none is given
on the command line.
-d, --delay=seconds
Specifies how long to wait after the end of each MIDI file, to
allow the last notes to die away.
BUGS
aplaymidi handles "Port Number" meta events, but not "Port Name" meta
events.
SEE ALSO
pmidi(1)
playmidi(1)
AUTHOR
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
2 Nov 2011 APLAYMIDI(1)
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