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        !            36: .Dd Aug 12, 1998
        !            37: .Dt MIDIPLAY 1
        !            38: .Os
        !            39: .Sh NAME
        !            40: .Nm midiplay
        !            41: .Nd play MIDI files
        !            42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            43: .Nm
        !            44: .Op Fl d Ar devno
        !            45: .Op Fl f Ar file
        !            46: .Op Fl l
        !            47: .Op Fl m
        !            48: .Op Fl t Ar tempo
        !            49: .Op Fl v
        !            50: .Op Fl x
        !            51: .Op Ar file ...
        !            52: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            53: The
        !            54: .Nm
        !            55: command plays MIDI files using the sequencer device.
        !            56: If no file name is given it will play from standard input, otherwise
        !            57: it will play the named files.
        !            58: .Pp
        !            59: The program accepts the following options:
        !            60: .Bl -tag -width Fl
        !            61: .It Fl d Ar devno
        !            62: specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed
        !            63: by the
        !            64: .Fl l
        !            65: flag).  The default is device 0.
        !            66: .It Fl f Ar file
        !            67: specifies the name of the sequencer device.
        !            68: .It Fl l
        !            69: list the possible devices without playing anything.
        !            70: .It Fl m
        !            71: show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc).
        !            72: .It Fl q
        !            73: specifies that the MIDI file should not be played, justed parsed.
        !            74: .It Fl t Ar tempo
        !            75: specifies the tempo.  The default tempo is 100.
        !            76: .It Fl v
        !            77: be verbose.  If the flag is repeated the verbosity increases.
        !            78: .It Fl x
        !            79: play a small sample sound.
        !            80: .Sh FILES
        !            81: .Bl -tag -width /dev/music
        !            82: .It Pa /dev/music
        !            83: MIDI sequencer device
        !            84: .El
        !            85: .\".Sh ENVIRONMENT
        !            86: .\".Bl -tag -width MIDIDEVICE
        !            87: .\".It Pa AUDIOCTLDEVICE
        !            88: .\"the audio control device to use.
        !            89: .\".El
        !            90: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            91: .Xr midi 4
        !            92: .Sh HISTORY
        !            93: The
        !            94: .Nm
        !            95: command first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.
        !            96: .Sh BUGS
        !            97: It may take a long while before playing stops when
        !            98: .Nm
        !            99: is interrupted since the sequencer and MIDI buffers will still
        !           100: be emptied.