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1.4       aaron      37: .Dd August 12, 1998
1.1       niklas     38: .Dt MIDIPLAY 1
                     39: .Os
                     40: .Sh NAME
                     41: .Nm midiplay
                     42: .Nd play MIDI files
                     43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.2       aaron      44: .Nm midiplay
1.10    ! jsg        45: .Op Fl glmqvx
1.1       niklas     46: .Op Fl d Ar devno
                     47: .Op Fl f Ar file
                     48: .Op Fl t Ar tempo
                     49: .Op Ar file ...
                     50: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.3       aaron      51: The
1.1       niklas     52: .Nm
                     53: command plays MIDI files using the sequencer device.
1.9       jmc        54: If no file name is given it will play from standard input;
                     55: otherwise it will play the named files.
1.1       niklas     56: .Pp
1.5       aaron      57: The options are as follows:
1.9       jmc        58: .Bl -tag -width "-d devnoXX"
1.1       niklas     59: .It Fl d Ar devno
1.2       aaron      60: Specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed
1.1       niklas     61: by the
                     62: .Fl l
1.5       aaron      63: flag).
                     64: The default is device 0.
1.1       niklas     65: .It Fl f Ar file
1.2       aaron      66: Specifies the name of the sequencer device.
1.10    ! jsg        67: .It Fl g
        !            68: Send a ``General MIDI On'' system exclusive message to the device.
1.1       niklas     69: .It Fl l
1.2       aaron      70: List the possible devices without playing anything.
1.1       niklas     71: .It Fl m
1.9       jmc        72: Show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc.).
1.1       niklas     73: .It Fl q
1.2       aaron      74: Do not play the MIDI file, just parse it.
1.1       niklas     75: .It Fl t Ar tempo
1.5       aaron      76: Specifies the tempo.
                     77: Default is 100.
1.1       niklas     78: .It Fl v
1.5       aaron      79: Be verbose.
1.9       jmc        80: If the flag is repeated, the verbosity increases.
1.1       niklas     81: .It Fl x
1.2       aaron      82: Play a small sample sound.
1.6       aaron      83: .El
1.1       niklas     84: .Sh FILES
                     85: .Bl -tag -width /dev/music
                     86: .It Pa /dev/music
                     87: MIDI sequencer device
                     88: .El
                     89: .\".Sh ENVIRONMENT
                     90: .\".Bl -tag -width MIDIDEVICE
                     91: .\".It Pa AUDIOCTLDEVICE
                     92: .\"the audio control device to use.
                     93: .\".El
                     94: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     95: .Xr midi 4
                     96: .Sh HISTORY
                     97: The
                     98: .Nm
1.8       mpech      99: command first appeared in
                    100: .Nx 1.4 .
1.1       niklas    101: .Sh BUGS
                    102: It may take a long while before playing stops when
                    103: .Nm
                    104: is interrupted since the sequencer and MIDI buffers will still
                    105: be emptied.