Annotation of src/usr.bin/midiplay/midiplay.1, Revision 1.12
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1.12 ! jmc 37: .Dd $Mdocdate$
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
1.11 jmc 68: Send a
69: .Dq General MIDI On
70: system exclusive message to the device.
1.1 niklas 71: .It Fl l
1.2 aaron 72: List the possible devices without playing anything.
1.1 niklas 73: .It Fl m
1.9 jmc 74: Show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc.).
1.1 niklas 75: .It Fl q
1.2 aaron 76: Do not play the MIDI file, just parse it.
1.1 niklas 77: .It Fl t Ar tempo
1.5 aaron 78: Specifies the tempo.
79: Default is 100.
1.1 niklas 80: .It Fl v
1.5 aaron 81: Be verbose.
1.9 jmc 82: If the flag is repeated, the verbosity increases.
1.1 niklas 83: .It Fl x
1.2 aaron 84: Play a small sample sound.
1.6 aaron 85: .El
1.1 niklas 86: .Sh FILES
87: .Bl -tag -width /dev/music
88: .It Pa /dev/music
89: MIDI sequencer device
90: .El
91: .\".Sh ENVIRONMENT
92: .\".Bl -tag -width MIDIDEVICE
93: .\".It Pa AUDIOCTLDEVICE
94: .\"the audio control device to use.
95: .\".El
96: .Sh SEE ALSO
97: .Xr midi 4
98: .Sh HISTORY
99: The
100: .Nm
1.8 mpech 101: command first appeared in
102: .Nx 1.4 .
1.1 niklas 103: .Sh BUGS
104: It may take a long while before playing stops when
105: .Nm
106: is interrupted since the sequencer and MIDI buffers will still
107: be emptied.