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1.4     ! aaron       1: .\" $OpenBSD: midiplay.1,v 1.3 1999/06/05 01:21:53 aaron Exp $
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1.4     ! aaron      36: .Dd August 12, 1998
1.1       niklas     37: .Dt MIDIPLAY 1
                     38: .Os
                     39: .Sh NAME
                     40: .Nm midiplay
                     41: .Nd play MIDI files
                     42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.2       aaron      43: .Nm midiplay
1.1       niklas     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
1.3       aaron      53: The
1.1       niklas     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
1.2       aaron      62: Specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed
1.1       niklas     63: by the
                     64: .Fl l
                     65: flag).  The default is device 0.
                     66: .It Fl f Ar file
1.2       aaron      67: Specifies the name of the sequencer device.
1.1       niklas     68: .It Fl l
1.2       aaron      69: List the possible devices without playing anything.
1.1       niklas     70: .It Fl m
1.2       aaron      71: Show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc).
1.1       niklas     72: .It Fl q
1.2       aaron      73: Do not play the MIDI file, just parse it.
1.1       niklas     74: .It Fl t Ar tempo
1.2       aaron      75: Specifies the tempo.  Default is 100.
1.1       niklas     76: .It Fl v
1.2       aaron      77: Be verbose.  If the flag is repeated the verbosity increases.
1.1       niklas     78: .It Fl x
1.2       aaron      79: Play a small sample sound.
1.1       niklas     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.