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Re: ITP: LilyPond 1.5.73
- From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke at gnu dot org>
- To: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:32:12 +0200
- Subject: Re: ITP: LilyPond 1.5.73
- Organization: Jan at Appel
- References: <20020815223405.82410.qmail@web20010.mail.yahoo.com>
Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com> writes:
> 'file' give the same output on my machine, but none of my media
> players get any sound.
That's odd.
> MIDI files are a simple format, right? I shouldn't need any special
> software/hardware?
The format is very simple: note-start delay note-stop and then some.
But to make any good use of it, you need samples of the instruments
used. A lot of soundcards nowadays also have samples.
> WinAMP and Windows Media Player act like they're playing the files
> but there isn't any sound.
I'm not a Windows user, but aren't those programs both proprietary
crapware? Have you tried a Free Software player? There are software
players that come with samples, eg timidity
http://www.stardate.bc.ca/eawpatches/html/default.htm
> I verified that my volume isn't muted; I can play WAV files, MP3,
> etc. just fine. Don't know if this is really much of a show-stopper
> since the point of lilypond is to typeset the music, AFAIKT.
No, I don't think that it's a showstopper, I still suspect (hope) it's
your players. Could you please send me the MIDI file personally, so
that I may verify it?
Greetings,
Jan.
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org