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Date:	Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:35:00 PST8
From:	Gary Wong <gary.wong@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com, rashj@pacbell.net
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Problem using TiMidity

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Colin, I have re-sent this in case Jerry isn't subscribed to the
scoug-help list, although I would think he is.

Colin Campbell wrote:
> Jerry,
> Do you have any time to help me figure out a TiMidity problem?
>
> If not, it's OK. I have no pressing need for it.
> Thanks,
> Colin
> =====
> Steven Levine wrote:
>> In <444D493A.4090706@adelphia.net>, on 04/24/06
>> at 01:55 PM, Colin Campbell said:
>>
>>> I found that on the older one, with a Crystal sound chipset, a .MID
>>> file would play, if not very well.
>>
>> This is expected. The Crystal drivers are not very good, but they do
>> support midi.
>>
>>> Then, I tried again to play a .MID file. At first, I would see the
>>> Player window, with "Opening..." at the bottom. This lasted a long
>>> time, but I never got any sound. I found I couldn't close the
>>> window, and I couldn't do a clean shut down. I had to power off and
>>> restart, then let the system do CHKDSK, etc.
>>
>> You need to get Jerry Rash involved on this. He probably has the most
>> experience with Timidity.
>>
>>> Trying again to play a .MID file, I double click on the file, and I
>>> see the Player window open for less than a second, then it
>>> disappears. (I can see it get added to the eWorkplace task bar and
>>> deleted, too.) There
>>> is no TIM.LOG file created.
>>
>> This is better than a hang, I guess.
>>
>>> How should I proceed to debug this situation?
>>
>> Try to get Jerry interested. You may need to e-mail him directly.
>>
>> You might check to see if you are getting popuplog entries.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steven
>>
> POPUPLOG.OS2 was last updated October 21, 2005, so I guess that
> TiMidity doesn't send anything there.
> Colin
>

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