Beta Midi Installer

[sebt3]

Hi there,

As many reqquested for it, here is a midi patches files installer. It will allow you to have music for games that use midi.


[ My link ] [ filearchive link ]

Comment here please

 

[Esn]

Thanks sebt3. Is this a port?

I think I'll try this out soon, though I'm not sure of exactly what I'll need to do. What other things can this be used for besides games?

I have the vague memory from somewhere that this is very useful, but I don't know much about how it works.

 

[sebt3]

Is this a port?

No, just 3 dumbs shell-scripts

I think I'll try this out soon, though I'm not sure of exactly what I'll need to do. What other things can this be used for besides games?

What to do :
1) launch it
2) choose the option that suit your need. You pick to install on nand or on sdcard and you have 3 differants set of midi soundset.
3) type in your password
4) push finsh when it is actually done.
5) forget about that

It will enable music in games like doom etc. The zelda's games actually pack with their own midi set (to be changed soon)...

 

[skeezix]

Works great; I'd rename it to be more clear (Timidity Midi Installer and likewise for the pnd-file), but otherwise great.

Installed big set to SD2
D1x, worked
Uninstalled
Installed small set to SD1
D1x worked, coudl notice the difference

jeff

 

[sebt3]

Works great; I'd rename it to be more clear (Timidity Midi Installer and likewise for the pnd-file), but otherwise great.

Installed big set to SD2
D1x, worked
Uninstalled
Installed small set to SD1
D1x worked, coudl notice the difference

jeff

Based on your feedback, I changed the category to system, and renamed the file.
I also changed the download link in the first post.
I may upload this in the file archive with some more feedbacks

 

[skeezix]

Upload it anyway; apparently theres not much feedback going on

jeff

 

[Pleng]

Thanks. I used it to install to NAND. Somewhere it always should have been IMHO

 

[Esn]

How much space does it take up in the NAND?

 

[sebt3]

How much space does it take up in the NAND?

That depend on which sound set you install but you can put them on SDcard and then it's less than a 2k on NAND (2 2lines files).

 

[Esn]

How much space does it take up in the NAND?

That depend on which sound set you install but you can put them on SDcard and then it's less than a 2k on NAND (2 2lines files).

Ok thanks, I added that information to the wiki list:
http://pandorawiki.org/Software_projects

 

[Dunny]

I've installed the large set, and noticed that prBoom gets a noticeable performance drop ;-)

Gonna try again with the smaller set!

D.

 

[gruso]

Thanks sebt3!

(Oh and it's great to see Dunny has a Pandora!)

 

[Tramboi]

Hi guys.
How does this work? I thought timidity should be launched as a server to get a midi device, so I don't get what the scripts do. I see no timidity process.
I'd love to make it work in Dosbox if someone can help me!

Cheers,
Tramb

 

[Esn]

I'm having a bit of a problem; I installed the small 2mb one to NAND, then decided to install the larger 38mb one to SD card, but didn't remove the original one first. Now I don't know how to remove it, because there's only the option to "remove previous installation" (so I guess when I clicked it, it removed the one on the SD card - after I did that, the option disappeared).

 

[sebt3]

I'm having a bit of a problem; I installed the small 2mb one to NAND, then decided to install the larger 38mb one to SD card, but didn't remove the original one first. Now I don't know how to remove it, because there's only the option to "remove previous installation" (so I guess when I clicked it, it removed the one on the SD card - after I did that, the option disappeared).

The installer take a note on each installation it does. The uninstall option remove everything it have removed. So your installation on NAND have been removed too.
But now you need a midi set installed

BTW, if you dnt trust my wword, have a look into /usr/share/midi, if there isnt stuff there, then the uninstaller have done his job, else flush that

 

[Esn]

Thanks, I'll check it out. By the way, I really don't understand how the Pandora directory structure works. Some things seem to be in two places at once.

 

[gruso]

Yo. Seeking your thoughts on this exchange from the Seq24 thread.

can't get it to output sound after creating a sequence?

i am on HF4 and have installed timidity
cheers

Hmm I've only ever tested with USB devices. I'll look into it and get back to you.

[edit] Ok, this page (although it's on an Arch wiki, I'm just reading it as general info) tells me that Timidity needs to be run in ALSA daemon mode to show up as a device in Seq24. But this thread tells me that the Timidity PND installer we have only works for games.

 

[sebt3]

But this thread tells me that the Timidity PND installer we have only works for games.

Indeed this is :

just 3 dumbs shell-scripts

with 3 midi sounds sets that timidity use to enable midi playing with timidity enabled apps.
SDL_mixer (what most games use for sound) include timidity sources (an old release sadly) so SDL can use these midi sounds sets directly.

But this package dont install any binary to the system.