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<H1>APLAYMIDI</H1>
Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: 2 Nov 2011<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
aplaymidi - play Standard MIDI Files
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>aplaymidi</B>
-p client:port[,...] [-d delay] midifile ...
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>aplaymidi</B>
is a command-line utility that plays the specified MIDI file(s) to one
or more ALSA sequencer ports.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><I>-h, --help</I>
<DD>
Prints a list of options.
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<DT id="2"><I>-V, --version</I>
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Prints the current version.
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<DT id="3"><I>-l, --list</I>
<DD>
Prints a list of possible output ports.
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<DT id="4"><I>-p, --port=client:port,...</I>
<DD>
Sets the sequencer port(s) to which the events in the MIDI file(s) are
sent.
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A client can be specified by its number, its name, or a prefix of its
name. A port is specified by its number; for port 0 of a client, the
&quot;:0&quot; part of the port specification can be omitted.
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Multiple ports can be specified to allow playback of MIDI file(s) that
contain events for multiple devices (ports), as specified by &quot;Port
Number&quot; meta events.
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For compatibility with
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+pmidi">pmidi</A>(1),</B>
the port specification is taken from the
<I>ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS</I>
environment variable if none is given on the command line.
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<DT id="5"><I>-d, --delay=seconds</I>
<DD>
Specifies how long to wait after the end of each MIDI file,
to allow the last notes to die away.
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
<B>aplaymidi</B>
handles &quot;Port Number&quot; meta events, but not &quot;Port Name&quot; meta events.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+pmidi">pmidi</A>(1)
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+playmidi">playmidi</A>(1)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Clemens Ladisch &lt;<A HREF="mailto:clemens@ladisch.de">clemens@ladisch.de</A>&gt;
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAF">BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAH">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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