[pygame] get real midi device or program name

[Kaspar Bumke <kaspar.bumke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I was playing around with pygame.midi and I was wondering whether there is a way to get the actual device name rather than just the "input/output" name. What I mean is, I have a program, say gmidimonitor, which has a midi input which it calls "midi in". Now if I do a pygame.midi.get_device_info I can get the name "midi in" but not the name of the program. If I look at the qjackctl midi router for alsa midi devices I can see gmidimonitor listed as "Midi Monitor" and it has one midi port "midi in" so it must be another name parameter when it registers itself besides the actual port names. 

Most programs and physical midi devices seem to put their name into the port name but I would like to make extra sure that my program can list the midi devices with a sensible name. Currently if I list the midi ports (what pygame.midi calls devices) the gmidimonitor port is just listed as "midi_in" and this could be confusing for the user (which program's "midi_in" ?).

Regards,

Kaspar