Re: [pygame] pygame.midi using portmidi?

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

I built the library for msvcr71.dll and have the binaries, with test 
programs, on my site: www3.telus.net/len_l/pygame

494d352168fa01866f4cfe8adb620181 *portmidi-msvcr71-win32.zip

Lenard


Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
> Yes, I've played around with midi too. I will give the portmidi a go 
> and see if it will link to msvcr71.dll.
>
> Lenard
>
> René Dudfield wrote:
> > hey,
> >
> > I've been messing around with using midi input and output from pygame
> > using the portmidi library.
> >
> > This should be quite useful for anyone interested in talking to
> > various midi controllers, or music equipment that talks midi.
> >
> > The portmidi dll is only 13KB on windows, so I think maybe 60KB all up
> > once turning it into a python wrapper.  It also appears to be quite
> > portable, and is already available in debian/ubuntu/macports/redhat
> > etc.  I don't think it supports freebsd, since I don't think freebsd
> > has a finished midi driver yet.  portmidi apparently compiles ok with
> > mingw too... but I haven't tried it yet, I've just used a precompiled
> > version.
> >
> >
> > Any objections to including it as an optional part of pygame?  I think
> > it'd be very useful for people using pygame for music/multimedia
> > projects... or for people wanting to use more advanced controllers for
> > whatever reason.
> >
> >
> > cu,
> >   


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