Re: [pygame] pygame.midi using portmidi?

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks. You are aware of PyPortMidi, right? And you should play with the 
test programs a bit first. Try test.exe with option 6, then after 
pressing enter to start streaming press enter again before it has 
finished. I get a mini-crash. That is, it prints an abnormal termination 
message to the console. An earlier build brought up a dialog box with a 
program crash report ready for transmission to Microsoft.

Lenard

René Dudfield wrote:
> nice one :)
>
> I'll start adding the midi stuff in then.  I'll put a direct wrapper
> in as _portmidi.dll and the pygame interface in as midi.py
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         


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Lenard Lindstrom
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