Re: [pygame] pygame.midi using portmidi?

["René Dudfield" <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

cool, I'll try out the midi tests some more on the weekend.  test.exe
with option 6 seems to work for me.

yeah, I've used pyportmidi :)  I think a few things need to be redone
though, but maybe I should just use that, and send them patches (or
point them to the pygame svn).

I've already got code to convert midi events into pygame events...
which is useful if you want to handle midi events in the same way as
keyboard/mouse/joystick events.  Also did some code to run the midi
stuff as a background thread, which I think will make it easier for
people - so they don't need to manage the midi streams themselves.

cu,

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>
> --
> Lenard Lindstrom
> <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>