Re: [pygame] pygame.midi using portmidi?

["René Dudfield" <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi again,

Another note:

Tim Thompson said we could include his patches to pyportmidi, and also
include some of his other midi code...

"""You'll also find there a python module (nosuch.midiutil) that
contains higher-level routines for MIDI things, including a MIDI file
reader, simple scheduler, etc."""


cu!


On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:48 PM, René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> yeah, good point.
>
> I've used pyrex to generate a pypm.c file, and included that along
> with the pypm.pyx file.  This way pygame doesn't need pyrex as a
> dependency.
>
> Might as well use the existing python binding for portmidi.  There's a
> few patches floating around the net... so hopefully I can find them
> and pull them into the pygame version... and then they can hopefully
> flow back into the pyportmidi version.
>
> I've emailed the author of pyportmidi to ask him if it's ok to include
> it in pygame too.  It should be under the python license (I think),
> but I emailed him just to make sure.
>
> pygame.midi in svn now, and seems to build ok, and run with the latest
> svn.  I still have a bit of work to do on it... including docs,
> finishing an output class, tests etc.  Also, only tested on windows so
> far.  Still need to make sure it compiles, and works on Mac and linux.
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Toni Alatalo <antont@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> René Dudfield kirjoitti:
>>>
>>> going to try and use pyportmidi, but decided against it.  since
>>> pyportmidi is written in pyrex, whereas pygame uses C modules.  Also
>>>
>>
>> i don't understand the reasoning there, as Pyrex is just a way to write C.
>> i.e. something written in Pyrex is a C module.
>>
>> otherwise: interesting stuff, thanks for info!
>>
>> ~Toni
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> That looks good. test.exe works for me too, except when it is killed
>>>> prematurely. It still quits, but gives me an error message as well.
>>>> Anyway,
>>>> I will look at adding portmidi to the Windows dependency build process. I
>>>> just need to make sure it is optional.
>>>>
>>>> Lenard
>>>>
>>>> René Dudfield wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Lenard Lindstrom
>>>> <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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