Re: [pygame] does pygame use portmidi?

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jake,

Yes, Pygame uses Portmidi. An example can be found in the 
pygame.examples package:

python -m pygame.examples.midi --help

It's included as part of a standard Pygame 1.9.1 install.

Lenard Lindstrom

On 23/06/10 12:14 AM, Jake b wrote:
> I'm trying to use portmidi (or pygame) and mingus. ( mingus for it's
> util functions. pygame for midi in+out.)
>
> I want to run "osc2midi.py" , which uses portmidi.[1] ( import's pypm
> ), since port midi wasn't installing[2], I tried a quick convert,
> being midi newb, rewriting could be faster. I have the OSC side
> working. Now I need midi. .
>
> Does pygame.midi using portmidi? I couldn't find any pygame midi
> examples on the project's site. There is docs/examples/midi.py , which
> is a big file.
> All I need now is:
>      "play note X, octave Y, time=0"
>
> [ mingus can convert noteX+octaveY to the midi offset, ie: 64 )
>
> foootnotes:
> -
> [1] osc2midi.py located at :
> http://code.google.com/p/osc2midi/downloads/detail?name=osc2midi.py&can=2&q=
> It reads OSC input messages, output on midi.
>
> [2],I did not find portmidi py2.6-windows binaries. Setup.py compiling
> didn't work (maybe my python distutils isn't configured right because
> I installed eclipse w/ mingw after python.)
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> monkey
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