Playing MIDI's in SDL?

SDL Development
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Hey,

I’m new to the SDL (I’m a convert from Allegro), and I was wondering how
I might get around to playing a MIDI file. If someone could give me a
short example code, or link me to some, that would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Cameron Matheson

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You have to use SDL_Mixer for that, but sorry I haven’t got some exemples
right now …

“Cameron Matheson” a ?crit dans le message news:
39AC3771.80D4D072 at uswest.net…> Hey,

I’m new to the SDL (I’m a convert from Allegro), and I was wondering how
I might get around to playing a MIDI file. If someone could give me a
short example code, or link me to some, that would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Cameron Matheson

3

In article <39AC3771.80D4D072 at uswest.net>, you say…

I’m new to the SDL (I’m a convert from Allegro), and I was wondering how
I might get around to playing a MIDI file. If someone could give me a
short example code, or link me to some, that would be greatly
appreciated.

Link with SDL_Mixer then download the Timidity sound patches and

after unzipping them put them into the root directory of your
applications drive. eg: c:\Timidity

in your code write:

Mix_Music *music = Mix_LoadMUS("sndTrack.mid");
assert(music);			// simple check for NULL.
Mix_PlayMusic(music, -1);		// NB: -1 loops music

best wishes Cameron.

-dv

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“Daniel” <daniel_v at bigpond.com> wrote in message
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Mix_Music *music = Mix_LoadMUS(“sndTrack.mid”);
assert(music); // simple check for NULL.
Mix_PlayMusic(music, -1); // NB: -1 loops music

Don’t use assert for checks that depend on external resources outside of the
immediate control of the program.–
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