[14.1 KDE] No MIDI capability at all?

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siealex

Is there any audio player that runs on KDE and has MIDI capability? I tried Audacious, VLC, Rhythmbox, all three have MIDI on Linux (via FluidSynth plugins), but NONE of them supports MIDI on FreeBSD. Timidity++ does not install, missing dependency: eawpats (this package does not exist on the repo). What other players support MIDI here?
 
siealex said:
Timidity++ does not install, missing dependency: eawpats (this package does not exist on the repo).
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That seems implausible. If a dependency package is missing (due to build failures or whatever) then this package would be missing too. It cannot be built if its dependencies cannot be met.

Besides that, package for Timidity++ appears to be available, at least in quarterly for 14:
Code: 
root@fbsd-test:~ # pkg search timidity
ja-timidity++-slang-2.15.0_1   Slang interface for TiMidity++ with Japanese support
timidity-0.2i_1                MIDI to PCM software synthesizer
timidity++-2.15.0_1            Software MIDI player
timidity++-emacs-2.15.0_1      Emacs interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-gtk-2.15.0_1        Gtk interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-motif-2.15.0_1      Motif interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-slang-2.15.0_1      Slang interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-xaw-2.15.0_1        Xaw interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-xskin-2.15.0_1      X11AMP skin interface for TiMidity++

Ah, got it, audio/eawpats cannot be packaged due to license constraints:
Code: 
_LICENSE_RESTRICTED = delete-package delete-distfiles

Code: 
root@fbsd-test:~ # pkg install timidity++
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
pkg: timidity++ has a missing dependency: eawpats

Weird though, that option is off by default.
Code: 
===> The following configuration options are available for timidity++-2.15.0_1:
     DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
     EAWPLUS=off: Collection of Gravis Ultrasound MIDI patches
     X11=on: X11 (graphics) support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings

Oh, that's audio/eawplus, not audio/eawpats. Confusing. I wonder if eawpats can be made optional too. Or reversed, because eawplus doesn't appear to have any license restrictions.
 
siealex said:
Is there any audio player that runs on KDE and has MIDI capability? I tried Audacious, VLC, Rhythmbox, all three have MIDI on Linux (via FluidSynth plugins), but NONE of them supports MIDI on FreeBSD. Timidity++ does not install, missing dependency: eawpats (this package does not exist on the repo). What other players support MIDI here?
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I've successfully installed audio/timidity++ a couple of weeks ago (from ports, and there's a couple of options there to choose from audio fonts). There could be licences problem, could it?
 
SirDice said:
That seems implausible. If a dependency package is missing (due to build failures or whatever) then this package would be missing too. It cannot be built if its dependencies cannot be met.

Besides that, package for Timidity++ appears to be available, at least in quarterly for 14:
Code: 
root@fbsd-test:~ # pkg search timidity
ja-timidity++-slang-2.15.0_1   Slang interface for TiMidity++ with Japanese support
timidity-0.2i_1                MIDI to PCM software synthesizer
timidity++-2.15.0_1            Software MIDI player
timidity++-emacs-2.15.0_1      Emacs interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-gtk-2.15.0_1        Gtk interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-motif-2.15.0_1      Motif interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-slang-2.15.0_1      Slang interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-xaw-2.15.0_1        Xaw interface for TiMidity++
timidity++-xskin-2.15.0_1      X11AMP skin interface for TiMidity++

Ah, got it, audio/eawpats cannot be packaged due to license constraints:
Code: 
_LICENSE_RESTRICTED = delete-package delete-distfiles

Code: 
root@fbsd-test:~ # pkg install timidity++
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
pkg: timidity++ has a missing dependency: eawpats

Weird though, that option is off by default.
Code: 
===> The following configuration options are available for timidity++-2.15.0_1:
     DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
     EAWPLUS=off: Collection of Gravis Ultrasound MIDI patches
     X11=on: X11 (graphics) support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings

Oh, that's audio/eawplus, not audio/eawpats. Confusing. I wonder if eawpats can be made optional too. Or reversed, because eawplus doesn't appear to have any license restrictions.
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So, is it an option to install eawpats from ports?
 
siealex said:
Is there any audio player that runs on KDE and has MIDI capability? I tried Audacious, VLC, Rhythmbox, all three have MIDI on Linux (via FluidSynth plugins), but NONE of them supports MIDI on FreeBSD. Timidity++ does not install, missing dependency: eawpats (this package does not exist on the repo). What other players support MIDI here?
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VLC is built without FLUID option set. Don't know the other ones to know if there is an option the port could include/set, if it should use it if something else is already installed, or if a dependency option could impact it. I find different difficulties with timidity++ and fluidsynth but the latter seems much easier for me to get midi out of my system with last time I tried. If you try to use compressed soundfonts (SF3 files) with fluidsynth, you need to rebuild fluidsynth with SNDFILE set.
 
I find different difficulties with timidity++ and fluidsynth but the latter seems much easier for me to get midi out of my system with last time I tried.
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Yes, fluidsynth + dmidiplayer works fine for me. I use no SF3 files, only SF2.
A little off topic, but AIMP for Windows x32 under wine-devel works fine as well! Ordinary wine does not run, only wine-devel (why?).
 
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