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.TH PMIDI 1 "Jun 19 1999"
.SH NAME
pmidi \- A midi file player for ALSA.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pmidi
[
.BI \-p client:port
]
[
.B \-l
]
[
.BI -d delay
]
.IR file \|.\|.\|.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B pmidi
command reads in the specified midi files and plays them through
the ALSA sequencer.
You can specify on the command line which sequencer port that
you wish to use.
Use the
.B \-l
option to get a list of possible sequencer ports for your machine.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-p client:port
Specify the ALSA port to send the midi file to.
.TP
.B \-l
List the possible output ports that could be used.
.TP
.BI \-d delay
Delay after song ends.
This is used to prevent the last note of a song being chopped off early.
The default is two seconds.
.SS "Port numbers"
You can specify client:port numbers in the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS environment
variable.
You can also supply a comma (or space if quoted correctly)
separated list of client:port numbers.
This will allow you to play midi files that use more than 16 channels.
.SS Examples
.IP
pmidi song.mid song2.mid
.br
pmidi -p "64:0, 64:1" song.mid
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP \w'ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS'u+3n
.SB ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS
Port to use in playing midi file.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
playmidi(1)
.br
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Steve Ratcliffe <steve@parabola.demon.co.uk>
.fi