DOS ain't dead - My wishlist for future MPXplay versions:

My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: (Users)

posted by Laaca , Czech republic, 27.11.2010, 06:17

> MIDI players for DOS? (I can find URLs for you later if necessary)
>
> RealMIDI
> OpenCubicPlayer
> MIDPlay (Watcom gfx w/ HEATOF.MID, WAYHOME.KAR, etc)
> MIDIPlay (crappy PC speaker player, written in Pacific C)
> Allegro's PLAY (various HW)
> Paul Toth's MIDI player (SB or PC speaker)
> MegaMID (gfx)
> others??? (yes but I forget)
>

All the players you listed (except OpenCubicPlayer) use hardware MIDI syntesis via FM or wavetable. They access completely different part of soundcard (in practise differenr hardware) than for normal sounds. It is unusable for MPXplay because it doesn't share anything with existing code.

Besides that I think that todays sound chips like AC97 or HDA doesn't support MIDI at all and use only some dirty emulation via windows drivers.

Only OpenCubicPlayer works in the way I have on mind.
It uses normal wave device on soundcard and uses external samples for MIDI. The player is similar to MOD player.
Other such players are TiMidity and some others.

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DOS-u-akbar!

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Complete thread:

My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Laaca, 26.11.2010, 16:50 (Users)
- My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Mpxplay, 26.11.2010, 17:23
  - My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Rugxulo, 27.11.2010, 01:44
    - My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Laaca, 27.11.2010, 06:17
      - My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - RayeR, 28.11.2010, 15:24
        My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Laaca, 28.11.2010, 17:18
        My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - RayeR, 29.11.2010, 22:03
        My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Laaca, 30.11.2010, 08:46
        My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - RayeR, 30.11.2010, 16:59
        My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Zyzzle, 01.12.2010, 00:10
  - My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: - Laaca, 27.11.2010, 06:21
  - My wishlist for future MPXplay versions: __MIDI__ - DOS386, 27.12.2010, 08:49