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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man1/midiplay.1 b/static/netbsd/man1/midiplay.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..673a8395 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man1/midiplay.1 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: midiplay.1,v 1.21 2018/05/03 05:13:20 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Author: Lennart Augustsson +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 2, 2018 +.Dt MIDIPLAY 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm midiplay +.Nd play MIDI and RMID files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl lmqsvx +.Op Fl d Ar devno +.Op Fl f Ar file +.Op Fl p Ar pgm +.Op Fl t Ar tempo +.Op Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command plays MIDI and RMID files using the sequencer device. +If no file name is given it will play from standard input, otherwise +it will play the named files. +.Pp +RMID files are Standard MIDI Files embedded in a RIFF container and +can usually be found with the +.Sq rmi +extension. +They contain some +additional information in other chunks which are not parsed by +.Nm +yet. +.Pp +The program accepts the following options: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl d Ar devno +specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed +by the +.Fl l +flag). +There is no way at present to have +.Nm +map playback to more than one device. +The default is device is given by environment variable +.Ev MIDIUNIT . +.It Fl f Ar file +specifies the name of the sequencer device. +.It Fl l +list the possible devices without playing anything. +.It Fl m +show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc). +.It Fl p Ar pgm +force all channels to play with the single specified +program (or instrument patch, range 1-128). +Program change events in the file will be suppressed. +There is no way at present to have +.Nm +selectively map channels or instruments. +.It Fl q +specifies that the MIDI file should not be played, just parsed. +.It Fl s +send an +.Dq ALL SOUNDS OFF +MIDI event. +Useful if an interrupted MIDI file left notes playing. +.It Fl t Ar tempo-adjust +specifies an adjustment (in percent) to the tempi recorded in the file. +The default of 100 plays as specified in the file, 50 halves every tempo, +and so on. +.It Fl v +be verbose. +If the flag is repeated the verbosity increases. +.It Fl x +play a small sample sound instead of a file. +.El +.Pp +A file containing no tempo indication will be played as if it specified +150 beats per minute. +You have been warned. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width MIDIUNIT +.It Ev MIDIUNIT +the default number of the MIDI device used for output. +The default is 0. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/music +.It Pa /dev/music +MIDI sequencer device +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr midi 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command first appeared in +.Nx 1.4 . +.Sh BUGS +It may take a long while before playing stops when +.Nm +is interrupted, as the data already buffered in the sequencer will contain +timing events. +Use +.Nm +with the +.Fl s +option to silence any sounds left after an interrupted call. |
