When trying to play the sample sounds at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(musical_note)#Middle_C
the effort fails with

Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "MIDI" (MIDI Audio)

Is it possible to fix this? I've never tinkered with
sound on the Pi apart from playing YouTube videos and
haven't a clue where to start.

This is on a Pi 4 running
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.83-v7l+ #1379 SMP Mon Dec 14 13:11:54 GMT 2020
armv7l GNU/Linux

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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Dana Tue, 2 Feb 2021 00:07:30 -0000 (UTC), bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> napis'o:

When trying to play the sample sounds at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(musical_note)#Middle_C
the effort fails with

Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "MIDI" (MIDI Audio)

Is it possible to fix this? I've never tinkered with
sound on the Pi apart from playing YouTube videos and
haven't a clue where to start.

This is on a Pi 4 running
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.83-v7l+ #1379 SMP Mon Dec 14 13:11:54 GMT 2020
armv7l GNU/Linux

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

Midi is not sound.
It is just a instruction to use instrument x with note y.
Each midi player sounds different.

Download midi file and get some kind of midi player.
You will have to find something called "soundfont".
This is a database with sampled instruments.
Or connect it with sythesizer to use it as midi
player.

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Op 02-02-2021 om 03:42 schreef Nikolaj Lazic:

Dana Tue, 2 Feb 2021 00:07:30 -0000 (UTC), bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> napis'o:

Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "MIDI" (MIDI Audio)

Midi is not sound.
It is just a instruction to use instrument x with note y.
Each midi player sounds different.

Download midi file and get some kind of midi player.
You will have to find something called "soundfont".
This is a database with sampled instruments.

Yes, but VLC can do this. Explained on its wiki: https://wiki.videolan.org/Midi/

Which was the first google hit for "vlc midi" ...

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On 02/02/2021 13:58, A. Dumas wrote:

Op 02-02-2021 om 03:42 schreef Nikolaj Lazic:

Dana Tue, 2 Feb 2021 00:07:30 -0000 (UTC), bob prohaska
<bp@www.zefox.net> napis'o:

Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "MIDI" (MIDI Audio)

Midi is not sound.
It is just a instruction to use instrument x with note y.
Each midi player sounds different.

Download midi file and get some kind of midi player.
You will have to find something called "soundfont".
This is a database with sampled instruments.

Yes, but VLC can do this. Explained on its wiki: https://wiki.videolan.org/Midi/

*can* being the operative word...

needs a few bits and bobs and the right version

Which was the first google hit for "vlc midi" ...

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Yes, but VLC can do this. Explained on its wiki:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Midi/

*can* being the operative word...

needs a few bits and bobs and the right version

Seemingly no, the key was "fluidsynth", apt did the rest.

Thanks to all!

bob prohaska



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