MIDI music through ALSA / Linux

[melrose]

is there any chance to use openttd MIDi music through ALSA / Linux?
if so how to do this with command line parameter (openttd -m ??)

[peter1138]

Only indirectly via the extmidi "driver" which can call a midi player with the file to play as an argument. pmidi or aplaymidi sort of work for that.

[melrose]

any documentation how to use the extmidi driver?

[melrose]

i started fluidsynth and tried:

openttd -r 1915x1175 -m extmidi:aplaymidi -p 128:0 tttheme2.mid

but failed.

[peter1138]

You need to quote the parameters, and add `cmd=`: `openttd -r 1915x1175 -m "extmidi:cmd=aplaymidi -p 128:0 tttheme2.mid"`

This can also be set in openttd.cfg as well.

[melrose]

You need to quote the parameters, and add `cmd=`: `openttd -r 1915x1175 -m "extmidi:cmd=aplaymidi -p 128:0 tttheme2.mid"`

This can also be set in openttd.cfg as well.

that's it! I did
openttd -r 1915x1175 -m "extmidi:cmd=aplaymidi -p 20:0 content_download/baseset/openmsx-0.4.0/*.mid"
and now I can enjoy openttd MIDI music with my oldschool Roland Sound Canvas.
Thanks a lot!