Changing MIDI device?

[engk]

I was wondering whether openttd uses an independent synthesizer for music or does it use the default midi device specified in the window control panel? I tried changing the midi device but it seems that it makes no difference. I digged around the cfg file and found out that there is extmidi line. Does anyone knows what the options are for this line? Thanks.

[engk]

Really? No one knows anything about using a different device to play Transport Tycoons beloved soundtrack? Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

[Rubidium]

Whether MIDI is played by OpenTTD or an external application depends on the compile time options and the OS.

[engk]

Thanks for replying Rubidium.
I do get midi music, its just that I want to use a different device to play it, since the quality of the midi is dependent on the device.

[peter1138]

To change MIDI device, run

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pmidi -l

which will output the list of devices. You can set the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS variable in your environment with

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export ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS=128:0

(for example) or provide the option directly.

If this doesn't help you, you may try actually specifying which OS you are using rather than having us guess.