I'm having several problems with timidity++-2.14.0-r2. For starters, the daemon crashes: # rc-service timidity start * Starting TiMidity++ Virtual Midi Sequencer ... but the server doesn't start: $ aplaymidi -l Port Client name Port name 14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 # rc-service timidity status * status: crashed # rc-service timidity stop * Stopping TiMidity++ ... * start-stop-daemon: no matching processes found media-sound/timidity++-2.14.0-r2::gentoo was built with the following: USE="X alsa flac gtk ncurses vorbis -ao -emacs -jack -motif -nas -oss (-selinux) -slang -speex -tk" ABI_X86="(64)" Other problems include: - playing a midi file with the timidity command produces no sound. - starting the timidity server from the command line (timidity -iA) works, but playing a midi file with aplaymidi produces a sound distorted by underruns I use alsa without any other layer or "server" like jack, pulseaudio or anything, and my USB card works perfectly fine with every other application. This is my .asoundrc: pcm.usb { type hw card USBPre2 device 0 } ctl.usb { type hw card USBPre2 device 0 } pcm.usbdmix { type dmix ipc_key 512 slave { pcm "usb" rate 48000 format S24_LE period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_size 4096 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } pcm.usbinout { type asym playback.pcm "usbdmix" capture.pcm "usb" } pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "usbinout" }
I advanced a little bit, but the main problems remain. After a major rebuild of my whole system, now the timidity daemon starts: foo ~ # rc-service timidity start * Starting TiMidity++ Virtual Midi Sequencer ... [ ok ] foo ~ # rc-service timidity status * status: started foo ~ # aplaymidi -l Port Client name Port name 14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 128:0 TiMidity TiMidity port 0 128:1 TiMidity TiMidity port 1 128:2 TiMidity TiMidity port 2 128:3 TiMidity TiMidity port 3 I still have the following problems, though: - playing a midi file with the timidity command produces no sound. - when the timidity server is running, playing a midi file with aplaymidi produces a sound distorted by underruns
Over a month after my initial report, the problems described in my last comment persist.
Still valid with 2.15.0-r1?