1APLAYMIDI(1)                General Commands Manual               APLAYMIDI(1)
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NAME

6       aplaymidi - play Standard MIDI Files
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SYNOPSIS

10       aplaymidi -p client:port[,...] [-d delay] midifile ...
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DESCRIPTION

14       aplaymidi  is  a  command-line  utility  that  plays the specified MIDI
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OPTIONS

19       -h, --help
20              Prints a list of options.
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23       -V, --version
24              Prints the current version.
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27       -l, --list
28              Prints a list of possible output ports.
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31       -p, --port=client:port,...
32              Sets the sequencer port(s) to  which  the  events  in  the  MIDI
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36       -u, --ump=version
37              Changes  the sequencer client to the given MIDI version and out‐
38              puts via the UMP packets instead of legacy sequencer events.  As
39              of now, the only supported version is 1.
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41              A  client  can be specified by its number, its name, or a prefix
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45              Multiple  ports  can  be  specified  to  allow  playback of MIDI
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54       -d, --delay=seconds
55              Specifies  how  long to wait after the end of each MIDI file, to
56              allow the last notes to die away.
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BUGS

60       aplaymidi handles "Port Number" meta events, but not "Port  Name"  meta
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SEE ALSO

65       pmidi(1)
66       playmidi(1)
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AUTHOR

70       Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
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74                                  2 Nov 2011                      APLAYMIDI(1)