Play Midi file on Linux

If you want to play midi file on Linux, SuSE for example, you need the midi player. Amarok or some other players such as Banshee couldn’t play midi at all. I am not sure why, however, I found a command-line application called Timidity. It can be downloaded from http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/suse/i586/timidity-2.13.2-21.i586.rpm. Once installed, you can play it by issuing this command timidity file_name.midi. Here is an example running timidity to play what4.midi:...

November 17, 2006 · 1 min · 133 words · kenno