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: kenno@localhost:~/> timidity what4.mid Requested buffer size 32768, fragment size 8192 ALSA pcm ‘default’ set buffer size 32768, period size 8192 bytes Playing what4.mid MIDI file: what4.mid Format: 1 Tracks: 5 Divisions: 480 Sequence: Track name: Track 1 Track name: Guitar 2 Track name: Track 3 Track name: Percussion Playing time: ~26 seconds Notes cut: 0 Notes lost totally: 0 Enjoy the midi tune!