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What soundfont is ffplay using to play MIDIs? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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I can't seem to figure it out. When it plays a MIDI file, it references Timidity++ in the output:

  Metadata:
    name            : Piano
    instrument      : Timidity GM patches
    sample          : Piano
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    extra info      : 51 patterns, 26 channels, 1/11 instrument, 12/12 samples
  Duration: 00:03:06.00, bitrate: 1 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1411 kb/s

Playing the file with Timidity++ results in nothing, as Timidity++ apparently isn't a soundfont, and searching "Timidity GM patches" brings up nothing.

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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

https://timbrechbill.com/saxguru/Timidity.php Looks like the default soundfont is TimGM6mb.sf2 . But maybe it does not come with a default, and the default is only used with the official installer. I installed Timidity++ on my Archlinux based system and I do not get an audio from it too. Archlinux recommends to configure the setting to point it to the soundfont: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Timidity%2B%2B

ffplay maybe uses its own configuration to load a specific soundfont. That's why you get it there. Maybe. I don't know how ffplay functions.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Tried TimGM6mb, but unfortunately that's not it. How would I find what soundfont ffplay is loading? I tried looking in the source code but found nothing of use.

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