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.Dd August 22, 2005
.Dt SMFPLAY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm smfplay
.Nd play a standard MIDI file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm smfplay
.Op -mxy
.Op -g Ar measure
.Op -d Ar devname
.Op -i Ar devname
midifile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility plays a MIDI file. While playing, it can route events from one
.Xr midi 4
device to another. To stop performance, send an interrupt signal to
.Nm
(for instance by pressing control ^C on the terminal).
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "-i devname "
.It Fl m
Use metronome. The metronome will follow tempo changes and time signature
changes in the midi file.
.It Fl x
Synchronise to an external
.Xr midi 4
device. If the
.Fl i
flag is used then playback will be synchronised to the input device
else it will be synchronised to the default device.
.It Fl y
Send midi timing information to the default device. Useful if the
output device is a slave MIDI sequencer.
.It Fl g Ar measure
Start playback at the given measure number.
.It Fl d Ar filename
Default
.Xr midi 4
device on which to play the midi file. If not specified,
the content of the
.Pa MIDIDEV
environment variable will be used instead.
.It Fl i Ar filename
Alternate input
.Xr midi 4
device. Voice events (notes, controllers, etc) received on the input device
will be sent as-is to the default device. Without this flag, the default
device will be used for input.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility is an interface to
.Xr midish 1 .
If more specific features are needed, the user may consider using
.Xr midish 1 .
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following will play
.Pa mysong.mid
on device
.Pa /dev/rmidi4
and will use metronome.
.Pp
.Dl $ smfplay -m -d /dev/rmidi4 mysong.mid
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr smfrec 1 ,
.Xr midish 1 ,
.Xr midiplay 1 ,
.Xr midi 4