1Playmidi 2.5 Copyright (C)1995, 1996 Nathan Laredo
2Please see the file COPYING for terms and conditions.
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4ABOUT PLAYMIDI:
5
6Playmidi is a midi file player that will playback to FM, GUS,
7and external MIDI.  It also supports Creative Music Files (CMF) and
8Microsoft RIFF (RMI) files and large midi archives from games such
9as Ultima 7.
10
11INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
12
13To install playmidi, just "make install"
14make install will automatically configure playmidi based on your
15answers to a few simple questions.
16
17NOTE: the Makefile is optimized for a recent RedHat setup.  If you
18have an old or poorly installed ncurses, you might have to make
19some changes to compile.  X11R6 is reqired for xplaymidi.  If there
20is an object you don't care to make,  or can't make, see the makefile
21for additional installation options.
22
23If you're having trouble with playmidi, please feel free to send email.
24If you've discovered any bugs, feel free to email your bug fixes.
25
26USAGE:
27
28[x]playmidi [options] file1.mid [file2.mid ...]
29
30There are a lot of command line options to change things like which
31device to playback to and what channels to play with what patch, etc.
32There are also compile-in options you will find in "playmidi.h"
33
34Enjoy...
35
36Nathan I Laredo
37Lackland AFB, Texas, USA.  laredo@gnu.org
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