On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 14:51 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote: > > On 11/8/20 12:52 PM, Richard Shann wrote: > > On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 12:39 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote: > > > On 11/8/20 10:53 AM, Richard Shann wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 10:21 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote: > > > > > Hello again, > > > > > > > > > > On 11/8/20 9:22 AM, Richard Shann wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 06:51 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote: > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have just started experimenting with Denemo, and have > > > > > > > custom- > > > > > > > compiled > > > > > > > version 2.4. My desktop manager is Plasma 5.8 . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > I didn't mean that the MIDI file was crazy, just the LilyPond > > > > file that > > > > results from Denemo trying to import it! > > I haven't tried Denemo's MIDI import for quite a few years - as I > > recall I devised an "assisted MIDI import" where you could import > > each > > track one at a time and intervene if there were problems. I don't > > see > > that in the current version of the program, it really looks like > > MIDI > > import has suffered some bit rot. > > > > Richard > > > > I have a question for you, that might be completely off-topic, in > that > the answer might simply be No. > > I can visualize and tolerate many types of program malfunctions, > just > not, my desktop manager freezing in such a way that I need to issue > a > 'reboot' command as root. But, I could visualize something almost as > bizarre. > > Is there any possibility that, rather than simply opening the MIDI > File > as a Data file, Denemo tries to use File-Type Associations on it?
No, that's not at all possible, Denemo parses the file via the libsmf library and then tries to ascribe notes to the MIDI note NoteOn/off messages parsed... It would run into problems with things like a long drone lasting over bars, as it might try to find a long enough duration by adding dots! Richard
