Score is the win32mci driver attempting to guess the best MIDI output device to use. This selection process should be the same for both win32mci and win32mci_stream (I think).
Firstly, I would keep using win32mci rather than win32mci_stream for the time being (especially when Matt has put in his polled_ss changes) until we move over to song iterators. This is because win32mci_stream and buff_ss don't really let you play games! Secondly, if you're getting reports of 0 voices then that's *bad* news. That means you probably won't get any sound. That's what's been happening, right? You should get sound by using the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth but system performance will suffer. To use this, try putting this line in your %WINDIR%\.freesci\config file: midiout.win32mci.device = 2 Let me know if that works. I'll have a look at what to do to improve the case of 0 voices. Cheers, Alex. Chris Kennedy wrote: > > > I haven't been able to get the absolute latest CVS, but here is a report > (based on my experience) on the win32mci_stream device. > > I have had issues with sound, I'll admit - but I switched over to this > mode (which gives the verbose report on available sound systems), and > this is what I got: > > MCI MIDI output devices found: 3 > MIDI Out 00: [Santa Cruz External MIDI] > MIDI hardware port, 0 voices, score: 1 > MIDI Out 01: [Santa Cruz DLS Synth] > Unknown synth, 0 voices, score: 0 > MIDI Out 02: [Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth] > Unknown synth, 48 voices, score: 0 > Opened MIDI device > > 0 voices? Unknown synth. What is the "score?" > > Anyway, just thought I would put it here. > > - Chris > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >
