I'm wondering if this could be a PATH issue. Can you type lilypond --version
and get a meaningful response? If not, you may have to put the LilyPond bin directory on your PATH. Or use the full pathname midi2ly. -- Knute Snortum On Wed, May 4, 2022, 1:42 PM nkerr--- via LilyPond user discussion < lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote: > Hi, thank you. I tried that, and no, that also comes up as 'not > recognized.' > > I don't see a separate installer for midi2ly, so how can I install it? > > > Nathan Kerr > > > > > > May 4, 2022, 12:19 by jann...@gnu.org: > > [sent to lilypond-user; please use the mailing list] > > Hi, I'm trying to convert a midi file to a Lilypond string. From the > website > (https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/usage/invoking-midi2ly) > I understand I'm supposed to use the following in cmd: > > midi2ly [option]… midi-file > > but I get "not recognized." I can successfully use Lilypond from > cmd. I don't see a separate installer for midi2ly and see no > documentation indicating how to get passed this issue. > > Any help you can provide is much appreciated. > > > You can try: > > midi2ly --version > > to see if midi2ly has been installed correctly. If it is, possibly > midi2ly cannot handle your midi file. > > Greetings, > Janneke > > -- > Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond https://lilypond.org > Freelance IT https://JoyOfSource.com | Avatar® https://AvatarAcademy.com > > >
