> > > I'm wondering how far along midi development is now in OSS v4, > > > if > > > anything is happening with this as the proposed development for > > > it for > > > v4.1 sounded really good? > > > > Development of MIDI is on hold since I have been busy on some > > higher > > priority tasks during past year. It might be possible to continue > > the > > work after few weeks unless something unexpected happens. > > I suspect that midi development will move from the dead point only if > some > enthusiasts really try use new midi API, write software synthesizers, > sequencers using it or port exisiting programs. This process should > disclose > varoius flaws in api (if such exist) and bugs in drivers. > Unfortunately > nobody seems to care about that.
I could try at bridging the BeOS and Haiku MIDI Kit to the OSS API, but it is totally separated from the media_server, and the BeOS version hardcodes the device paths and ioctls AFAIK. I don't know the status of the Haiku version, it should be possible to make it add-on based to handle OSS devices as well. Besides I still have to update the BeOS OSS port to mercurial. I have also been wondering about MC97 modem support, it should be possible to publish tty devices from them I suppose. With DSL and GSM cards and phones around the need is less important, but it could still be an interesting feature. Even ALSA is supposed (I never tried) to support my ATI IXP modem but I never dig the code. I don't know how BSD and others handle MC97 modems, do they support them at all with separate driver ? Is MC97 support planned anyhow ? BTW, top-posting is discouraged by the Netiquette. François. _______________________________________________ oss-devel mailing list oss-devel@mailman.opensound.com http://mailman.opensound.com/mailman/listinfo/oss-devel
