[PD-dev] midi api question

[Fred Jan Kraan]

On 2013-07-25 01:32, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> Can someone do this with pd 0.44:
> 
> 1) hack dialog_midi.tcl:
> a: in the pdtk_[whatever] proc add this:
> 
> pdtk_post "Midi outdev1 is $outdev1\n"
> 
> b: in the pdtk_*alsa* proc add this:
> 
> pdtk_post "Alsa Midi outdev1 is $outdev1\n"
> 
> 2) Go to "Media" (or wherever it is) bring up the non-alsa Midi dialog,
> do some settings and click "Apply"
> 3) Go to "Media" (or wherever it is) bring up the alsa Midi dialog, do
> some settings and click "Apply"
> 4) Go to "Media" (or wherever it is) bring up the non-alsa Midi dialog,
> do some settings and click "Apply"
> 
> In the console, outdev1 should get a sane dev number, like a single
> digit number.
> 
> If this isn't the case, please post the output.  I'm getting crazy
> outdev number at step 4.

This is the result of 0.44.0-extended-20130512. The system is Kubuntu
12.04 Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae 32-bit.

The procedure is quite exact, so I interpreted it as:
- "the pdtk_[whatever]" = ::dialog_midi::pdtk_midi_dialog
- "pdtk_*alsa*" = ::dialog_midi::pdtk_alsa_midi_dialog

- non-alsa Midi dialog = Media > default-MIDI
- alsa Midi dialog = Media > ALSA-MIDI
The two midi dialog boxes can be selected with the two *-MIDI buttons.
The button Media > MIDI settings... brings up the latest selected Midi
dialog.

Here the weird numbers already start at step 2. I didn't test the actual
Midi devices.



Results:

2
Midi outdev1 is 1

Click Apply:
tried to open -1080869540 read/write; got 19

tried to open -1080869540 read/write; got -1

tried to open -1080869540 read-only; got -1

couldn't open MIDI input device /dev/midi5
tried to open -1080869540 write-only; got 20

opened 1 MIDI input device(s) and 2 MIDI output device(s).

3
Opened Alsa Client 128 in:1 out:1

Alsa Midi outdev1 is 2

Click Apply:
Opened Alsa Client 128 in:2 out:2

4
tried to open -1080869540 read/write; got 19

opened 1 MIDI input device(s) and 1 MIDI output device(s).
Midi outdev1 is 2

Click Apply:
tried to open -1080869540 read-only; got 19

tried to open -1080869540 write-only; got 20

opened 1 MIDI input device(s) and 1 MIDI output device(s).

> 
> -Jonathan

Fred Jan