Midi

2013-12-13T15:15:02Z

Quedel: showing in the Infobox, that MIDI isn't anymore supported by VLC on Windows plattforms

{{wikipedia|Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface#Standard MIDI files|Midi files}}
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Standard MIDI Files (SMF) contain sounds events that indicate the notes and instruments in a musical performance, but do not include the digital waveform of the audio.
They usually have the extension <tt>.mid</tt> or <tt>.midi</tt>.
To play a MIDI file, software has to synthesize the music, which usually requires reading digital samples of musical instruments from a large file.

== Play .midi files in VLC ==
{{VLC}} can play MIDI since 0.9.0 on most platforms. On Windows, you need {{VLC}} 1.1.0 to 2.0.8. Starting from version 2.1.0, {{VLC}} dropped support for FluidSynth due to security issues (see [https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/9486 this bugreport]).

=== SoundFonts file ===
To playback .midi files, you need a [[wikipedia:SoundFont|SoundFont]] file (with extension <tt>.sf2</tt>).
You can download them from either of these two places:

* http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php
* http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/wiki/SoundFont

=== Configure SoundFont in VLC ===
You need to open VLC's preferences. The preferences window has two display modes called '''Simple''' and '''All'''. Choose the display mode called '''All''', then go to '''Codecs''', '''Audio codecs''', '''FluidSynth'''.

You select the .sf2 file with the preferences select button. Due to a bug in the software it may ask if you want to replace the file you selected. Choose "Yes" to continue (your file remains intact).

=== Linux ===
If the '''FluidSynth''' codec is not shown in VLC's preferences, you have to install it as well as sound fonts.
E.g. on [[Ubuntu]] 13.04 it is in the '''vlc-plugin-fluidsynth''' package, while the '''fluid-soundfont-gs''' and '''fluid-soundfont-gm''' packages install some sound fonts in <code>/usr/share/sounds/sf2</code>.

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