[ scummvm-Bugs-973704 ] MIDI woes

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Bugs item #973704, was opened at 2004-06-16 01:07
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Category: iMuse/Music
Group: All Games
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Frederic Briere (fbriere)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: MIDI woes

Initial Comment:
(Originally submitted on the Debian BTS, at <http://bugs.debian.
org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=254532>)

Package: scummvm
Version: 0.6.0-1
Severity: normal

After some trial and error, I finally managed to get timidity up and 
running.  However, I'm having a hard time with scummVM and MIDI 
(w/ both 0.6.0 and CVS).

When I start scummVM, everything looks normal, but I don't get any 
MIDI output:

  [fbriere] toroia:~ $ /var/tmp/fbuild.15535/scummvm/scummvm 
tentacle
  Looking for tentacle
  Trying to start game 'Day Of The Tentacle'
  ALSA client initialised [128:0]
  WARNING: IMuse doCommand(6) - setMasterVolume (74)!

When I shut down scummVM, I'll suddenly hear the last note that it 
was supposed to play, loud and clear.  Then, if I start scummVM 
again *right then* -- behold! the MIDI output now works perfectly:

  [fbriere] toroia:~ $ /var/tmp/fbuild.15535/scummvm/scummvm 
tentacle
  ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1155:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open 
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Device or resource busy
  Looking for tentacle
  Trying to start game 'Day Of The Tentacle'
  WARNING: Sound mixer initialization failed!
  ALSA client initialised [128:0]
  WARNING: IMuse doCommand(6) - setMasterVolume (74)!

I need to restart scummVM right away for this trick to work; I suspect 
it's the conflict on the sound device that makes it work.

Unfortunately, this means that to get MIDI to work, I have to give up 
on the non-MIDI sounds.  It ain't so bad with non-talkies, but with 
games like DotT, I have to choose between the soundtrack and the 
dialogue. :(


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