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From: Kurt Steinkraus <kurtas@umich.edu>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.sound
Subject: Old smf2seq version?
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:55:16 -0500
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Hi all,

I'm having some problems getting my midi files to play.  I can convert
them
with smf2seq just fine, and they will play if I use seqplay.  If,
however, I
try to play them in my own program with code such as:

  if((vab0 = SsVabTransfer((u_char *)VH0_ADDR, (u_char *)VB0_ADDR, -1,
1)) < 0) {
    printf("Can't init sound\n");
    return;
  }
  if((sMainSeqAccessNum = SsSeqOpen((u_long *)SEQ_ADDR, vab0)) < 0) {
    printf("Can't open seq.\n");
    return;
  }
  SsSeqSetVol(sMainSeqAccessNum, 127, 127);
  SsSeqPlay(sMainSeqAccessNum, SSPLAY_PLAY, 1);
  SsSetMVol(127, 127);

then nothing is played, and the SsSeqOpen call prints:

  This is an old SEQ Data Format.

to the console.  What's weird is that the SsSeqOpen call is returning 0,
*not*
something less than zero to indicate failure!  My smf2seq.exe is dated
at
04-30-96 1:32p, and I'm loading std0.vh and std0.vb at VH0_ADDR and
VB0_ADDR
respectively.

Is there a newer version of smf2seq that I need, or am I doing something
else
wrong?  (Also, should I really need to load std0.vh and std0.vb?  The
seqplay
batch file doesn't seem to...)

Thanks for any ideas!

Kurt Steinkraus
kurtas@umich.edu