SDL_Mixer library doesn't support MIDI?

Is it possible to get around this somehow?

A port of FreeSerf is almost done but the music wont work without midi support for SDL_Mixer. would it be possible to implement an sdl module player instead of midi?

Better to contact Fredrik Wikström?

Our sdl mixer is quite old.

What about using libtimidity instead ?

@broadblues

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Not sure what you mean there. Version 1.2.12 is the latest version of SDL_mixer which will work with SDL 1.2. The next version after this one, SDL_Mixer 2.0, only works with SDL 2.0 which we do not have a port of yet.

@Joeled

SDL_mixer has timidity support compiled in but in order to work it needs a timidity.cfg installed in either PROGDIR: or ENV: and AFAIK this file should point to an installed soundfont. Someone who is more familiar with timidity should be able to give better help.

Latest SDL_mixer also allows MIDI support through a library called FluidSynth which I've tried to port. I wrote the code for the AHI audio back end in it and even got it to compile but in order to work it needs a more or less complete and working port of glib which we do not have.

@salass00 & Broadblues

Thanks!

Simutrans and probably a bunch of other games used the usual sdl_mixer for midi years ago.

The sound is working now but i m not sure i m satisfied the music. Were the original settlers music in midi?

@Joeled

Probably depended on platform, but on amiga it was almost certainly not midi (it runs of a few disks on an unmodedd a1200 IIRC) perhaps some kind of mod?

Music may not be original anyway for copyright reasons.

@broadblues

Yes, i think you´re right. Well, the game is playable now so its okay