[4017] Midiconfig by devicename (commited r4017) \ VOGONS

[4017] Midiconfig by devicename (commited r4017)

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First post, by rcblanke

Posted on 2015-08-26, 17:38

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Hi all,

Since it gets more and more problematic to have any influence on the midi device numbering in Windows, and adding and removing midi devices can alter the ordering of the devices in unpredictable ways, I thought it might be handy to also allow mididevice selection with DOSBox by using its name (or part of its name) in addition to its number/id. Please see the attached patch and compiled Windows executable. It works like in this example:

1Z:\mixer /listmidi
2 0        "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth"
3 1        "E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab"
4 2        "UM-1G"
5
6Z:\midiconfig=1
7(Status window shows: MIDI:win32 selected E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab MIDI:Opened device:win32)
8
9Z:\midiconfig=um
10(Status window shows: MIDI:win32 selected UM-1G MIDI:Opened device:win32)
11
12Z:\midiconfig=xmidi
13(Status window shows: MIDI:win32 selected E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab MIDI:Opened device:win32)

I hope someone will find this useful.

Regards,
Ronald

Reply 1 of 30, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2015-08-29, 15:55

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Thanks, this patch is very appreciated.

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Reply 2 of 30, by Yesterplay80

Posted on 2017-01-27, 12:55

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I'd also like to thank you for your patch! I have implemented it in my DOSBox ECE build.

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Reply 3 of 30, by citrixscu

Posted on 2017-01-29, 17:38

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Very useful, indeed. Thanks and thanks to Yesterplay for adding the patch to ECE.

Reply 4 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-01, 09:05

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So i use mixer /listmidi command and nothing happens 😕 (Dosbox ECE)

Reply 5 of 30, by rcblanke

Posted on 2017-02-01, 16:11

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FWIW, works just fine here using ECE.

Reply 6 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-01, 17:00

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Strange, can't use ECE because of that bug (i wonder where to get older version?) 😕

Reply 7 of 30, by Dominus

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:33

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Screenshot or it didn't happen 😀

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Reply 8 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:39

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Dominus wrote:
Screenshot or it didn't happen 😀

Sorry!

Reply 9 of 30, by Dominus

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:42

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hmm, for me neither... with svn on OS X

Edit: well, it's not supposed to work on Linux/OS X 😀

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Reply 10 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:51

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Windows 10 64 bit (Russian) here

Reply 11 of 30, by Dominus

Posted on 2017-02-01, 21:05

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and it's the same when you are not in the NC shell?

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Reply 12 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-01, 21:26

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Dominus wrote:
and it's the same when you are not in the NC shell?

Yes, i specially checked it without NC.

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Reply 13 of 30, by Dominus

Posted on 2017-02-01, 21:28

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And of course: does it work with lock stock DOSBox 0.74?

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Reply 14 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-01, 21:57

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Dominus wrote:
And of course: does it work with lock stock DOSBox 0.74?

Proof 😀

Reply 15 of 30, by collector

Posted on 2017-02-01, 23:47

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Works for me on Win7, both regular build and flac build.

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Reply 16 of 30, by Dominus

Posted on 2017-02-02, 00:14

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Does it work if you use the new build without any autoexec commands or other commands? Asking to make sure you haven't accidentally another mixer program interfering

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Reply 17 of 30, by KainXVIII

Posted on 2017-02-02, 08:57

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Holy cow! I finally found the cause of why this patch is not working for me - i need to delete mt-32 roms from dosbox folder (and i even don't use builtin MT-32 emulation, only external MUNT)

Reply 18 of 30, by rcblanke

Posted on 2017-02-02, 13:21

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The mt-32 roms have nothing to do with this patch, the origin of this problem/conflict lies most likely in another patch included in ECE.

Reply 19 of 30, by Dominus

Posted on 2017-02-02, 13:35

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Yes, probably something like "if roms in folder x -> midi=mt32emu" to have less config settings but screwing up everything else. Or mt32 emu is enabled by default and failing without the roms and thus enabling normal midi again.

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