hatari and midi

[607]

Do I understand right that MIDI support is going to be added to the main Hatari release, so we don't need to rely on copson's program anymore? That would be neat.

[Eero Tamminen]

MIDI support was in Hatari already earlier, its PortMidi (needed only on Mac & Windows) output was just buggy. Federico provided fix for that, which is now in Hatari.

If you're on Mac, you can try Troed's latest nightly build from: https://troed.ddns.net/d/b90229b625/

[607]

MIDI support was in Hatari already earlier, its PortMidi (needed only on Mac & Windows) output was just buggy. Federico provided fix for that, which is now in Hatari.

If you're on Mac, you can try Troed's latest nightly build from: https://troed.ddns.net/d/b90229b625/

But isn't 2.3.1 still the latest released version?

[Eero Tamminen]

Yes, v2.3.1 is the latest release version. Troed provides builds of latest Hatari sources.

In general non-release versions of Hatari should work pretty well. Hatari has some automated tests (added by Thomas) which verify that no significant features have broken, and Hatari developers of course use the latest source version themselves, not releases.

[dressupgeekout]

Hey gang. I've been trying out Hatari w/ PortMidi support on macOS (10.13 "High Sierra") and it's been a little unstable for me. First was a crash in the SDL GUI, I made this change:

https://github.com/dressupgeekout/hatar ... 387f4dacb4

Motivated by this backtrace:

http://dressupgeekout.com/paste/charlot ... idi_bt.txt

Anyway, there's my branch. I'm happy to test things for you all. Maybe I should subscribe to the developers mailing list going forward, huh?

[dressupgeekout]

I even made a little video showing it all working with my MacBook! MIDI output, at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTTV06ed0M4

[DarkLord]

That's pretty sweet.

So can you use Hatari to load up one of the HD adapted games that
support MIDI like the Space Quest series or Ultima III and IV and
hear that wonderful MIDI output?

That would be coolness incorporated.

[federik0]

So can you use Hatari to load up one of the HD adapted games that
support MIDI like the Space Quest series or Ultima III and IV and
hear that wonderful MIDI output?

yes, midi works in games also.
I tested Ultima III/IV with Qsynth using an MT32 soundfont and sounds corrrectly.

F.

[Eero Tamminen]

Hey gang. I've been trying out Hatari w/ PortMidi support on macOS (10.13 "High Sierra") and it's been a little unstable for me. First was a crash in the SDL GUI, I made this change:

https://github.com/dressupgeekout/hatar ... 387f4dacb4

Motivated by this backtrace:

http://dressupgeekout.com/paste/charlot ... idi_bt.txt

Thanks for the backtrace + patch and sorry for the very late reply! I had quickly looked at this, but did not understand how it could happen [1], and then unfortunately forgot about it...

[1] The fields to which the PortMidi device names are copied, are of FILANAME_MAX size:

Code: Select all

$ grep sMidi.*PortName src/includes/configuration.h 
  char sMidiInPortName[FILENAME_MAX];
  char sMidiOutPortName[FILENAME_MAX];

According to Google, FILENAME_MAX is 1024 on Mac. I'm assuming that the failing strcpy() check you bumped into, was about overflowing these buffers (I do not see what else it could be if using sprintf() fixes it).

=> Are you saying that your Mac PortMidi device file names are longer than 1024 bytes???

Anyway, there's my branch. I'm happy to test things for you all. Maybe I should subscribe to the developers mailing list going forward, huh?

Yes, that would b great!