201010142242
I tried to open/play a MIDI file on Firefox using VLC today. I got the following message:
MIDI synthesis not set up:
A sound font file (.SF2) is required for MIDI synthesis.
Please install a sound font and configure it from the VLC preferences (Codecs / Audio / FluidSynth).
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "MIDI". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
...I Googled VLC Soundfont, and clicked on this link, which led me to the VideoLAN Wiki, which led me to the 30MB FluidSynth here and to S. Christian Collins' site here.
...all that so I could listen to Almaz... and I just remembered to try using Windows Media Player 9, which, naturally, played the file without any glitches... well duh!! (o_O)
201010142313
