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| author | Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar@araneo.si> | 2020-01-06 12:06:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> | 2020-01-06 12:40:29 +0100 |
| commit | 769b96b62e8c09b078f73adc09fb860505920f8f (patch) | |
| tree | daa5eaa102dd2076756efaa25c083b94bef517b8 | |
| parent | c27710859c3cb59c439571ddc56cf71c36a1c33c (diff) | |
gnu: sdl-mixer: Describe runtime configuration.
* gnu/packages/sdl.scm (sdl-mixer)[description]: Add information about runtime
MIDI playback options.
Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/sdl.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm index 80725561fb..727a276dc5 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm @@ -281,8 +281,14 @@ WEBP, XCF, XPM, and XV.") (synopsis "SDL multi-channel audio mixer library") (description "SDL_mixer is a multi-channel audio mixer library for SDL. It supports any number of simultaneously playing channels of 16 bit stereo -audio, plus a single channel of music. Supported format include FLAC, MOD, -MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3.") +audio, plus a single channel of music. Supported formats include FLAC, MOD, +MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3. + +This package supports two MIDI backends, selectable at runtime. To use the +newer @code{fluidsynth} library, install a soundfont such as @code{fluid-3} +and specify it using the @code{SDL_SOUNDFONTS} environment variable. For the +legacy @code{timidity} backend, install a patch set such as @code{freepats} +and set the path to the configuration file with @code{TIMIDITY_CFG}.") (home-page "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/") (license zlib))) |