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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: How to set a new name on rawmidi?
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 22:47:40 +0100
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Daniel Viksporre wrote:
> I opened a MIDI connection with...
>
> snd_rawmidi_open(&read_handle, &write_handle, "virtual", 0);
>
> But how do i set a useful name on it, that can be seen in other programs?

You don't.

The RawMIDI API was designed for 'real' hardware devices, which already
have a name.

To create a virtual MIDI port, you should use the sequencer API.


Regards,
Clemens