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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: Daniel Viksporre <daniel.viksporre@gmail.com>,
	alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: How to set a new name on rawmidi?
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 22:47:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <568996FC.4070808@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL_NL1CKcX_d37SbopHH-bKUkfyXKvZxemVf58dH8ojcKwFQ=w@mail.gmail.com>

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

      reply	other threads:[~2016-01-03 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-03 20:48 How to set a new name on rawmidi? Daniel Viksporre
2016-01-03 21:47 ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]

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