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
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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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