[MacPorts] #51842: Timidity: request for a new port

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#51842: Timidity: request for a new port
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  Reporter:  mojca       |      Owner:  mojca
      Type:  submission  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  timidity    |
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Changes (by ryandesign):

 * cc: ryandesign (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:51842 mojca]:
 > I would like to have some software that supports MIDI files. (Quick Time
 7 does that to some extent.)

 qtplay is in MacPorts and uses QuickTime 7 to play any supported audio
 files including MIDI files, but QuickTime 7 was 32-bit so it only works up
 to macOS 10.14.

 I found some code (in both Python and Swift) that uses AVFoundation
 (available in OS X 10.10 and later) to play MIDI files with QuickTime X:

 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107297/how-can-i-play-a-midi-
 file-from-terminal#answer-446818

 The Python code did not work for me on Monterey (`ModuleNotFoundError: No
 module named 'AVFoundation'`) but the Swift code did. Maybe someone has a
 more official GitHub project based on this concept, or maybe one of us
 could make one, and then make a port for that.

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