Ubuntu
timidity package

soundfont does not seem to get automatically installed

Bug #163727 reported by Sarah Kowalik
14
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
fluid-soundfont (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Toby Smithe
timidity (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Low
Emmet Hikory

Bug Description

Binary package hint: timidity

The default installation of timidity does not include a default soundfont. As a result, MIDI files do not generate sound with the default configuration.

Please ship a soundfont in the timidity package or a dependency thereof, and configure timidity to play audio from provided MIDI in the default configuration.

See original description
Tags: packaging
Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in timidity:
assignee: nobody → persia
status: New → Triaged
Emmet Hikory (persia)
description: updated
Changed in timidity:
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Toby Smithe (tsmithe) wrote :

fluid-soundfont was recently uploaded, and should soon be in Hardy (and Debian).

Changed in timidity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Emmet Hikory (persia)
Changed in fluid-soundfont:
assignee: nobody → tsmithe
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in timidity:
status: Fix Committed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote :

I've thought about this bug a lot over the past while, and I'm not going to fix it. With the fix in bug #196135, it's about as close as is sensible as long as size matters, especially as timidity is now more widely integrated into gstreamer through wildmidi. freepats does most of the job for the simple use case, fluid-soundfont is clearly suggested for people who want something more, and there's flexibility to support more soundfonts as desired.

So, thank you for filing the bug : it's provided a wealth of inspiration towards improving the state of MIDI in Ubuntu in general. There are now soundfonts available, timidity actually plays sounds by default, and gstreamer can handle MIDI, which integrates well with the default desktop. That timidity itself doesn't force ths installation of a full soundfont should be relatively unimportant at this point. If you feel strongly that the bug *should* be fixed, and that it's worth the installation of a full soundfont, please reopen.

Changed in timidity:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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