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Looking for an XMI Player for DOS

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First post, by LunaVorax

Posted on 2011-07-21, 07:44

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Hello everyone !

As far as I remember, I've found a solution to my problem on this forum a few days ago, but for an unknown reason I can't find the post back.

Recently, thanks to JisengSo's python2 script, I extracted all the XMI's of Return to Zork and also from Street Wars (aka Mob Rule) using the same script (modified a little bit).

But now as you guessed, I can't play the files as I'm not using Windows (and don't want to) and as playing MIDI(-like) files under GNU/Linux using JACK is a real pain.

Therefore I'm looking for a good XMI player that just work under DOSBox.
(please DON'T link me to tutorials for playing such files under GNU/Linux, I don't want that)

Thank you all in advance for your answers !

Reply 1 of 4, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2011-07-21, 08:24

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XMI files can contain sub-songs and linkages between them, including looping, that won't work with typical player software; but individual song files should be no problem.

You can convert XMI to MID, vastly increasing your playback options. Search for XMI2MID, XMI2MIDI and similar.

The MIDPAK player for DOS supports XMI format, and you can play on a wide variety of hardware: OPL, GM, etc. Searching for DMKIT150.ZIP should turn it up. I know of some players with nicer interfaces, but they don't support XMI.

Reply 2 of 4, by LunaVorax

Posted on 2011-07-21, 10:16

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ripsaw8080 wrote:
You can convert XMI to MID, vastly increasing your playback options. Search for XMI2MID, XMI2MIDI and similar.

Thanks for all of this information 😀
However, are you sure the XMI to MID converstion won't destroy the mudic ?

Nice avatar btw 😉

Reply 3 of 4, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2011-07-21, 10:29

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are you sure the XMI to MID converstion won't destroy the mudic ?

As long as the converter program is competent, and doesn't omit MIDI events or mess up their timing, there will be no discernable difference. The problem you could run into, as I mentioned, is if the XMI file contains sub-songs; but a good converter program will offer to write all of them as separate MID files.

Reply 4 of 4, by Norton Commander

Posted on 2011-07-25, 20:22

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I found XMI2MID very limited. It somehow sped up the tempo of the XMI music files I was converting.

I achieved better results with Winamp. I use an old version (2.76, before it became a bloated monstrousity) but this should work on current versions as well.

1. Download, install and run Winamp (Free Full Distribution).
2. In the Options/Preferences menu choose the tab Plugins/Input, choose "Nullsoft MIDI player", click Configure.
3. Select tab "File Types", select all file types in the box, and click OK.
4. Now the Winamp can play the exotic Midi formats. Play some exotic file and choose File/View file info (or press ALT+3)
5. Click "Save" button to save the exotic file to Midi file. You can also select multiple files in playlist and press ALT+3 on them. This will allow you to save and convert the files faster.

I was able to convert XMI files from one of my favorite DOS games, ZOOP, to MIDI files that sound perfect through my SB16 AWE64.

Get older versions of Winamp Here:

http://www.oldversion.com/Winamp.html

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