play MIDI on Linux

[brccabral]

Hi, I was able to pay MIDI files on Linux, just had to install FluidSynth previously.

On Linux need to install fluidsynth, compile with -lfluidsynth and add a midi font file midi_font.sf2.
https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth

Install fluidsynth (default location is /usr/local)

wget https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.2.zip
unzip v2.3.2.zip
cd fluidsynth-2.3.2
mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
cmake --install .

Compile with -lfluidsynth

g++ -o midi OneLoneCoder_PGE_MIDI.cpp -lfluidsynth -I../BiggerProjects/CarCrimeCity/Part2 -lGL -lpng -lX11 -lpthread -lstdc++fs -std=c++17

Download a MIDI Font (there are many online), or install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth, it adds a default.sf2 at /usr/share/sounds/sf2/default-GM.sf2

sudo apt install vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

Once you have ff7_battle.mid and midi_font.sf2, just run

./midi