From 769b96b62e8c09b078f73adc09fb860505920f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timotej Lazar Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:06:51 +0100 Subject: gnu: sdl-mixer: Describe runtime configuration. * gnu/packages/sdl.scm (sdl-mixer)[description]: Add information about runtime MIDI playback options. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic --- gnu/packages/sdl.scm | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu/packages') diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm index 80725561fb..727a276dc5 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm @@ -281,8 +281,14 @@ WEBP, XCF, XPM, and XV.") (synopsis "SDL multi-channel audio mixer library") (description "SDL_mixer is a multi-channel audio mixer library for SDL. It supports any number of simultaneously playing channels of 16 bit stereo -audio, plus a single channel of music. Supported format include FLAC, MOD, -MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3.") +audio, plus a single channel of music. Supported formats include FLAC, MOD, +MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3. + +This package supports two MIDI backends, selectable at runtime. To use the +newer @code{fluidsynth} library, install a soundfont such as @code{fluid-3} +and specify it using the @code{SDL_SOUNDFONTS} environment variable. For the +legacy @code{timidity} backend, install a patch set such as @code{freepats} +and set the path to the configuration file with @code{TIMIDITY_CFG}.") (home-page "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/") (license zlib))) -- cgit v1.2.3