Driftwood Gaming
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Is it possible to use *.mid files for sound in MV? If not, that would be a cool plugin to have. Seeing as I have compiled a large collection of MIDI files since RPG Maker 95.
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Using MIDI Files in MV
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Companion Wulf
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MIDI files are "containers"; they have instructions for a synthesizer or media player to play those sounds. MV was designed to be played through an HTML5/JS platform for cross-compatibility with desktops, web and mobile devices, but they're not really supported. You probably could with some coding, but to me it's not worth it. Your best bet is to convert them to OGG and M4A. I'd recommend Online Convert. It does the job perfectly. Or use software, such as Any Audio Converter to convert them.
Driftwood Gaming
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Online Convert turned my 2minute midi file into a 3 second jumble .ogg. It won't convert it to m4a. Looks like I'll have to get another audio converter app.
Companion Wulf
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Golden rule: Don't THINK when you're tired or fried!!
MIDI is a protocol, which defines how music hardware or software (computers, synthesizers, keyboards, etc.) communicate with one another. Audio files contain sampled audio data, rather than information on instruments. So, MIDI files are not sounds (they only contain the data), so when you play MIDI files back you're actually "synthesizing" their protocol data to an audio stream.
Short answer: You can't just convert MIDI to another format. There's a free program called here that converts to MP3 adequately. Technically, you'd then be able to convert to OGG from MP3, although I've not tried this yet.
MIDI is a protocol, which defines how music hardware or software (computers, synthesizers, keyboards, etc.) communicate with one another. Audio files contain sampled audio data, rather than information on instruments. So, MIDI files are not sounds (they only contain the data), so when you play MIDI files back you're actually "synthesizing" their protocol data to an audio stream.
Short answer: You can't just convert MIDI to another format. There's a free program called here that converts to MP3 adequately. Technically, you'd then be able to convert to OGG from MP3, although I've not tried this yet.
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It is like the difference between a video game and a video. video contains sampled data in order so that it can show you pictures one at the time giving you a movie.
a video game contains instructions on how to render the scene so it looks like you are watching a movie.
makes sense?
[doublepost=1448216764,1448216709][/doublepost]Edit: i know my analogy is technical wrong, but it is pretty close! ;)
a video game contains instructions on how to render the scene so it looks like you are watching a movie.
makes sense?
[doublepost=1448216764,1448216709][/doublepost]Edit: i know my analogy is technical wrong, but it is pretty close! ;)
Driftwood Gaming
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I understand what a midi file is, but I still appreciate your time and effort.