[Ardour-Users] Problem importing *.MID files

[Nando]

We need a bigger link in the site to this page:
http://ardour.org/support_expectations
;p

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, David Kastrup <dak at gnu.org> wrote:

> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 17:21 +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> >> Ardour3b9 refuses to import files with names like "BEGUINE.MID" into
> >> tracks (the canonical file name on DOS floppy disks, more or less a
> >> standard medium for sequencers) even though the file selector gives them
> >> an icon suggesting a music file (two semiquaver notes).
> >>
> >> Renaming them into "beguine.midi" will make this work, but I really
> >> think that ardour should recognize the DOS style extensions without
> >> additional prodding.
> >
> >
> > Just my personal opinion.
> >
> > Qtractor's extension is '.mid' too. As long as I'm able to share files
> > between Qtractor and Ardour I'm satisfied. Btw. I didn't test it until
> > now, it's on my todo list.
> >
> > IMO to be able sharing MIDI files with other OS at least is useless
> > regrading to needed plugins, such as virtual synth, hence a renaming
> > won't be a serious issue.
>
> I am not talking "other OS", I am talking synthesizers.
>
> The above example was straight from
> <URL:http://www.ketronus.com/zip/MS40%20Disks.zip>
>
> Of course, this is not Qtractor and thus you can't be interested.  But
> that does not necessarily mean that nobody else can.
>
> Whatever.  This is no place for bug reports.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
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