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Subject: Re: Audio in Junior 5

Author: Mike Cummings

Date: 10:56:05 12/21/98

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On December 21, 1998 at 02:54:37, Komputer Korner wrote:

>On December 20, 1998 at 19:28:00, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On December 20, 1998 at 14:34:42, Ralph E. Carter wrote:
>>
>>>I am listening to Bach on Junior 5.
>>>Lately, I just let it run. It plays large .mid files randomly.
>>>It has so many selections, about 110, that I barely notice any repetition.
>>>
>>>I bet, that if you found free .mid files on the internet, and put
>>>them in the music folders, it would play them too, in addition to
>>>or instead of Bach.
>>>
>>>When I defeat it in a rated game, at a reduced level of course, it plays a
>>>little song (not Bach) about 30 seconds long. It has many of these, of different
>>>musical genres.
>>>
>>>It plays in the background, minimized, with no trouble.
>>>By the way, the effect on playing strength, based on benchmarks, is miniscule.
>>>(on a PII/300 with sound card).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>Hello Ralph,
>>I'd like to know how you got Music to work in Junior 5.0.  I get an error
>>message "MMSYSTEM259 The command parameter used is not defined in the MCI
>>command set".  I've never been able to get music from Junior although I get from
>>Fritz 5.0.  Maybe you can share the secret with me.
>>Jim Walker
>
>I get the same problem when trying to test the  music in Fritz or Junior when
>running in WIN NT 4. However I can't run midi files in my WIN NT 4 system. So
>the problem is not the chess program but your operating system. If any one knows
>how to get midi files working in WIN NT 4 I would appreciate it.
>--
>Komputer Korner

Actually, I get the same error message on a system that otherwise plays MIDI
files quite nicely, including in Fritz 5.16. So I don't think it's due to a
MIDI-challenged system.

Mike Cummings
(Not related to Micheal Cumings)



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