qmidinet(1)

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💖 qmidinet — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, gather round, because we're talking about qmidinet — aka the MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast. yes that's the whole name, she's got a long government name and she EARNED it. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

qmidinet [options]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. iconic behavior honestly. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page? it documents the command-line options of qmidinet, briefly. no gatekeeping, just the highlights. 😌

QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application — like a lil messenger fairy 🧚 — that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA Sequencer) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. so your MIDI can literally travel across the network. it's giving long distance relationship but make it music. 💌

and the lore? she was inspired by multimidicast (http://llg.cubic.org/tools) and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows (http://nerds.de). not me reading the family tree 💀 — anyway, she plays nice with others, that's the vibe.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

one bullet per option, no crumbs left behind. let's go. 🫶

  • -n, --num-ports=[num-ports] — use this number of ports (default = 1). yes queen, multiply. 🔢
  • -i, --interface=[interface] — use a specific network interface (default = any). like picking which door she leaves through. 🚪
  • -u, --udp-addr=[address] — use a specific network address (default = 225.0.0.37). the exact addy, memorized. 📍
  • -p, --udp-port=[port] — use a specific network port (default = 21928). knocking on a specific door fr fr. 🚪✨
  • -a, --alsa-midi[=flag] — enable ALSA MIDI (0|1|yes|no|on|off, default = yes). on by default bestie, she's ready. 🎹
  • -j, --jack-midi[=flag] — enable JACK MIDI (0|1|yes|no|on|off, default = no). off by default — you gotta opt in, no pressure. 🎛️
  • -g, --no-gui — disable the graphical user interface (GUI). for the terminal girlies who don't need windows. 🖥️
  • -?, --help — displays help on command-line options. your bestie when you're lost. 🙈
  • -v, --version — show version information. who am i? what am i? valid question. ⭐
reminder bestie: -a and -j take 0|1|yes|no|on|off and have defaults (yes and no respectively). the others take a value you supply — except -g, -? and -v, which are just vibes. 🌈

🎀 FILES 🎀

Configuration settings are stored in:

~/.config/rncbc.org/QmidiNet.conf

that's the sacred little scroll. guard it with your life. 📜💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

QmidiNet was written by Rui Nuno Capela. 👏 absolute legend, no notes.

This manual page was written by Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, that's the whole point. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie — from qmidinet(1), General Commands Manual, dated April 16, 2026. mwah, slay, go multicast something cute. 💋✨🌸

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