WILDMIDI_CONVERTTOMIDI(3)

💖 WildMidi_ConvertToMidi 💖

okay so bestie, this one lives in the WildMidi Programmer's Manual (section 3, library functions, iykyk) and it's literally the glow-up button for your crusty old MIDI-ish files. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

WildMidi_ConvertToMidi — take a MIDI-like file and turn it into a brand new actual MIDI file. it's giving makeover montage. 💅

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🎀 LIBRARY 🎀

libWildMidi

like, that's the house she lives in. periodt.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <wildmidi_lib.h>

WildMidi_ConvertToMidi (const char *file, uint8_t **out, uint32_t *size)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what it does: you hand it a MIDI-like file, it tries to detect, convert and write that content into a memory buffer, all formatted as proper MIDI. detective work + transformation arc + delivery, all in one function. main character energy fr fr.

• file — the input file, and it's gotta contain MIDI-like content: XMI or MUS. those are the two vibes she accepts, bestie, don't try anything else.
• out — the output buffer. ⚠️ important: it gets allocated with malloc(), so you (yes you, the caller) have to free() it when you're done with it. don't ghost your own memory, that's a leak and it's not cute. 😭
• size — the size of the output buffer. she'll tell you how big it is, you don't gotta guess. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, go say hi:

• WildMidi_GetVersion(3)
• WildMidi_MasterVolume(3)
• WildMidi_Open(3)
• WildMidi_OpenBuffer(3)
• WildMidi_SetOption(3)
• WildMidi_GetOutput(3)
• WildMidi_GetMidiOutput(3)
• WildMidi_GetInfo(3)
• WildMidi_FastSeek(3)
• WildMidi_Close(3)
• WildMidi_Shutdown(3)
• wildmidi.cfg(5)

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

the icons themselves:

• Chris Ison <chrisisonwildcode@gmail.com>
• Bret Curtis <psi29a@gmail.com>

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) WildMidi Developers 2001-2016

This file is part of WildMIDI.

WildMIDI is free software: you can redistribute and/or modify the player under the terms of the GNU General Public License and you can redistribute and/or modify the library under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the licenses, or (at your option) any later version.

WildMIDI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with WildMIDI. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

This manpage is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

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lowkey a whole legal saga but she ate, honestly. read it, it matters. 🍓

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and that's the page bestie!! 🌟 dated 10 March 2016, straight out of the WildMidi crew's section 3 — WildMidi_ConvertToMidi(3), and yes she slayed. go free that buffer. mwah 💋🧚