FMOD audio engine fails to initialize DirectMusic
Mike Hearn
mike at navi.cx
Wed Jul 14 05:24:51 CDT 2004
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:04:06 +0200, Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> I think FMOD tries to open the "General MIDI collection of DLS
> instruments" called GM.DLS and fails to do so as Wine doesn't have it.
> Any ideas on the legal way to install it onto the Wine system?
If you have a Windows license you can just copy it across.
> Does anyone knows or can explain the license MS mentions here? Am i
> allowed to copy the file from any web page or another place?
I guess so but it's like DCOM - only if you have a Windows license.
> Or another point: would it be sane to expect the Wine devs to implement
> simplified/different version of this collection in the future? TIA.
No, definitely not, this sort of thing is like metrically-compatible
fonts: they basically need to be donated (or we need to license
them/equivalents ourselves from Roland or some other music company somehow).
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