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authorGravatar Chris Xiong <chirs241097@gmail.com> 2021-11-07 16:57:30 -0500
committerGravatar Chris Xiong <chirs241097@gmail.com> 2021-11-07 16:57:30 -0500
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Document the device id option.
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<h1>Settings Dialog</h1>
Options with one asterisk will be applied after QMidiPlayer is restarted.<br>
Options with two asterisks will be applied after the internal fluidsynth is restarted.<br>
- Other options are applied immediately.<br>
+ Other options take effect immediately (or when the next track is played).<br>
<img src="../img/options1.png" width="440"><br>
<ul>
<li>Disable Midi Mapping*: only use the default output device.</li>
<li>Send SysEx: whether to send system exclusive messages or not.</li>
<li>Wait for remaining voices before stopping:<br>
- If checked, the player will not stop until the current polyphone reaches 0.<br>
- Otherwise it will stop immediately after the last event is sent.
+ If checked, the player will not stop until the current polyphone reaches 0 and
+ the output is silent. Otherwise it will stop immediately after the last event is sent.
+ This option is only effective if the internal Fluidsynth output is used.
+ </li>
+ <li>Fluidsynth Device ID: Device ID of the internal Fluidsynth.<br>
+ This will affect how the internal Fluidsynth handles system exclusive messages.
+ The value is 0-based, as they are in actual system exclusive messages.
+ Please note that some synthesizers use an 1-based value for their user interface.
+ For playback of most GS files, this should be set to 16.
</li>
<li>Text encoding: text encoding used in the midi file.</li>
<li>Select MIDI output devices*: Choose the MIDI devices to use for default device selection.<br>
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