I tried the datatypes for 32-bit, they work well

[quote name=Amiwell79 post=12830]@Amiwell79 - I tried the datatypes for 32-bit, they work well[/quote].

Midi datatype or just 32bit Datatypes in general.

Do we have a midi datatype descriptor in Devs/Datatypes?

If not we'll need to make one.

pcx and targa Miker

[quote name=miker1264 post=12828]@miker1264
But it is NOT recommended to compile Datatypes using GCC in a shell. That invites too many issues.[/quote]
After I.A. converted the source code from AMiGA MIDI datatypes to AROS MIDI datatypes and fixed numerous errors, I compiled Su AROS One 64-bit Native with GCC without any errors. Now I'm not sure if the MIDI datatype was converted correctly by I.A.

@AMIGASYSTEM

Could you please post your WildMidi source code including the GUI so I can see how it plays midi files for comparison with the midi datatype.

Also, I'll compile midi datatype on my system then test it to see if I get any errors.

I'm going to order some SSD adapters so I can setup AROS 32bit and 64bit test systems on real hardware. Testing Datatypes for example is much better on real hardware which seems more responsive in my opinion compared to a virtual machine in VirtualBox.

I'm not sure if WildMidi supports MIDI data types; with WildMidi, I play MIDI files using Timidity (Software Musical Instruments).
WildMidi also converts MIDI files to audio files.

If you want to run some tests, do them directly with WildMidi; the GUI might skew the results.
You can find the latest version of WildMidi, v0.4.6, on Arosarchive; I compiled it a few weeks ago.

https://arosarchives.os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/play/wildmidi.i386-aros.zip
https://arosarchives.os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/play/wildmidi.x86_64-aros-v11.zip

I've been doing some compiling and testing for Datatypes over the last several days. I've made progress! ;-)

Here are some screenshots from my latest efforts at writing, compiling & testing new Datatypes.

These screenshots are compiling & testing the current release candidate for the new Targa Datatype. It has taken a couple years to get here!

Here is the current release candidate for the new Targa Datatype.

The archive contains the datatype & descriptor compiled for AROS x86.

The build system files are the source code. Copy the Tga folder & it's contents to Workbench-Classes-Datatypes then compile for x86 or you may try to compile x86-64.

This is a more fully featured Targa datatype than the one in Contrib. It allows loading & saving 8,16,24,32bit images. Run Length Encoding works also. Better yet it's an AROS datatype! So it can be placed in our source code for all to enjoy. :-)

In a few days I'll post it to AROS Archives if all goes well. Please report to me any errors or issues.

Thanks for your patience. ;-)

For my next datatype projects I'm looking into MIDI Datatype, MP3 Datatype and revising my PCX Datatype. I've started JNG, MNG.

In the process of rewriting my PCX Datatype I plan to write an instructional PDF about writing Picture Datatypes. Later I may expand to Sound & Text Datatypes.

why datatypes are not in aros official repository?

[quote name=matteo post=12854]@matteo - why datatypes are not in aros official repository?[/quote]

Some Datatypes, and other software have copyrights from other developers not AROS Development Team. So their source code is located in Contrib not Main.