[SOLVED] Thanks for the links. I will try vlc-git-PKGBUILD july 28 2013. It is not necessary to use the -git version from AUR if all you want is to enable fluidsynth. That's why we have ABS -- so that packages can be compiled with custom configurations. You can get the buildscript (the PKGBUILD) for Arch vlc from abs (or download it from the web page), edit the PKGBUILD to add fluidsynth, and makepkg. There you are running the current Arch release of vlc with fluidsynth support!

For example my PKGBUILD for vlc has. ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-rpath --disable-oss' --enable-faad --enable-nls --enable-lirc --enable-pvr --enable-ncurses --enable-realrtsp --enable-xosd --enable-aa --enable-vcdx --enable-upnp --enable-opus --enable-sftp LUAC=luac5.1 RCC=/usr/bin/rcc-qt4 --disable-live555 --disable-postproc --disable-v4l2 --disable-fluidsynth --disable-mod --disable-smb' Just edit the configure command to '--enable-fluidsynth' (and add 'fluidsynth' to the depends() list).

MIDI with VLC media player Every so often, someone asks if VLC could support, the de-facto industry standard for digital music instruments. Input As a matter of facts, VLC already supports MIDI - to some extent. The Standard MIDI Files ( *.MID) parser plugin was published in October 2007. In April 2008, RIFF files ( *.RMI) support was added. That plugin was in VLC releases since version 0.9.0. At the time of writing (July 2009), VLC does however not support hardware MIDI inputs neither networked MIDI over RTP. Also, support for other file formats is missing, including: • Karaoke files ( *. Simply Fortran Keygen Mac. KAR) and • Extended MIDI files ( *.XMI), found in many old games.