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/usr/bin/aplaymidi

ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) command-line utilities: aplay, arecord, amixer, alsamixer, alsactl, speaker-test and more

From alsa-utils 1.2.16-r3 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running aplaymidi --help (exit 1) · terse output. permalink

ALSA lib seq_hw.c:540:(snd_seq_hw_open) [error.sequencer] open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file or directory
Cannot open sequencer - No such file or directory
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrints a list of options.man
-V, --versionPrints the current version.man
-l, --listPrints a list of possible output ports.man
-p, --port client:portSets the sequencer port(s) to which the events in the MIDI file(s) are sent.man
-u, --ump versionChanges the sequencer client to the given MIDI version and outputs via the UMP packets instead of legacy sequencer events.man
-d, --delay secondsSpecifies how long to wait after the end of each MIDI file, to allow the last notes to die away.man

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