a2jmidid(1) JACK MIDI daemon for ALSA MIDI

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NAME
       a2jmidid - JACK MIDI daemon for ALSA MIDI

SYNOPSIS
       a2jmidid [-j jack-server] [e | --export-hw]

DESCRIPTION
       a2jmidid is a daemon that implements automatic bridging. For every ALSA
       sequencer port you get one jack midi port. If ALSA  sequencer  port  is
       both  input  and output one, you get two JACK MIDI ports, one input and
       output.

OPTIONS
       -e | --export-hw
              forces a2jmidid to bridge hardware ports  as  well  as  software
              ports

       -u     forces a2jmidid to generate non-unique port names (see NOTES)

       -j     specifies which jack-server to use

NOTES
       ALSA  does not guarantee client names to by unique. I.e. it is possible
       to have two apps that create two clients with same  ALSA  client  name.
       JACK  however  requires  port  names  to  be  unqiue.  To  ensure  this
       uniqueness, a2jmidid will add the unique numeric ALSA client ID to  the
       JACK port name.  However this behaviour is known to be problematic when
       restoring connections  using  simplistic  tools  like  aj-snapshot  and
       jack_connect.   In  order to make them work, the -u option can be used.
       This option will cause a2jmidid to omit the numeric ALSA Client ID from
       JACK  port  names.   In  this mode, ALSA client name uniqueness must be
       guartanteed externally.

AUTHOR
       Eric Hedekar <after the beep at g mail dot nospam com>

SEE ALSO
       a2j_control(1), a2jmidi_bridge(1), j2amidi_bridge(1)