The Epeios MIDI to XML converter is a software that makes it possible to convert binary MIDI files to a format that allows them to be handled effectively with tools like CVS. If you put, using your favorite MIDI sequencer, the CVS '$Id$' tag (or other CVS tags) in the comment tag of the MIDI file, the changes made to this tag by CVS are propagated into the MIDI file.
How to use:
edit1658-16811193557468EditTo convert a MIDI file to XML
This is done using following command line :
exmid -x|--MIDToX < MIDI-source-file > [XMID-target-file]
where MIDI-source-file is the MIDI file to convert to XML and XMID-target-file the file where the resulting XML is put. When XMID-target-file is not given, the resulting XML is written to the console.
If XMID-target-file already exists, it sees his name appended with .bak before the new file is written.
edit1682-21971193557468EditTo convert the XML file back to MIDI
This is done using following command line :
exmid -m|--XToMID < XMID-source-file > < MID-target-file >
where XMID-source-file is the XML file previously generated by this tool and MIDI-target-file the resulting MIDI file.
If MIDI-target-file already exists, it sees his name appended with .bak before the new file is written.
edit2198-26161193557468EditTo do automatic conversion
To simplify the use of exmid in a script, or in some other contexts, there is a command which deduces which conversion is to do based on the extension of the file to convert. If the file has a .mid or .MID extension, the file is assumed as a MIDI file and the conversion is stored in a file with same name, but with respectively .xmid or .XMID extension. If the file has a .xmid or .XMID extension, the file is assumed as an XML file and the conversion is stored in a file with same name, but with respectively .mid or .MID extension.
This is done using following command line :
exmid -a|--automatic < source-file >
where source-file is the file to convert to.
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