Re: [sc-users] MIDIClient automatic update?

[nescivi <nescivi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 16 March 2009 11:04:38 thelych@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi marije,
>
> Le 16 mars 09 à 15:49, nescivi a écrit :
> > I remember there is a simple program on OSX which gives an alert
> > when any USB
> > device gets attached. That could be modified to send an OSC message
> > when this
> > happens... aah.. I just looked for it, but it doesn't seem to be open
> > source.. (freeware of a company that's no longer in business)...
> > so never mind...
> >
> > Someone on OSX should see if this feature is possible (CoreMIDI
> > probably
> > provides a way to catch such a signal).
>
> well, sure possible to add this in CoreMIDI, you can get those
> notifications from the system i think.
>
> >> but i do not know if it is worth from the Linux side since their MIDI
> >> system seems to have more modularity...
> >
> > ALSA gives us the notification already, whenever something opens an
> > ALSA port,
> > like a device driver does when it starts up when a device gets
> > attached.
>
> so, worth trying to hook a callback in MIDIClient for get those
> notifications ?

I think you can already connect to the System-Announce port on Linux and use 
it...
Just try it out.
(In KMidiMon I saw data coming in there... haven't tried yet within SC...)

sincerely,
Marije

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