From:	"Luke Bishop" <lbishop AT calvin DOT stemnet DOT nf DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro Bug!!!
Date:	17 Mar 1998 23:43:18 GMT
Organization:	The Zone
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> >I think that the arbitrary limit should be revised, 
> 
> That isn't so easy to do, because it would need a change to numerous
> conversion utilities and the datafile MIDI format. An much simpler
> solution would be to find a MIDI format converter and reduce the
> offending file from Type 1 to Type 0...

Well, the file could just be truncated at 32 channels instead of failing...

Also, I recently found a MID which works fine in windows but will not work
AT ALL in Allegro, due to a different reason.  This file has a header of
"RIFF", and is what appears to be a windows RIFF file with an imbedded MIDI
inside it.  If you want to see it, I have it around somewhere...

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