[vorbis-dev] Ogg MIDI proposal

[Kenji Rikitake]

> If so, then why not also do the expansion? If the synth's do it, it's
> not liable to break anything.

MIDI 1.0 specification requires all compliant devices to accept the
running status format.  In SMF (as a "recommended practice" of MIDI
standard), the usage of running-status is valid, though suggested to be
avoided as possible.

I understand and support the idea that it's much much easier for
somebody to expand the hidden status bytes in a running-status stream.
I think, however, it's the SMF creator's job and should be done BEFORE
sending it as an Ogg stream.  Maybe Ogg MIDI stream generator can
pre-convert the MIDI stream to remove the running-status ambiguity.

// Kenji Rikitake

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