fmod "Starting MIDI playback failed" problem

[doom-guy]

I followed the instructions from http://zdoom.org/wiki/Compile_ZDoom_on_Linux on fedora 14 and I played the game with my wads but I can't hear the music and I saw this in the console: Starting MIDI playback failed
How do I fix this?

[Edward-san]

Try changing the 'output system' and the 'midi device' options in: "menu->options->sound options" as you like. See what happens.

[doom-guy]

Timidity++ and opl synth devices work.
But fmod doesn't work. I tried all output systems but I saw the same error.

[Graf Zahl]

FMod requires a DLS file as sound font which does not come normally with Linux. This sounds to me that it simply was not configured.

[doom-guy]

Where do I get fmod sound fonts for linux?
How do I have to configure fmod?

[Gez]

Wiki: [wiki]FMOD[/wiki].

[doom-guy]

I found information about fmod but I didn't find a download link about the fmod sound fonts for linux.
Can you give me a link?

[Gez]

Here's a link.

[Edward-san]

I've done this search:
"dls file fmod linux"
on google, but nothing interesting appeared, actually (check out the first link, lol).

[Bio Hazard]

If you want midi support, just use FluidSynth and one of the bajillion sf2 soundfonts out there. (Some distributions have a "fluid-soundfont" package that works without even configuring anything.) Easy.

[Gez]

I've done this search:
"dls file fmod linux"

Try this one.

[Edward-san]

Oh, good indeed.
I wish I could find a download link which isn't in a file sharing site (in order to copy-paste the link to wiki page). :/

[doom-guy]

I've done this search:
"dls file fmod linux"

Try this one.

Thanks for the gm.dls file
I can use fmod sound now.