Nokia 6630 - unable to play midi

[jwon23]

HI there,
I encounter this problem when i tried to play midi sound for my MIDP game. There's nothing wrong with my codes as i tried it with a .wav sound and it is able to play. Is it because the phone doesn't support midi in a MIDP application?

[antogarforum]

Nokia 6630 supports MIDP 2.0 and also MIDI audio (poly 48).

You can find specifications from Nokia 6630 in Forum Nokia:

http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/0,,0...tml?model=6630

[jwon23]

It seems that the phone indeed support midi sound type. But then how come still cannot play the music? I even tried the examples provided by the J2ME Wireless Toolkit software and their application also cannot create the player to play the midi file. Do you think what's wrong over here?

[nogishi]

check the known issues for Series 60. Some firmware versions cannot play MIDI

[swc43@blueyonder.co.uk]

Hi all,

check the known issues for Series 60. Some firmware versions cannot play MIDI

so the issue is well known now - but how do we deal with the problem? Do the 'big players' ignore it and simply advise users to 'upgrade their firmware' OR re-release 6630 specific version OR new S60 version with additional sounds for the 6630. Personally Ive had some success converting short midi sounds to AMR ( designed for voice ) but longer ones seems to require MP3 for the required quality but then the file size increases considerably and the 6600 doesnt support MP3! - any help appreciated, Thanks, Steve.