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MS-SPO · 05-03-2021, 07:16 AM

Hi,

I'm contemplating writing an eBook on some music theme. So far I used Sigil for this purpose.

I've been able to include images (notation) and mp3-audio (listen to the notation) in a test document. What I couldn't do is including MIDI-files (the notation exported as .mid). I tried finding something in the ePub documentation, without success.

My intention is to allow readers to download or directly process the MIDI-snippets on their system, be it PC, some iOS device or similar. I'd be happy if the ePub just served as a container for the MIDI-files (download locally), as MIDI-players don't seem to be available on every device, while mp3-players seem to be.

So I wonder, if this is possible in general with ePub, and specifically with Sigil? (Sigil doesn't recognize .mid as an audio file.)

The alternative of course would be to store the MIDI-file-collection on my server and just provide links in the eBook.

I tend not to impose too many requirements on the users/readers system to give almost unlimited access to the content, with least inconvenience.

So, what's my best choice?

Thanks for your help in advance

05-03-2021, 07:16 AM	#1
MS-SPO Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 100 Join Date: May 2021 Location: Germany Device: iPad	Including MIDI in ePub in general, in Sigil specifically? Hi, I'm contemplating writing an eBook on some music theme. So far I used Sigil for this purpose. I've been able to include images (notation) and mp3-audio (listen to the notation) in a test document. What I couldn't do is including MIDI-files (the notation exported as .mid). I tried finding something in the ePub documentation, without success. My intention is to allow readers to download or directly process the MIDI-snippets on their system, be it PC, some iOS device or similar. I'd be happy if the ePub just served as a container for the MIDI-files (download locally), as MIDI-players don't seem to be available on every device, while mp3-players seem to be. So I wonder, if this is possible in general with ePub, and specifically with Sigil? (Sigil doesn't recognize .mid as an audio file.) The alternative of course would be to store the MIDI-file-collection on my server and just provide links in the eBook. I tend not to impose too many requirements on the users/readers system to give almost unlimited access to the content, with least inconvenience. So, what's my best choice? Thanks for your help in advance