.rmi MIDI file conversion?

[sholland]

I was sent a .rmi file. It's some kind of MIDI file specific to Windows. Quicktime won't read it. Is there someway to read these files on a Mac, or is there some kind of conversion utility for turning it into a proper .mid file?
Thanks

[billf]

I was sent a .rmi file. It's some kind of MIDI file specific to Windows.

It's the Windows Media strategy at work.

That file type is supposed to contain both SMF and DLS data. You need a converter utility (Google it, you should be able to find a download). Or look for something that will read a "RIFF" file and extract a MIDI type 0 or type 1 file.

Alternatively, have your source see if they can send you a standard MIDI file format.

[sholland]

Thanks for the advice. I've just spent a couple of hours googling around for a utility that will do the conversion, but to no avail. Of course, I asked the guy who sent me the .rmi file to send me a proper MIDI file, but I thought that on the off chance that I got another of these .rmi things I'd be able to just convert it instead of waiting for my collaborator to respond.

[billf]

Thanks for the advice. I've just spent a couple of hours googling around for a utility that will do the conversion, but to no avail. Of course, I asked the guy who sent me the .rmi file to send me a proper MIDI file, but I thought that on the off chance that I got another of these .rmi things I'd be able to just convert it instead of waiting for my collaborator to respond.

That figures. Take an open standard, put a wrapper on it to make it proprietary, then provide no method to extract the standard file format. It's the Microsoft way.

Someone mentioned a utility called midigrab that might do what you want. My guess is that it's Windows only. Anyway, best of luck on it.