[Abc-discuss] abc2midi

[LM <afn...@af...>]

Hi,

I've been using abc2midi and abcm2ps for playing/viewing abc files.  I had
a couple of questions about abc2midi was hoping someone could answer.  

Was curious why there's an earlier version of abc2midi (1.196) at the
sourceforge site, but the later version (1.33) is at another web site.  

I noticed abc2midi takes some of the information fields such as author and
title and adds them to the midi file it creates, but I can't find the
information through any of my midi players.  I only see it when I look at
the binary file directly.  Was wondering if there was a better way to get
this information into the file and viewable by midi players.  Is there
even a standard for these fields in midi files?  I downloaded a couple of
file format documents on midi and kar files.  It looks like you could add
this information using a kar file extension.  Are there programs out there
that already do this sort of thing or is this something that might end up
on a todo list for abc2midi development?  (Is anyone currently working on
this program?)  Was debating on modifying the code myself, but don't want
to duplicate effort if someone else is working on or has a solution for
this situation.  Any further information on the current state
of getting author, title, history style information moved from abc to midi
would be appreciated.

Thanks.