Getting events for large midi's (black midis) takes FOREVER about midifile HOT 5 CLOSED

I think it should be noted that when run in an administrator command prompt and manually allowing more ram using the --max_old_memory thing makes it load much, much faster. In fact, I noticed without it the application actually ran out of memory as it used 2.6 GB to load it. I'll get a link ASAP

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Discovering the concept of Black MIDI.

This project was not created with heavy performances in mind and the result you're getting is not surprising me.

Despite I think supporting that kind of MIDI file could be achieved, I won't do it since it would take a lot of time I currently do not have.

This project was just a PoC, it accidentally begun to be used by people despite not actively maintained. I'm still wondering why tbh ;).

For those unfamiliar with black MIDIs:
https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/8q74wb/meet-the-15-year-old-prince-of-black-midi

Edit: Of course, would merge any PR allowing to play those files.

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Thanks for introducing me to the "black MIDI" phenomenon. (Summary: So many notes that the sheet music view is mostly black.)
I think we should clarify our README's claim "What it does: • Read MIDI files" by adding "(very slow for huge/"black" files)".
What do you think?

Edit: @FireController1847 , could you provide a link to a free black MIDI so anyone trying to optimize can test it?

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Oh, that's good to know. In that case the slowness most probably wasn't a problem with this module, but just swapping on a slow disk.

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I actually have an SSD on this laptop 😂 But either way allowing more RAM fixed the issue. Here's a direct link to one of the Midi's.

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