---
name: "WildMidi_GetMidiOutput"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "wildmidi"
version: "0.5.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WildMidi_GetMidiOutput"
---

# WildMidi\_GetMidiOutput(3)

get a midi file of a file being processed.

## NAME

WildMidi\_GetMidiOutput - get a midi file of a file being processed.

## LIBRARY

**libWildMidi**

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<wildmidi\_lib.h\>**

**int WildMidi\_GetMidiOutput (midi \**handle*, int8\_t \*\**buffer*, uint32\_t \**size*)**

## DESCRIPTION

Writes the midi-format data from the file being processed to the memory location pointed to by *buffer*. The data will be in type-0 format for type-0 and type-1 files.  For type-2 files, the data will be in type-2 format unless the WM\_MO\_SAVEASTYPE0 option is set.

- *handle*

  The identifier obtained from opening a file with [**WildMidi\_Open**(3)](/WildMidi_Open/3.md) **or WildMidi\_OpenBuffer**(3)

- *buffer*

  **The memory location where libWildMidi is to store the midi data from the** *handle***. The** *buffer* **will be allocated with malloc() and must be free()d by the caller when it is no longer needed.**

- *size*

  **The location where libWildMidi is to store the size of the midi data stored in** *buffer***.**

## RETURN VALUE

**Returns -1 on error otherwise returns 0**

## SEE ALSO

[**WildMidi\_GetVersion**(3)](/WildMidi_GetVersion/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_Init**(3)](/WildMidi_Init/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_MasterVolume**(3)](/WildMidi_MasterVolume/3.md), [**WildMidi\_Open**(3)](/WildMidi_Open/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_OpenBuffer**(3)](/WildMidi_OpenBuffer/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_SetOption**(3)](/WildMidi_SetOption/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_GetOutput**(3)](/WildMidi_GetOutput/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_GetInfo**(3)](/WildMidi_GetInfo/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_FastSeek**(3)](/WildMidi_FastSeek/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_Close**(3)](/WildMidi_Close/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_Shutdown**(3)](/WildMidi_Shutdown/3.md), [**wildmidi.cfg**(5)](/wildmidi.cfg/5.md)

## AUTHOR

**Chris Ison \<chrisisonwildcode@gmail.com\>** **Bret Curtis \<psi29a@gmail.com\>**

## COPYRIGHT

**Copyright (C) WildMidi Developers 2001-2016**

**This file is part of WildMIDI.**

**WildMIDI is free software: you can redistribute and/or modify the player under the terms of the GNU General Public License and you can redistribute and/or modify the library under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the licenses, or(at your option) any later version.**

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