---
name: "WildMidi_Open"
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_Open"
---

# WildMidi\_Open(3)

Open a midi file for processing

## NAME

WildMidi\_Open - Open a midi file for processing

## LIBRARY

**libWildMidi**

## SYNOPSIS

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

**midi \*WildMidi\_Open (const char \**midifile*)**

## DESCRIPTION

Open a MIDI type file pointed to by *midifile* for processing. This file must be in HMP, HMI, MIDI, or XMIDI format.

## RETURN VALUE

Returns NULL on error and sends a message to stderr, otherwise returns a handle for the midi file opened. This handle is used by most functions in libWildMidi to identify which midi file we are referring to.

## SEE ALSO

[**WildMidi\_GetVersion**(3)](/WildMidi_GetVersion/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_Init**(3)](/WildMidi_Init/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_MasterVolume**(3)](/WildMidi_MasterVolume/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_OpenBuffer**(3)](/WildMidi_OpenBuffer/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_SetOption**(3)](/WildMidi_SetOption/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_GetOutput**(3)](/WildMidi_GetOutput/3.md)**,** [**WildMidi\_GetMidiOutput**(3)](/WildMidi_GetMidiOutput/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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