Hi, In addition I tried to update to pygame 2.0.1 however it is the same. you'll find here after the complete outcome on the terminal:
Python 3.8.2 (default, Nov 4 2020, 21:23:28) [Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.28)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pygame.midi pygame 2.0.1 (SDL 2.0.14, Python 3.8.2) Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html >>> pygame.midi.init() >>> pygame.midi.get_count() 2 >>> pygame.midi.get_device_info(0) (b'CoreMIDI', b'P\x8eriph\x8erique MIDI USB', 1, 0, 0) >>> midiin1 = pygame.midi.Input(0) >>> pygame.midi.get_device_info(0) (b'CoreMIDI', b'P\x8eriph\x8erique MIDI USB', 1, 0, 1) >>> midiin1.close() >>> pygame.midi.get_device_info(0) (b'CoreMIDI', b'P\x8eriph\x8erique MIDI USB', 1, 0, 1) >>> midiin1 = pygame.midi.Input(0) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/Users/familleaupepin/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/pygame/midi.py", line 287, in __init__ self._input = _pypm.Input(device_id, buffer_size) File "src_c\cython\pygame\pypm.pyx", line 547, in pygame.pypm.Input.__init__ Exception: b"PortMidi: `Invalid device ID'" >>> Sincerely, Frédéric Le samedi 9 janvier 2021 à 19:23:16 UTC+1, Frédéric AUPÉPIN a écrit : > Hi, > > I’m a macOS user under Catalina (10.15.7) and I think there might be an > issue related to the closure of a MIDI Input. > I have currently Python 3.8.2 and Pygame 2.0.0 with SDL 2.0.12. > > The issue is following: if I close a MIDI input it is impossible to reopen > one afterwards unless I exit Python. > Here is what I did: > > import pygame.midi > pygame.midi.init() > pygame.midi.get_count() #to verify that there are MIDI devices > pygame.midi.get_device_info(0) # verify information of the input (at list > id 0 was my input) at verify that the input is available > midiin1 = pygame.midi.Input(0) # everything is fine and can read > midiin1.close() > pygame.midi.get_device_info(0) # then it is stated that the device is > still opened preventing to reopen an Input > midiin1 = pygame.midi.Input(0) # will return error > > > Sincerely, > > Frédéric > >
