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Native-MIDI seems to be missing some MIDI commands sent

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Description

Hi,

I am using Native-MIDI to read MIDI commands. It seems to work fine, when I connect my smartphone to a midi controller, I can see that the smartphone is receiving all the keys I press in my midi controller.

However, when I send keys too fast, the android app (using the sample code provided in the github) is missing many commands. The strange thing is that when I tested most apps of the PlayStore that allows receiving MIDI, all of them work flawlesly, they dont miss any MIDI command.

Maybe they are using other library? I dont know, that's why I ask you: is there any other library the allows me to received MIDI events in a very low latency mode and that misses the least number of commands when they are sent too fast? Or this NDK library is the best one? If so, why is the example code provided in the ndk/native-midi missing MIDI commands?

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Research direction

Start with the sample code in ndk/native-midi and reproduce the Android app's behavior while sending MIDI keys rapidly. Compare the received commands with the commands sent and determine whether the sample or Native-MIDI drops events; done should include a confirmed cause and an appropriate fix or documented limitation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, cpp
Domain
audio-video-rtc, mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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