allow to play OR synth to file

main.cpp

@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ void WriteWAVHeader(std::ofstream &file, DWORD length) {
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     std::cout << "Program start\n";
-    if (argc != 3) {
+    if (argc != 4) {
         std::cerr << "Wrong arguments!\n";
         return -1;
     }
+    bool synthToFile = std::strcmp(argv[3], "true") == 0;
     
     // 1) Initialize BASS: default device, 44100 Hz, no flags
     if (!BASS_Init(-1, 44100, 0, NULL, NULL)) {
@@ -57,9 +58,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
-    // Create decoding stream (no playback)
-    HSTREAM midiStream = BASS_MIDI_StreamCreateFile(FALSE, argv[2], 0, 0,
-        BASS_STREAM_DECODE | BASS_SAMPLE_FLOAT | BASS_MIDI_NOFX, 44100);
+    // Create decoding stream
+    DWORD flags = BASS_SAMPLE_FLOAT | BASS_MIDI_NOFX;
+    if (synthToFile)
+        flags |= BASS_STREAM_DECODE;
+
+    HSTREAM midiStream = BASS_MIDI_StreamCreateFile(FALSE, argv[2], 0, 0, flags, 44100);
     if (!midiStream) {
         std::cerr << "BASS_MIDI_StreamCreateFile error: " << BASS_ErrorGetCode() << std::endl;
         BASS_MIDI_FontFree(sfont);
@@ -77,6 +81,19 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (!synthToFile) {
+        std::cout << "Playing live...\n";
+        if (!BASS_ChannelPlay(midiStream, FALSE)) {
+            std::cerr << "BASS_ChannelPlay error: " << BASS_ErrorGetCode() << std::endl;
+            BASS_StreamFree(midiStream);
+            BASS_MIDI_FontFree(sfont);
+            BASS_Free();
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        std::cout << "Press Enter to stop...\n";
+        std::cin.get();  // wait for user input
+    } else {
         std::ofstream wav("output.wav", std::ios::binary);
         if (!wav) {
             std::cerr << "Can't open output.wav for writing" << std::endl;
@@ -84,17 +101,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         }
 
         WriteWAVHeader(wav, 0);
-    
         DWORD totalBytes = 0;
-    const int bufferSize = 44100 * 2 * sizeof(float); // 1 second float stereo
+        const int bufferSize = 44100 * 2 * sizeof(float);
         float buffer[44100 * 2];
-
-    std::cout << "Synthesis start\n";
-    
         QWORD totalRead = 0;
         QWORD totalStreamLength = BASS_ChannelGetLength(midiStream, BASS_POS_BYTE);
-    auto lastUpdate = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
+        std::cout << "Synthesis start\n";
         while (true) {
             int bytes = BASS_ChannelGetData(midiStream, buffer, bufferSize);
             if (bytes <= 0) break;
@@ -108,6 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
             }
 
             wav.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pcm), bytes / 2);
+            totalBytes += bytes / 2;
             totalRead += bytes;
 
             float percent = (totalStreamLength > 0) ? (100.0f * totalRead / totalStreamLength) : 0.0f;
@@ -117,9 +131,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         wav.seekp(0);
         WriteWAVHeader(wav, totalBytes);
         wav.close();
-
         std::cout << "\nSynthesis end\n";
         std::cout << "Exported to output.wav" << std::endl;
+    }
 
     // 6) Clean up
     BASS_StreamFree(midiStream);     // free stream