hi,

i'm new to pd and started working in 0.38.4-extended under winxp. i just switched to version 0.40.2 (for easier handling of graph-on-parent) and get a problem: although my midi devices are listed properly when invocing pd with the -listdev %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 command line option, they are not selectable in the midi settings (only #1 is shown for input, and #1, 3 and 7 for output). do you have any idea what might be the solution?

(those are the devices:)

MIDI input devices:
1. MPU-401
2. SB Audigy MIDI IO [E000]
MIDI output devices:
1. Microsoft MIDI Mapper
2. SB Audigy Synth A [E000]
3. MPU-401
4. SB Audigy Sw Synth [E000]
5. SB Audigy Synth B [E000]
6. SB Audigy MIDI IO [E000]
7. Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth

Try these launch args

-midiindev ... -- midi in device list; e.g., "1,3" for first and third
-midioutdev ... -- midi out device list, same format

Otherwise I'm guessing something else has those ports and Pd can't get an exclusive handle.