Can OpenAL play midi files? If it can''t, what is the most popular alternative for playing them? Thanks ahead.

If you don''t need too much special functionality, Windows can play them quite happly using the Win32 API (look in the SDK).

You could use fmod, although you''d have to convert MIDI to XM or whatever tracker format is in vogue these days- it''s not too hard, but will produce a slightly larger file.