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   changemidiformat

This operation converts MIDI format (also called version or type) from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0.

tool0 Format 0:
all MIDI commands are in a single track and sorted by time. Some devices only support this file format.  
 
tool1 Format 1:
MIDI commands are assigned to more tracks, each track should have not more than one channel. First track is reserved to conductor.  
 
Convert all MIDI files to MIDI format 0:
These conversions are also available as batch conversion.  

The MIDI information window tells the file format of the MIDI file.

Hint:
Registered GNMIDI users can use the Shareware GNMIDFMT for converting between formats 0, 1, 2 comfortable with their personal license.  
You don't need to register GNMIDFMT if you register GNMIDI first.