Itunes 10.7 not playing MIDI files

ITunes 10.7 is not playing midi files (.mid).  I often play MIDI files and convert them to MP3 files using iTunes. Has Apple stopped supporting playing and converting MIDI files in iTunes? 
When I try to open a MIDI file in Quicktime 10.2, it also does not play MIDI files. I do get a message that Quicktime 7 is required to play midi files.
I sure hope this is changed in future updates of  iTiunes and Quicktime.
Tom R.

I don't think this is the complete picture...  I have tried importing midi files into iTunes 10.7 on three different computers, and it worked on one, not the other two.  The differentiating factor? Seems to be the operating system:  it worked on the one with Snow Leopard but not on the ones with Mountain Lion.  I don't have a computer with Lion to test on, unfortunately.  This might be an actual bug, or temporary omission, from the build for Mountain Lion.  Worth filing a bug report, anyway - since it's free and the more people report it the higher priority we might hope it gets?  http://bugreport.apple.com/

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