Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]
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nice work.
i dont have any vids yet, but it is nice to know that i will not have over lapping sound.
thx for this
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@synack I love the simplicity. It worked instantly!
After tinkering for a bit, my preference was to have a new piece of music start when returning from a game, instead of picking up the previous song where it left off. I changed the (runcommand-onstart) to simply kill mpg123, instead of pausing, and the (runcommand-onend) to re-open mpg123 with the same parameters you used in the autostart. Now, when I exit a game a new random piece of game music begins (I downloaded a slew of game music rips). The transition seems smooth (I was afraid that re-starting the player might throw me out of the Emulationstation screen for a moment, but it's a clean return to the game list.
Hopefully, I did it right - no smoke emanated from my Pi... =)
EDIT - Of course, after looking at the thread again - you already mentioned how to do that earlier in the thread (duh). But, I suppose tinkering on my own is the way to learn, right?
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Someone suggested that earlier and he did provide an update somewhere for that, it's a very long thread. Maybe with your tinkering powers you can help me!
Do you have any idea as how to play songs in order, like a playlist, as opposed to a randomly chosen song?
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Hi,
This works all fine! Thx!
But i have a question.I have many songs in the rome file.
Also i set a startsong for the first boot from ES.
This all works great.
Song play at start and than random music.But i wanna have a second "startsong" who plays if i leave the game /emulator.
for example:
RPI3 boot -> ES Starts -> Startsong "A" plays -> after song, random music starts -> Start game -> exit game -> Startsong "B" plays -> after song, random music starts
can someone help me?
System:
RPI3 Retropie 4.2.16
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Is the startsong only for Livewire's method or Synack's? That's exactly what I've been looking for!
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i think @Livewire is the only have that has the ability to pick a start song
but i think both have the ability to start a new song when exiting a game.
i just dont think you can have a second pick song to start like @Lumpeidi is asking for, but maybe someone can find a wayi use livewire's so i know that it works.
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I am trying to add the amiberry emulator without success.
What is the exact name of "amiberry" to add in emulators line?
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@livewire
Run "sudo nano /etc/rc.local"
This file should have a bunch of commented stuff at the top, and "exit 0;" near the bottom. Above exit 0, put the following code, replacing the path with where you installed the script to earlier: "(sudo python /home/pi/PyScripts/Test1.py) &". For full disclosure, the & at the end runs the script in the background, which is necessary as it will run infinitely until the system shuts down.
As before, press control+x, y, and enter to save changes.When I try to run this my file is empty. Can I simply type it in as it is written in other posts or videos?
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Here we can toggle/restart music via @synack method
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@synack I am having an issue of where I edit the bashrc. File...I mean where do I put the text info in this long line of stuff...and how do I save that?
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it cant be empty, if it is retropie will not run. you much be mistypeing something ( i do it all the time)
just type sudo nano /etc/rc.local
# # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. # Print the IP address _IP=$(hostname -I) || true if [ "$_IP" ]; then printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP" fi sudo python /home/pi/scripts/fan.py & sudo python /home/pi/scripts/HID.py & sudo python /home/pi/scripts/shutdown.py & (sudo python /home/pi/scripts/BGmusic.py) & "/opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv" --daemon --detach --dbus disabled --detach-kernel-driver --id 0 --led 2 --deadzone 4000 --silent --trigger-as-button exit 0
this is mine. so as you can see there is a lot of stuff even before i add the line for muisc.
to answer your other question. yes if you type
sudo python /home/pi/PyScripts/Test1.py
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your using livewire or synack method?
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@exarkuniv trying to use whichever will give me desired results. Which do you recommend?
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depends on how you feel doing the coding.
livewires give you more ability to edit the script.
synack is easier to set and go.
personally i use livewires i like how it fades the song better then it just ending
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@exarkuniv
depends on how you feel doing the coding.livewires give you more ability to edit the script.
synack is easier to set and go.
personally i use livewires i like how it fades the song better then it just ending
Okay, I am super green. Synack method worked to start and stop the music great. But editing the bash file has me confused. When I follow his directions I do get a file, but it isn't like the other .sh files. There is not a command to save, nor any directions on where to add the file; I assume it's not a random placing.
So far I can undo everything by editing the .sh files...
I can't uninstall mpg123...no idea how, I would love the live wires method, but I have no idea how to get my .rclocal file to show up with something in it. -
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@exarkuniv
Okay, this worked for me. Does this method play randomly if I dump a bunch of mp3s into this folder? -
@hankola
if you followed the link then no. it will start right where is ended. but if you edit the following then it will do randomTo start a new set of tracks (upon game exit) instead of continuing from the last, you'd replace the original instructions do the following
edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh
pkill mpg123
edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.sh
mpg123 -Z /home/pi/bgm/*.mp3 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
or if you wanted to keep logging the played tracks, you'd use this line instead in the runcommand-onend.sh script
mpg123 -Z /home/pi/bgm/*.mp3 2>>/dev/shm/playlist &
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@exarkuniv all done. It is working great!
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