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    Quick and easy guide for adding music to Emulatonstation on RetroPie. Noob friendly!

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    • coldnpaleC
      coldnpale
      last edited by

      It happens for me also like that.. I thought it was supposed to be like this. It's not a big issue but would be nice to save some more time.

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      • cyperghostC
        cyperghost
        last edited by cyperghost

        Did not see .... I once gatherd some interesting sniplets that can be very usefull for music control.

        This script Toggles mpg123 - so if mpg123 ist not running it will be started. If it's running the process will be stopped. If the process is stopped it will be continued!
        The other script Plays annother track. This is simple the same procedure as I posted to @Finnbro - It kills the mpg123 process and restarts it with parameter -Z.

        Be aware to change pathes to your MP3 or playlist collection.

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          zerojay
          last edited by

          You can use that with the script that allows you to run commands with combinations of button presses to do all that on the fly.

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          • AlturisA
            Alturis
            last edited by

            Interesting. Going to try these loops as "music"

            Arcade Background noises
            http://arcade.hofle.com/

            RP 4.7.1 • Pi4 4Gig • CanaKit Aluminum • 64GB microSD • 1920x1080 BarTop [2 Sanwa sticks]

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            • cyperghostC
              cyperghost @Alturis
              last edited by cyperghost

              @Alturis
              I don't want to hijack the thread
              So I created a new BG-Music on Retropie - Post your favourites here

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              • coldnpaleC
                coldnpale @vj88
                last edited by

                @vj88 said in Quick and easy guide for adding music to Emulatonstation on RetroPie. Noob friendly!:

                I have a problem with this... splash screen won't play over e.s. loading screen! Emulation always starts at splash screen end. I know that the problem is this method cause it doesn't wait without it!

                Anyone else having this issue? Is it normal or can it be avoied?

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                • FinnbroF
                  Finnbro
                  last edited by Finnbro

                  The above scripts are helpful, thanks!

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                  • BriganeB
                    Brigane
                    last edited by Brigane

                    I have a problem getting both mp3 and video snaps playing at the same time. Also the in-game sound is gone.
                    I think the reason is that the audio source is busy playing the audio (mp3) and it can not handle the video snaps and mp3 files simultaneously for some reason.

                    This also happens when I use your image @dmmarti (Motion Blue V5) with the included background music script. Do you have an idea what I can do?

                    I'm using a USB Sound Card such as this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Win7-Mac-Vista-H1-3D-Virtual-Audio-Sound-Card-Adapter-USB-2-0-7-1-Channel-/152624039538

                    Any thoughts?
                    Any help or thoughts are much appreciated.

                    Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                    Os: RetroPie 4.5
                    Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                      westleigh77 @TMNTturtlguy
                      last edited by

                      @tmntturtlguy I had the same thought. It's been a year, thought I'd check in to see if anyone's come up with a solution

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                        edwardthehuman
                        last edited by

                        installed this succesfully, but it mutes the game music/sounds entirely when i enter it. any solution?

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                        • BriganeB
                          Brigane @edwardthehuman
                          last edited by

                          @edwardthehuman

                          This is kind of the same problem I'm having. Do you use a USB sound card or just HDMI?

                          Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                          Os: RetroPie 4.5
                          Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                            Yuu
                            last edited by

                            @brigane I am facing a similar issue. If I have the background music enabled, all in-game sounds don't work. If disabled, no problems. I am using the 3.5 jack to get sound out. Was there ever a solution?

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                            • BriganeB
                              Brigane @Yuu
                              last edited by

                              @yuu not that I know of. I thought this would occur to other people as well but that doesn't seem to be the case.

                              Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                              Os: RetroPie 4.5
                              Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                                zerojay
                                last edited by

                                Perhaps something caused by the audio device selected?

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                                • BriganeB
                                  Brigane @zerojay
                                  last edited by

                                  @zerojay yeah perhaps, but how will I know :)

                                  Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                                  Os: RetroPie 4.5
                                  Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                                    zerojay
                                    last edited by

                                    ...By changing the audio device selected?

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                                      Yuu
                                      last edited by Yuu

                                      I've had it set on either Auto or 3.5, same result; if the background music is enabled, there will be no ingame music. I need to test this with HDMI.
                                      Edit: Tested with HDMI w/ HDMI Sound. This only effects the 3.5 jack output; HDMI with sound going to TV works fine.

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                                      • BriganeB
                                        Brigane @Yuu
                                        last edited by

                                        @yuu thank you for clarifying that. Now, if only we knew how to make it work with 3.5mm or a USB sound card for that matter.

                                        Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                                        Os: RetroPie 4.5
                                        Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @Brigane
                                          last edited by

                                          @brigane As you noticed earlier, it could be because the 3.5 jack output is not able to play 2 simultaneous audio streams. The solution for this would be to use Dmix (https://alsa.opensrc.org/Dmix) or PulseAudio to do the sound mixing for such configurations.

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                                          • BriganeB
                                            Brigane @mitu
                                            last edited by

                                            @mitu thanks for the link. I would like to try and fix it, but I'm not quite sure how to do it. Linux isn't my strong side.

                                            Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
                                            Os: RetroPie 4.5
                                            Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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