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      gleam2003
      last edited by

      I edit the emulationstation source code and add bgm as module.
      I'm developing it for my distro made for orangepi devices but I can port all to RetroPie for Raspberry.
      My distro for OrangePi is available at www.nintendont.it
      At this time I have no lot of time but if you are patients I will share with you when find time.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @gleam2003
        last edited by mitu

        @gleam2003 IMHO if you're distributing modifications of ES you should also distribute the sources, since ES is under GPL. Is the https://github.com/nintendontit/EmulationStation repository the one with the modifications you made ?

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          gleam2003
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          First: wrong es isn't gpl, RetroPie have gpl license, emulationstation don't appear to have gpl license but mit license.

          Second: all emulationstation modification have be realise as patch files, but only for what I have already released.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @gleam2003
            last edited by

            @gleam2003 said in Modified Background Music Script with added overlays!:

            First: wrong es isn't gpl, RetroPie have gpl license, emulationstation don't appear to have gpl license but mit license

            Yes, you're correct, only the RetroPie setup has the GPL license, ES seems to be under the MIT License.

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            • herb_fargusH
              herb_fargus administrators @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu said in Modified Background Music Script with added overlays!:

              ES seems to be under the MIT License

              That doesn't include ES themes which all have licences of their own (not to mention the funny idea that compilations of others logos could constitute ones own "copyright") Most of which being derived from simple which has non commercial clauses. But anyways...

              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              • darkniorD
                darknior @gleam2003
                last edited by

                @gleam2003 Please can you really make a pull request to the ES master (dev) branch to give us your music player on ES ?
                It can be really cool <3

                Life is game, just play it !

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                • darkniorD
                  darknior
                  last edited by

                  @madmodder123 Hi
                  Today i have try to test your script but i have a problem.

                  apt-get install imagemagick
                  
                  git clone https://github.com/AndrewFromMelbourne/raspidmx.git
                  cd pngview/
                  make
                  
                  pi@retropie:~/src/raspidmx/pngview $ make
                  cc -Wall -g -O3 -I../common -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/opt/vc/include/ -I/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads -I/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux -g -c pngview.c -o pngview.o -Wno-deprecated-declarations
                  cc -o pngview -Wl,--whole-archive pngview.o -L/opt/vc/lib/ -lbcm_host -lm -lpng12 -L../lib -lraspidmx -Wl,--no-whole-archive -rdynamic
                  /usr/bin/ld: ne peut trouver -lraspidmx
                  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
                  Makefile:16: recipe for target 'pngview' failed
                  make: *** [pngview] Error 1
                  

                  Must we install all the package ?
                  Thanks

                  Life is game, just play it !

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                    zerojay @darknior
                    last edited by

                    @darknior said in Modified Background Music Script with added overlays!:

                    @madmodder123 Hi
                    Today i have try to test your script but i have a problem.

                    apt-get install imagemagick
                    
                    git clone https://github.com/AndrewFromMelbourne/raspidmx.git
                    cd pngview/
                    make
                    
                    pi@retropie:~/src/raspidmx/pngview $ make
                    cc -Wall -g -O3 -I../common -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/opt/vc/include/ -I/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads -I/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux -g -c pngview.c -o pngview.o -Wno-deprecated-declarations
                    cc -o pngview -Wl,--whole-archive pngview.o -L/opt/vc/lib/ -lbcm_host -lm -lpng12 -L../lib -lraspidmx -Wl,--no-whole-archive -rdynamic
                    /usr/bin/ld: ne peut trouver -lraspidmx
                    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
                    Makefile:16: recipe for target 'pngview' failed
                    make: *** [pngview] Error 1
                    

                    Must we install all the package ?
                    Thanks

                    Here's how I handled it, starting inside the git clone of that repo:

                    cd lib
                    make
                    cp libraspidmx.so* /usr/local/bin
                    nano /etc/ld.so.conf
                    (type /usr/local/lib into a new line alone, save and quit nano
                    ldconfig
                    cd ../pngview
                    make
                    cp pngview /usr/local/bin/
                    ldd /usr/local/bin/pngview (if you did everything right here, you should see all required libraries are present and accounted for)

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                      zerojay
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                      @madmodder123 It's probably a better idea to actually have the song_title.png be output to somewhere like /dev/shm which is a tmpfs kept in RAM so that you don't keep writing this file to the SD card.

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                      • madmodder123M
                        madmodder123 @zerojay
                        last edited by

                        @zerojay Great idea! Thanks for letting me know i'll adjust the code! I'm glad you told me about that folder, you learn something new with linux every day :)

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                          RichyMX
                          last edited by RichyMX

                          Hey @madmodder123 thanks for working on such a nice addition to my retropie build, however, I would like to pick your brain a bit since I'm having. Issues with it.

                          I followed adding your script to the PyScripts folder and switched the previous music script I had with your updated one, despite this fact, there's no song_title.png being created ever and I can't seem to find out what the problem is, would you mind help me figuring it out?

                          Music plays fine so I'm sure I did THAT right at least.

                          Best regards

                          EDIT: Found out why it wasn't working, the script point to /usr/bin/pngview where as @zerojay mentioned at a previous comment the following:
                          Here's how I handled it, starting inside the git clone of that repo:

                          cd lib
                          make
                          cp libraspidmx.so* /usr/local/bin
                          nano /etc/ld.so.conf
                          (type /usr/local/lib into a new line alone, save and quit nano
                          ldconfig
                          cd ../pngview
                          make
                          cp pngview /usr/local/bin/
                          ldd /usr/local/bin/pngview (if you did everything right here, you should see all required libraries are present and accounted for)

                          As you can see within these instructions pngview points at /usr/local/bin

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                            war3zlod3r
                            last edited by

                            I'm having a similar problem, I get the background music but I never get the overlay or images created, I double checked and pngview is in /usr/local/bin and the command is executable with out error from the terminal. How can I troubleshoot this script?

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                              madmodder123 @war3zlod3r
                              last edited by madmodder123

                              @war3zlod3r
                              I wrote a script that gets everything all set up for ya!
                              https://github.com/madmodder123/retropie_music_overlay/blob/master/BGM_Install.sh
                              Just download that, make it executable and then run it and it should work just fine, I just tested it on a fresh install :)

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                              • madmodder123M
                                madmodder123
                                last edited by

                                I updated the main post with the script and more instructions :)

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                                • madmodder123M
                                  madmodder123
                                  last edited by

                                  I updated the script so it makes a menu item that lets you instantly enable/disable the BGM :)

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                                  • darkniorD
                                    darknior
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks a lot, all is perfect for me now :D

                                    Life is game, just play it !

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                                      lokize
                                      last edited by

                                      any way to music change in selection of plataforms?

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                                      • madmodder123M
                                        madmodder123 @lokize
                                        last edited by

                                        @lokize What do you mean?

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                                          lokize @madmodder123
                                          last edited by lokize

                                          @madmodder123 for example: when i select snes in main menu of plataforms play a super mario sound...

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                                          • madmodder123M
                                            madmodder123 @lokize
                                            last edited by

                                            @lokize I don't think you can do that in EmulationStation, I think it is a feature in Attract Mode though

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