Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]

retronerd

@backstander yes what im doing wrong?

look at the S on script is that right? its from 1 page here

retronerd

backstander

@retronerd

what im doing wrong?

Hmmm...I'm kind of stumped right now.

look at the S on script is that right? its from 1 page here

That uppercase 'S' is correct in /home/pi/PyScripts/Test1.py

Your picture of the Test1.py looks correct as well.

retronerd

@backstander thats strange! ?????

retronerd

@backstander
can i unistall this and install it again somehow?

backstander

@retronerd
To uninstall use the step I posted above here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/125

Also here is an alternative script that kind of does the same thing. Maybe try to follow this one instead:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/43

retronerd

@backstander ive tried the alternative script but i got this error?

backstander

@retronerd
Try this first:
sudo apt-get update

Then try:
sudo apt-get install mpg123

retronerd

its seems to download:)
how do i edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh which command?

backstander

@retronerd

how do i edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh which command?

Most of us use that program "nano" to edit files from the command line. Examples below!

step 2:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

step 3:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

step 4:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.sh

step 5:
nano /home/pi/.bashrc

If any of those won't let you save your changes, then add sudo before the nano like sudo nano blah blah blah...

retronerd

Thanks! but where shall i put [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 in last step?
where shall i put my music?
in step 2: shall i put it the row under emulationstation #auto?

backstander

@retronerd

but where shall i put [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 in last step?

inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc
or nano /home/pi/.bashrc

where shall i put my music?

In a folder named /home/pi/bgm/

"bgm" stands for Back Ground Music ;-)

in step 2: shall i put it the row under emulationstation #auto?

I believe so.

retronerd

@backstander said in Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]:

inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc

i mean under wish line in the file?

backstander

@retronerd

in step 2: shall i put it the row under emulationstation #auto?

Correction! you put that before emulationstation #auto like this:

while pgrep omxplayer >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
mpg123 -Z /home/pi/bgm/*.mp3 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
emulationstation #auto

inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc
i mean under wish line in the file?

I just put it at the very end of that file and it worked for me.

retronerd

everything is working ecept the music is still playing if i quit emualationstation.
thats why i dont know where to put
[[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 Before which line?

backstander

@retronerd
I just put mine at the very end and it works for me.

Here is what the very bottom of my /home/pi/.bashrc looks like:

retropie_welcome
# RETROPIE PROFILE END
[[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123

retronerd

@backstander Thanks for everything works great:)

LiqwdE

Needs help ladies and gents, works great. But noticed it doesn't cut out when I run daphne roms 😣

madmodder123

Is there an easy way to modify one of these scripts so the audio plays on boot? I don't want to make all the splash screens I use into videos (I have them on random)

I was thinking of having the dial up modem sound play upon booting, can someone please help me? :)

madmodder123

@madmodder123 So I tried just adding "mpg123 -q insert mp3 here" above emulationstation #auto in the autostart.sh file, but there was still a delay for when the sound actually started playing and it still displayed the console for a little bit before loading ES (I have it hidden by default)

Is there another file I can edit to make it play the file right after it boots? (right after mounting the SD card preferably)