Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]

[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)

[backstander]

@madmodder123
You might try just putting mpg123 -q <dial-up-modem>.mp3 & at the very bottom of /etc/rc.local just above the last line exit 0. This should only play that dial up modem sound when you boot your RPi. Then you could still play other random MP3s by using /home/pi/.bashrc.

If that isn't soon enough, you might experiment with putting that mpg123 line up higher in /etc/rc.local but make sure to make a back up of that file just in case!

[jerryb1]

@Livewire I was looking into background music, but I wanted a way to have retropie as media player while playing games at the same. So for instance imagine playing MAME with only sound effects from the game, but no gaming music. Instead you hear your mp3 while game on.

[backstander]

@jerryb1

Instead you hear your mp3 while game on.

You could follow steps 1 and 2 of @synack alternative background music script (leave out steps 3, 4 and 5):
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/43

This will make it continually play random MP3s from the /home/pi/bgm/ directory...even when you're playing games.

Recap of the directions (steps 1 and 2):

1. Install mpg123

sudo apt-get install mpg123

2. Edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and add this before EmulationStation is called;

nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

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

[Kristopherson05]

Hey I was wondering if there's a way to skip a song or turn off the music (at a push of a button). It's not too important but would be great if I could. BTW, for some reason it doesn't play the full repertoire of songs and the script picks favorites, can I fix this somehow? Thanks