Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]
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@backstander ive tried the alternative script but i got this error?
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@retronerd
Try this first:
sudo apt-get update
Then try:
sudo apt-get install mpg123
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its seems to download:)
how do i edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh which command? -
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 thenano
likesudo nano blah blah blah...
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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? -
but where shall i put [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 in last step?
inside the file
/home/pi/.bashrc
ornano /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.
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@backstander said in Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]:
inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc
i mean under wish line in the file?
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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.
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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? -
@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
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@backstander Thanks for everything works great:)
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Needs help ladies and gents, works great. But noticed it doesn't cut out when I run daphne roms 😣
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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? :)
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@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)
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@madmodder123
You might try just puttingmpg123 -q <dial-up-modem>.mp3 &
at the very bottom of/etc/rc.local
just above the last lineexit 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
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@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.
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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/43This 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):
- Install mpg123
sudo apt-get install mpg123
- 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
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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
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I have noticed that in FBA for example the in game music stops for a second and after that resumes in random games... Ive tried to unistall theBGM but its still there? anyone
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Hello and Thank you for the script its great.
Just a little help though. It still plays while launching daphne and Nintendo DS emulator. I checked the script and saw that daphne was on there with the others and I added Nintendo DS but music still plays over those 2.
Sorry in advance if this issue has been resolved in this thread and I missed it. I skimmed through the entire thing but didn't see it.
Thanks
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