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      Linkseo
      last edited by

      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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        jman
        last edited by

        I'm having a problem with Daphne for some reason it's not seeing the emulator and the music continues to play. I checked the script and Daphne is on the list all of the other emulators work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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        • anasazi29A
          anasazi29
          last edited by

          great work man! works perfectly. I really like it that it mutes or pauses the mp3 once I start playing a game.

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            huettmaster
            last edited by

            hello,

            i have the same problem that the music is still playing when i start the C64 vice emulator. in line 25 of the script it is listed. how can i solve the problem?

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            • BriganeB
              Brigane @huettmaster
              last edited by

              @huettmaster Are you using any external devices such as a usb sound card?

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

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                huettmaster
                last edited by huettmaster

                no. all roms and the music are located on the sd-scard...

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                  jman
                  last edited by

                  I am loading my roms off a usb stick so far pifba and daphne do not work the music just plays right through.

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                    ExarKunIv @jman
                    last edited by

                    @jman

                    it just might not work. i have come across the port of prince of persia the music plays right thought also.

                    you might want to look in to using what @synack posted for a different way. Im going to be giving it a try my self. I still like @Livewire version more, but for what ever reason when i have DraStic in the list. my controller stop working.

                    sucks but what can you do.

                    RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                    RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                    Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                    • johnboywJ
                      johnboyw
                      last edited by

                      I have followed everything and triple checked it. I still have no sound though. I have the pi 3 if that makes any difference?
                      Can anyone throw any pointers my way?

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                        samuel95_54 @Darby
                        last edited by

                        @Darby
                        try
                        sudo apt-get update
                        then
                        sudo apt-get install mpg123

                        Should work after the update.

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                          johnboyw @samuel95_54
                          last edited by

                          @samuel95_54 said in Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]:

                          @Darby
                          try
                          sudo apt-get update
                          then
                          sudo apt-get install mpg123

                          Should work after the update.

                          I have tried op way and also the mpg123 way. Neither give me sound. I know everything sound related is working as I can hear noises when I navigate around the emulator menus.

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                            ExarKunIv @johnboyw
                            last edited by

                            @johnboyw

                            we need a little more info to help. do you have the commands in /rc.local correct if you are useing the op way

                            and for mpg123 do you have all the commands for runcommand-onstart.sh and runcommand-onend.sh correct

                            also where is your music folder?

                            RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                            RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                            Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                              backstander @johnboyw
                              last edited by

                              @johnboyw
                              If you're using HDMI cable sound, try forcing HDMI audio out by adding hdmi_drive=2 to your /boot/config.txt then restart your RPi.

                              Here's some more sound troubleshooting:
                              https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Sound-Issues

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                                johnboyw @ExarKunIv
                                last edited by johnboyw

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

                                @johnboyw

                                we need a little more info to help. do you have the commands in /rc.local correct if you are useing the op way

                                and for mpg123 do you have all the commands for runcommand-onstart.sh and runcommand-onend.sh correct

                                also where is your musIc folder

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                                  johnboyw @backstander
                                  last edited by

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

                                  @johnboyw
                                  If you're using HDMI cable sound, try forcing HDMI audio out by adding hdmi_drive=2 to your /boot/config.txt then restart your RPi.

                                  Here's some more sound troubleshooting:
                                  https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Sound-Issues

                                  I have sound just no music playing.

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                                  • ExarKunIvE
                                    ExarKunIv @johnboyw
                                    last edited by

                                    @johnboyw

                                    did you edit the music.py at all?

                                    RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                                    RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                                    Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                                      backstander @johnboyw
                                      last edited by backstander

                                      @johnboyw
                                      Unless you have already edited your music.py script, you should move just your Music files to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/music

                                      Or if you don't want to move your Music files, you could just edit your /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/music/Script/music.py script to point to the actual music directory you are using like this:

                                      musicdir = '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/music/Script'
                                      
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                                      • johnboywJ
                                        johnboyw @backstander
                                        last edited by

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

                                        @johnboyw
                                        Unless you have already edited your music.py script, you should move just your Music files to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/music

                                        Or if you don't want to move your Music files, you could just edit your music.py script to point to the actual music directory you are using like this:

                                        musicdir = '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/music/Script'
                                        

                                        I've already tried it in that folder. That didn't work either.

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                                        • johnboywJ
                                          johnboyw @ExarKunIv
                                          last edited by

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

                                          @johnboyw

                                          did you edit the music.py at all?

                                          All I did was follow the instructions at the top by the op. That didn't work so I then tried the second one. That didn't work so I then saw another version in a different forum that I tried. Hence the reason why my music is in that script folder now.

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                                          • ExarKunIvE
                                            ExarKunIv @johnboyw
                                            last edited by ExarKunIv

                                            @johnboyw

                                            im sure that it will not do anything but put a enter after the &

                                            (sudo python /home/pi/BGmusic.py) &
                                            
                                            exit 0
                                            

                                            this is from my rc.local so thats why its different

                                            RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                                            RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                                            Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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