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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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                • ExarKunIvE
                  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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                        • ExarKunIvE
                          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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                            • johnboywJ
                              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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                              • johnboywJ
                                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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                                          • johnboywJ
                                            johnboyw
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for all the help. I'm very new to all this. I've only just bought my pi. I usually just mess with phone ROMs. I've no idea when it comes to coding etc. But I'm prepared to learn.
                                            I'll try the things mentioned when I get home.
                                            Thank you.

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