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

        Should work after the update.

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        • johnboywJ
          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?

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              backstander @johnboyw
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              @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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                    ExarKunIv @johnboyw
                    last edited by

                    @johnboyw

                    did you edit the music.py at all?

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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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                            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

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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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                              • ExarKunIvE
                                ExarKunIv @johnboyw
                                last edited by

                                @johnboyw

                                not a problem. im still kinda new myself.
                                just keep asking and we'll keep trying to help

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                                RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                                Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                                • johnboywJ
                                  johnboyw
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm also trying to get videos to show in the emulators. But that's another story 😂

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                                    ExarKunIv @johnboyw
                                    last edited by

                                    @johnboyw

                                    that i have not tried yet. so good luck :P

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                                    RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
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                                      **Scannigan** @backstander
                                      last edited by **Scannigan**

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

                                      @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!

                                      I have an even better solution for you. Problem with rc.local is that it's one of the last things to be called in the boot process, so the best thing would be to create a system service in systemd.

                                      Apologies I haven't yet worked out that pretty code embed system :) so this is probably not appropriate forum etiquette

                                      It's very likely that you have sound set up just fine, so I'm going to skip a few steps, in command line

                                      #at command type

                                      sudo modprobe snd-bcm2835

                                      #Create a new file

                                      Sudo nano /etc/modules-load.d/snd-bcm2835.conf

                                      #and in this put just:
                                      snd-bcm2835

                                      #Ctrl + O, enter Y and Ctrl-X to save

                                      #At command type
                                      sudo alsactl store

                                      #Find whatever sound you want to use, ideally a .wav name it boot-sound.wav and put it in /boot (you'll obviously need to do #this as sudo, so if using WinSCP just change the shell settings under advanced options before you connect.

                                      #Now create a service file

                                      sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/bootsound.service

                                      #Contents of the above should be:

                                      [Unit]
                                      Description=Boot Sound
                                      Wants=sound.target
                                      After=sound.target

                                      [Service]
                                      Type=oneshot
                                      RemainAfterExit=no
                                      ExecStart=/usr/bin/aplay /boot/boot-sound.wav 2>&1 >/dev/null &

                                      [Install]
                                      WantedBy=multi-user.target

                                      #Ctrl + O, enter Y and Ctrl-X to save

                                      #In command line type:

                                      sudo chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/bootsound.service

                                      #then
                                      systemctl enable bootsound

                                      sudo reboot

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                                        **Scannigan** @backstander
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                                          johnboyw @**Scannigan**
                                          last edited by

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

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

                                          @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!

                                          I have an even better solution for you. Problem with rc.local is that it's one of the last things to be called in the boot process, so the best thing would be to create a system service in systemd.

                                          Apologies I haven't yet worked out that pretty code embed system :) so this is probably not appropriate forum etiquette

                                          It's very likely that you have sound set up just fine, so I'm going to skip a few steps, in command line

                                          #at command type

                                          sudo modprobe snd-bcm2835

                                          #Create a new file

                                          Sudo nano /etc/modules-load.d/snd-bcm2835.conf

                                          #and in this put just:
                                          snd-bcm2835

                                          #Ctrl + O, enter Y and Ctrl-X to save

                                          #At command type
                                          sudo alsactl store

                                          #Find whatever sound you want to use, ideally a .wav name it boot-sound.wav and put it in /boot (you'll obviously need to do #this as sudo, so if using WinSCP just change the shell settings under advanced options before you connect.

                                          #Now create a service file

                                          sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/bootsound.service

                                          #Contents of the above should be:

                                          [Unit]
                                          Description=Boot Sound
                                          Wants=sound.target
                                          After=sound.target

                                          [Service]
                                          Type=oneshot
                                          RemainAfterExit=no
                                          ExecStart=/usr/bin/aplay /boot/boot-sound.wav 2>&1 >/dev/null &

                                          [Install]
                                          WantedBy=multi-user.target

                                          #Ctrl + O, enter Y and Ctrl-X to save

                                          #In command line type:

                                          sudo chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/bootsound.service

                                          #then
                                          systemctl enable bootsound

                                          sudo reboot

                                          Wow. How the hell do people know this s**t.
                                          I'm definitely a beginner at this. Half of that I don't understand! Christ I've a lot to learn.
                                          I will try it tonight. Thank you so much for taking time to help me.

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                                            gazzhally
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                                            I can't seem to get the music to stop whenever I run vice. I've checked the code and its listed in there. Any ideas?

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