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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

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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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          • 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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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv @johnboyw
              last edited by

              @johnboyw

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

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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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                  • johnboywJ
                    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
                      last edited by

                      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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                      • ExarKunIvE
                        ExarKunIv @gazzhally
                        last edited by

                        @gazzhally

                        which music player are you using. the one written by @Livewire or @synack .

                        knowing this will help, get the help you need

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                          gazzhally @ExarKunIv
                          last edited by

                          @ExarKunIv Sorry, should have mentioned that bit lol

                          Am using @Livewire 's player

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                            eliex
                            last edited by

                            I am using Livewire script. Thanks to all for all the hard work.
                            I had a image (Nacho's 64GB) on my SD card.
                            My Raspberry is 3 model b. The issue I am having is that on my image the livewire script was already installed. I copied the script to a friend of mines SD card. I works great, the only problem is that the volume is super low. I have tried adjusting the volume via script (maxvolume) but it stays the same. What I found out is that any mp3 that I physically had on my computer and passed to either SD card the volume would be lower than the original music on the image. Does anyone know if by transferring from the computer onto the SD card (copy/paste) I am somehow messing the volume of the mp3's?

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                              livingonvideo
                              last edited by

                              This is great, thank you! Would it be possible to keep the tracks playing during play, either on a game by game or console by console basis? I'd like to keep the music playing in the background of games that don't have their own (i.e. Atari 2600), or possibly at a lowered volume for other games (to simulate the live, 1980's arcade experience).

                              Other responses in this post seem to indicate granular controls like this; I assume by playing around with the script? How exactly? I'm a noob at this, but have successfully followed technical instructions thus far. Any suggestions would be most appreciated!

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                              • ExarKunIvE
                                ExarKunIv @gazzhally
                                last edited by

                                @gazzhally

                                you will need to add the game to the list of games that @Livewire has in the script for the music to stop playing.

                                it is on line 25

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                                  gazzhally @ExarKunIv
                                  last edited by

                                  @ExarKunIv As I said, it was in the code already. Yet the music does not stop.

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                                  • ExarKunIvE
                                    ExarKunIv @gazzhally
                                    last edited by

                                    @gazzhally

                                    ahhh

                                    it is possible that the emulator is not called vice when it starts. or it is one of the odd ones that will not stop. i have come across that with prince of persia.
                                    just like yours music will not stop.

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                                      gazzhally @ExarKunIv
                                      last edited by

                                      @ExarKunIv I thought of that. Added all the different instances of vice (lr-vice64, etc) still no luck :(

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                                      • ExarKunIvE
                                        ExarKunIv @gazzhally
                                        last edited by

                                        @gazzhally

                                        yea i think you have hit one that will not stop the music.

                                        well the other way that @synack posted works. just not has fancy

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                                          tmak
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi I'm hoping someone knows how to fix this:

                                          I installed background music on retropie 4.2 pi3 per drew talks youtube video:

                                          It works perfect and the music shuts down for every emulator when a game starts, except i just installed DraStic, and for some reason the music won't stop for any of the games using this emulator.

                                          Does anyone have a fix for this?

                                          Thanks,

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                                            backstander @tmak
                                            last edited by backstander

                                            @tmak
                                            You need to edit the music.py script and add the DraStic emulator's process name to the list.

                                            I haven't tested this but I think this is what you need to do. Just add "drastic" to this list:

                                            #TODO: Fill in all of the current RetroPie Emulator process names in this list.
                                            emulatornames = ["drastic","retroarch","ags"............]
                                            

                                            BTW, do you know what the name is of the "royalty free" techno song that he used in his video?

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