Continuous ambience sounds

RedFarmer

I downloaded some great arcade ambience sounds creating a really nice atmosphere. Is there a way to have It playing in the background while in ES, or even in game? Having it playing while a game is running would probably be a real challenge i would guess but would add to the feel even more. This would be meant running in the bartop arcade I'm building.

edmaul69

@RedFarmer this works for music in emulationstation. Works great!

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/77

AlexMurphy

@edmaul69 There's a lot of info in that thread! I used @synack's version using mpg123 and it works great.

AlexMurphy

@RedFarmer Use this. I def think it's the easier method. I used this and it works really well. You can make it continuous and play over games also but not sure how you would lower the ambient sound level. I don't think it's possible. https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/617tnn/quick_and_easy_guide_to_adding_music_to/

edmaul69

@AlexMurphy in the method i used you can change the volume level.

AlexMurphy

@edmaul69 cool. I just want it to stop during gameplay anyway. So, it's done now. Thanks.

RedFarmer

Fantastic! Thanks guys for the help! I'm yet to finish my bartop but will soon begin with setting up RetroPie and your advice will help.