You still haven't said the Pi model you're using, as asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. Can you please add that info ?

You need to configure the Audio:

first in the RetroPie system, by opening the Audio entry there and choosing Headphones as your audio output next in EmulationStation's menu, under the Audio sub-menu, choose the default card to be either PCM or Headphones.

Searching the forum I found this: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9133/quick-and-easy-guide-for-adding-music-to-emulatonstation-on-retropie-noob-friendly

I personally use it at home and it's easy to setup.

@hooperre dont know if it works with ports, my retropie version is latest 4.5.1 latest setup-script and runs on linux Xubuntu 18.04LTS.
btw, this is exact how it worked on my linux pc
its exact what i did to get music in the menus,
maybe do not forget to install mpg123 from synaptic package manager

@Protocultor
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Thank you very much, it works. Now the only thing left I need to know is, can you change the deadzone amount of the left analog stick somewhere? I know you can change it in the option for ingame movements but it doesen't apply for the menu navigation and when I move up and down it often register a left or right movement and messing up my settings.

UPDATE: Nevermind I found the settings in the config folder inside zdoom.ini

@mitu ok, i think i get it now. im using this as a crash course in writing scripts, so im sorry if i dont understand how this should work. but this is a huge help, thank you.

Sorry for bumping my old thread but i still have the same problem. Music stutters when moving around in Emulationstation. If i hold my joystick to left or right in the main menu so it keeps scrolling through my systems then it stutters more and more until the music stops completely and need a reboot for the sound to come back.

I can't remember 100% but i believe that MPG123 is what is used for playing the background music.

Ok I've tested jslisten but only accept 4 button pressed at once and seems no button sequence working...

I got it to work.
I used these steps instead:
http://www.pretendo.online/2017/01/25/adding-background-music-to-emulation-station/

Works great! You can easily edit stuff in the bgmusic.py file , like startsong and add missing emulators to mute the sound for.
I stuck my Pi in a Playstation 1 case, so my Pi-station is pretty much done now:

@zerojay

i did look around the script and i do see that the drivers(i guess for better terms) is included and installed. so on your part it looks good.

so when i go in to the options to change the music playback only the different midi players show up.

unless the music files are needed to be in a different folder, but i dont see why when the lr-prboom did not.

very puzzled

@mitu said in Streaming internet radio when browsing for games and on screensaver?:

@mtib So the command is correct, are you sure you're typing it right in the file ?

I just copied and pasted, it is the same command. Anyhow the radio script is disabling it. When I change the order it works nomarly.

@jcook84 yeah i wish i could have scanlines :( but i have too many mods working in zdoom. And several are for zdoom only. It sucks the pi isnt fast enough for "winter'fury" i had to make the screen really really tiny for parts of level 1. And there is so much lag level 2 is not playable.

@synack If you have a solution that would be amazing!

@Pyjamarama short answer: no

http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=734