Modified Background Music Script with added overlays!

zerojay

@madmodder123 It's probably a better idea to actually have the song_title.png be output to somewhere like /dev/shm which is a tmpfs kept in RAM so that you don't keep writing this file to the SD card.

madmodder123

@zerojay Great idea! Thanks for letting me know i'll adjust the code! I'm glad you told me about that folder, you learn something new with linux every day :)

RichyMX

Hey @madmodder123 thanks for working on such a nice addition to my retropie build, however, I would like to pick your brain a bit since I'm having. Issues with it.

I followed adding your script to the PyScripts folder and switched the previous music script I had with your updated one, despite this fact, there's no song_title.png being created ever and I can't seem to find out what the problem is, would you mind help me figuring it out?

Music plays fine so I'm sure I did THAT right at least.

Best regards

EDIT: Found out why it wasn't working, the script point to /usr/bin/pngview where as @zerojay mentioned at a previous comment the following:
Here's how I handled it, starting inside the git clone of that repo:

cd lib
make
cp libraspidmx.so* /usr/local/bin
nano /etc/ld.so.conf
(type /usr/local/lib into a new line alone, save and quit nano
ldconfig
cd ../pngview
make
cp pngview /usr/local/bin/
ldd /usr/local/bin/pngview (if you did everything right here, you should see all required libraries are present and accounted for)

As you can see within these instructions pngview points at /usr/local/bin

war3zlod3r

I'm having a similar problem, I get the background music but I never get the overlay or images created, I double checked and pngview is in /usr/local/bin and the command is executable with out error from the terminal. How can I troubleshoot this script?

madmodder123

@war3zlod3r
I wrote a script that gets everything all set up for ya!
https://github.com/madmodder123/retropie_music_overlay/blob/master/BGM_Install.sh
Just download that, make it executable and then run it and it should work just fine, I just tested it on a fresh install :)

madmodder123

I updated the main post with the script and more instructions :)

madmodder123

I updated the script so it makes a menu item that lets you instantly enable/disable the BGM :)

darknior

Thanks a lot, all is perfect for me now :D

lokize

any way to music change in selection of plataforms?

madmodder123

@lokize What do you mean?

lokize

@madmodder123 for example: when i select snes in main menu of plataforms play a super mario sound...

madmodder123

@lokize I don't think you can do that in EmulationStation, I think it is a feature in Attract Mode though

lokize

@madmodder123 in recalbox i using this feature with emulation Station, but i prefer Retropie

legacy

@madmodder123 please can share an install guide as I've not been able to install the script. When I tried the run command it failed for me.

mitu

@lokize Out of curiosity, why do you prefer RetroPie over Recalbox ?

lokize

@mitu Recalbox consume ALL memory of my Rpi3 B And left only 10% of ram, i try fresh install but not solve, Retropie consume 20% of ram running games...

lokize

@gleam2003 You can Share this script?

legacy

problem i have is the: /usr/local/bin/pngview procces issue and

(sudo python /home/pi/BGM.py) & is not working for me on reboot.

help would be appreciated, before i sack this off.

madmodder123

@legacy said in Modified Background Music Script with added overlays!:

sudo python /home/pi/BGM.py

try "sudo python /home/pi/BGM.py" in the command line and tell me if it works.
if not try running "sudo bash BGM_Install.sh" when installing the script.
Please post the console output of any failures/issues, it makes things much easier :)

legacy

sudo python works, but i still get same result no music unless i turn toggle switch on then off.

i get a pngview process error, when launching a game and since installing the script a gamelist.xml error on startup