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      mrpoppagiorgio
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      Hi,

      I'm new to Retropie; switching over from Recalbox. I find Retropie to be far superior and so much better laid out with so many more configuration options. When I had Recalbox I used a theme called simplelight which had a sounds folder for each console and a system.ogg file within the folder. Whenever you would scroll sideways to a different console, it would play a song relative to that console. I absolutely loved this subtle touch and was excited to find a post on how to install simplelight on Retropie. Everything works great except no music plays.

      I checked the theme.xml file and I see this line:

      <view name="system">
      <sound name="bgsound">
      <path>./sounds/system.ogg</path>
      </sound>

      I'm assuming this code isn't supported on Retropie, but is there a way for me to adjust this code to make the music work?

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        pootis spencer
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        I have no idea if this can be done but that would be an awesome idea. We could have the famous speccy loading sounds on the spectrum games screen.

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          mrpoppagiorgio
          last edited by

          Because the themes are ES I think there must be a way and maybe the code <sound> is just different in RetroPie. That or there's just a settings in RP that overrides the sound that can be turned off. I'm really hoping a developer sees this and can provide some insight.

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            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

            This is not currently supported in our emulation station.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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