Retropie & Sonos! Could it trigger a script to start/top playing music/arcade ambience?
-
My inspiration came from here:
Would love to have it play this track on the Sonos in my arcade room whenever I launch a ROM and since this guy created several of these videos (1983, 1990, 1996, etc.) would love to further be able to match which background music is playing with certain ROMs.
I can 'caveman' it and have it start playing based on a motion sensor i have in that room when I walk in but it would be cooler to only play when I'm actually starting a game up and change the 'era' soundtrack baed on ROM metadata.
-
I have those files playing as background music when I turn the machine on. Then they stop when a game loads. I also added some game music that I personally relate to.
-
@iandaemon are they playing on your arcade speakers or a separate speaker in the same room? I was hoping to have them play on a separate speaker as 'background ambience' and not in the UX on the arcade itself so it 'fills the room' so to speak.
-
@nyvram I gotcha. I have the tracks playing through the arcade cabinet at the moment (with -onstart/-onend), but your idea of a motion switch is decent. I have copies of the tracks to play through a separate speaker system and could always push the "play" button on a second device.
-
@nyvram from the distance: If your room audio has some API reachable from the RetroPie you may consider the scripting function for specific events (since ES v2.9.2). https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#scripting
The event game-start passes two parameters to every script in the folder
~/.emulationstations/srcipts/game-start/: ROM and basename (easiest is to echo them in a test script to determine what they represent exactly.)Or put your actions for the room audio in runcommand-onstart/-onend.
HTH
Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.
Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.