Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]

retronerd

ive changed the folder Scripts to PI/Scripts but it doesnt work:(?

i havent changed anything in the script so the music folder shall be in roms right?

backstander

ive changed the folder Scripts to PI/Scripts but it doesnt work:(?

The other thing I would check is if that Script is executable. Run this to make it executable:
chmod +x /home/pi/PyScripts/Test1.py

If it already was executable running this will not harm anything.

i havent changed anything in the script so the music folder shall be in roms right?

Yes @Livewire's script uses /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/music/ for the Music directory

retronerd

Thanks but that doesnt solve my problem????

backstander

@retronerd
Oh, make sure in /etc/rc.local that (sudo python /home/pi/PyScripts/Test1.py) & is all on one single line.

Your 1st picture shows it on 2 lines.

retronerd

ive changed to 1 line but doesnt work

backstander

@retronerd

ive changed to 1 line but doesnt work

Hmmm....just to verify, did you run sudo apt-get install python-pygame

retronerd

@backstander yes what im doing wrong?

look at the S on script is that right? its from 1 page here

retronerd

backstander

@retronerd

what im doing wrong?

Hmmm...I'm kind of stumped right now.

look at the S on script is that right? its from 1 page here

That uppercase 'S' is correct in /home/pi/PyScripts/Test1.py

Your picture of the Test1.py looks correct as well.

retronerd

@backstander thats strange! ?????

retronerd

@backstander
can i unistall this and install it again somehow?

backstander

@retronerd
To uninstall use the step I posted above here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/125

Also here is an alternative script that kind of does the same thing. Maybe try to follow this one instead:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/43

retronerd

@backstander ive tried the alternative script but i got this error?

backstander

@retronerd
Try this first:
sudo apt-get update

Then try:
sudo apt-get install mpg123

retronerd

its seems to download:)
how do i edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh which command?

backstander

@retronerd

how do i edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh which command?

Most of us use that program "nano" to edit files from the command line. Examples below!

step 2:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

step 3:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

step 4:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.sh

step 5:
nano /home/pi/.bashrc

If any of those won't let you save your changes, then add sudo before the nano like sudo nano blah blah blah...

retronerd

Thanks! but where shall i put [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 in last step?
where shall i put my music?
in step 2: shall i put it the row under emulationstation #auto?

backstander

@retronerd

but where shall i put [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 in last step?

inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc
or nano /home/pi/.bashrc

where shall i put my music?

In a folder named /home/pi/bgm/

"bgm" stands for Back Ground Music ;-)

in step 2: shall i put it the row under emulationstation #auto?

I believe so.

retronerd

@backstander said in Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]:

inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc

i mean under wish line in the file?

backstander

@retronerd

in step 2: shall i put it the row under emulationstation #auto?

Correction! you put that before emulationstation #auto like this:

while pgrep omxplayer >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
mpg123 -Z /home/pi/bgm/*.mp3 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
emulationstation #auto

inside the file /home/pi/.bashrc
i mean under wish line in the file?

I just put it at the very end of that file and it worked for me.