Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]

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.

retronerd

everything is working ecept the music is still playing if i quit emualationstation.
thats why i dont know where to put
[[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123 Before which line?

backstander

@retronerd
I just put mine at the very end and it works for me.

Here is what the very bottom of my /home/pi/.bashrc looks like:

retropie_welcome
# RETROPIE PROFILE END
[[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]] && pkill mpg123

retronerd

@backstander Thanks for everything works great:)

LiqwdE

Needs help ladies and gents, works great. But noticed it doesn't cut out when I run daphne roms 😣

madmodder123

Is there an easy way to modify one of these scripts so the audio plays on boot? I don't want to make all the splash screens I use into videos (I have them on random)

I was thinking of having the dial up modem sound play upon booting, can someone please help me? :)

madmodder123

@madmodder123 So I tried just adding "mpg123 -q insert mp3 here" above emulationstation #auto in the autostart.sh file, but there was still a delay for when the sound actually started playing and it still displayed the console for a little bit before loading ES (I have it hidden by default)

Is there another file I can edit to make it play the file right after it boots? (right after mounting the SD card preferably)

backstander

@madmodder123
You might try just putting mpg123 -q <dial-up-modem>.mp3 & at the very bottom of /etc/rc.local just above the last line exit 0. This should only play that dial up modem sound when you boot your RPi. Then you could still play other random MP3s by using /home/pi/.bashrc.

If that isn't soon enough, you might experiment with putting that mpg123 line up higher in /etc/rc.local but make sure to make a back up of that file just in case!

jerryb1

@Livewire I was looking into background music, but I wanted a way to have retropie as media player while playing games at the same. So for instance imagine playing MAME with only sound effects from the game, but no gaming music. Instead you hear your mp3 while game on.

backstander

@jerryb1

Instead you hear your mp3 while game on.

You could follow steps 1 and 2 of @synack alternative background music script (leave out steps 3, 4 and 5):
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support/43

This will make it continually play random MP3s from the /home/pi/bgm/ directory...even when you're playing games.

Recap of the directions (steps 1 and 2):

Install mpg123

sudo apt-get install mpg123

Edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and add this before EmulationStation is called;

nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

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

Kristopherson05

Hey I was wondering if there's a way to skip a song or turn off the music (at a push of a button). It's not too important but would be great if I could. BTW, for some reason it doesn't play the full repertoire of songs and the script picks favorites, can I fix this somehow? Thanks

retronerd

I have noticed that in FBA for example the in game music stops for a second and after that resumes in random games... Ive tried to unistall theBGM but its still there? anyone

Linkseo

Hello and Thank you for the script its great.
Just a little help though. It still plays while launching daphne and Nintendo DS emulator. I checked the script and saw that daphne was on there with the others and I added Nintendo DS but music still plays over those 2.
Sorry in advance if this issue has been resolved in this thread and I missed it. I skimmed through the entire thing but didn't see it.
Thanks

jman

I'm having a problem with Daphne for some reason it's not seeing the emulator and the music continues to play. I checked the script and Daphne is on the list all of the other emulators work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.