{"id":965,"date":"2021-02-10T01:39:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T01:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2021-02-10T02:35:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T02:35:51","slug":"adding-background-music-to-emulationstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/adding-background-music-to-emulationstation\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Background Music to EmulationStation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the features I saw used in some of the images I looked at was background music playing while browsing the library. I’ll show you how to get that setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be following the instructions here<\/a> for the most part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up mpg123<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SSH into your Pi and run this command to install the mpg123 package<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo apt-get install mpg123\nReading package lists... Done\nBuilding dependency tree\n...<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Enable Music on Start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
First, create a location to store the music files.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
 $ mkdir RetroPie\/roms\/bgm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Edit the autostart script<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo nano \/opt\/retropie\/configs\/all\/autostart.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
add this line above emulationstation #auto<\/code> (following the docs here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
while pgrep omxplayer >\/dev\/null; do sleep 1; done\n(sleep 5; mpg123 -f 5000 --random \/home\/pi\/RetroPie\/roms\/bgm\/*.mp3 >\/dev\/null 2>&1) &\nemulationstation #auto\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
We’re telling the player to wait 5s to start up, then start the mpg player at 15% volume (5000\/32768) and play at random all of the mp3 files in the RetroPie\/roms\/bgm<\/code> folder (that we just created).  Hit ctrl-o, enter, ctrl-x to save the file and exit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pause the Music when Playing a Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Edit the script that runs when a game starts to pause the music<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo nano \/opt\/retropie\/configs\/all\/runcommand-onstart.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Paste this into the editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pkill -STOP mpg123<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
ctrl-o, enter, ctrl-x to save and exit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edit the script that runs when a game ends to restart the music<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo nano \/opt\/retropie\/configs\/all\/runcommand-onend.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
paste this into the editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pkill -CONT mpg123<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
ctrl-o, enter, ctrl-x to save and exit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
now make the scripts runnable<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo chmod a+x \/opt\/retropie\/configs\/all\/runcommand-onstart.sh  \n$ sudo chmod a+x \/opt\/retropie\/configs\/all\/runcommand-onend.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Turn off the Music when on the Command Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Edit your bash script<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo nano \/home\/pi\/.bashrc<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Scroll to the end of the file, open up a line between retropie_welcome <\/code>and # RETROPIE PROFILE END<\/code> and make the file look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
retropie_welcome\n[[ $(tty) == \"\/dev\/tty1\" ]] && pkill mpg123\n# RETROPIE PROFILE END\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
ctrl-o, enter, ctrl-x to save and exit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can SCP or use a USB drive as we discussed earlier to copy files up.  However, I’ve purposely put the music directory in the roms directory because if you connect via windows explorer the roms directory has already been mapped and this is probably the easiest way to copy music up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Much appreciation to MapleStoryPSN<\/a>.  This is super easy to setup.  Let me know if you have a better way to setup background music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nOne of the features I saw used in some of the images…\n<\/div>\n
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