Music on Boot Menu?

[Anonymous]

Would it be possible to have a folder of MP3 files somewhere on the system, then on the boot menu, it would randomly choose one to play and basically create a playlist out of them? I think this would be a cool feature to add to my gaming cabinet. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[ronoh55]

You mean the system menu or on the splash screen? For the splash screen your best bet would be to make multiple videos (of a static image if that’s all you want) with the music playing, and use the splash screen randomizer (https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/splashscreen-randomizer/) to pick them randomly.
If you want it on the systems menu or Emulationstation as a whole, I don’t think it’s currently possible. Hopefully someone who knows more about Linux systems and ES/Retropie as a whole can give more help.

[Anonymous]

Actually, all I was looking for was background music on the system menu, not the splashscreen. The system menu just seems a bit boring, and I’d like to spice it up a bit on my system. If possible, please let me know, thanks.

[herbfargus]

You’d have to recode emulationstation source code and recompile it. I think recalbox has it integrated with their build of emulationstation if you want to try them out.

[synack]

One quick way is to run a script in the background checking for the existence of a few processes. The bash script should work if you use all RetroArch emulators, and will play random mp3s in the background until a game is launched.

#!/bin/bash

while true; do

RA=$(pgrep retroarch)
ES=$(pgrep emulationstat)
M123=$(pgrep mpg123)

if [ "$RA" ]; then
  pkill mpg123
elif [ ! "$RA" ] && [ ! "$M123" ] && [ "$ES" ]; then
  mpg123 -q -Z ~/RetroPie/media/mp3/* &>/dev/null &
fi

sleep 1
done

[Anonymous]

Thanks a ton! I added DJ Silenze’s “I Love VGM” track to the boot menu, and I love it!

[writerson]

hi, im a newbie
could you please guide me a way, how to edit this bash script ?
how could i add these code? i am trying to open \bin\bash from winSCP, file is not like config files..

if i use command prompt, after i write all these codes, nothings happening.

thanks

[g0nz0uk]

What a great idea, did it work?

[labelwhore]

Take a look at what I’m working on. It’s a little more complex than what’s above, but I think I can integrate that into what I’m doing. It may make some things a bit simpler. :)

*Edit: on second thought, the above code looks like it works only with retroarch emulators. I hacked the emulator launch scripts to be more thorough.

Adding Music To RetroPie (A Work in Progress)

[labelwhore]

[quote=111194]hi, im a newbie
could you please guide me a way, how to edit this bash script ?
how could i add these code? i am trying to open \bin\bash from winSCP, file is not like config files..

if i use command prompt, after i write all these codes, nothings happening.

thanks

[/quote]

If you’re editing bash scripts on PC , you need to save the files for a UNIX file system. If you use textpad like I do, the option is on the save as menu.

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