/RetroPie_BGM_Player

A simple background music player to implement on RetroPie and Emulation Station.

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RetroPie BGM Player v2.0

A simple background music player with emulation support, to implement on RetroPie and Emulation Station based on this guide from RetroPie forum.

Installation

  1. wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Naprosnia/RetroPie_BGM_Player/master/install.sh
  2. chmod +x install.sh
  3. ./install.sh

Usage

  • ES setting OTHER SETTINGS / PARSE GAMELISTS ONLY should be OFF, otherwise you can not see RetroPie-BGM-Player options menu.
  • To change settings, go to RetroPie-BGM-Player on RetroPie settings menu.
  • Fade effect is disabled by default, go to RetroPie-BGM-Player settings menu to enable it.
  • You don't like my music?! Easy for you, simply go to your roms folder, and inside you will find a new folder called "music", you can put there the musics you want. You can now organize your files with subfolders as you wish.

Supported File Types

Emulator / Name Extension
MPEG-2 Audio Layer III .mp3
Spectrum ZX .ay
Sega Genesis / Megadrive .gym
NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 .hes
MSX / Other Z80 .kss
GameBoy .gbs
Nintendo .nsf
Nintendo Ext. Support .nsfe
Nintendo DS .2sf
Atari SAP .sap
Super Nintendo .spc
Sega VGM / VGZ .vgm / .vgz
Vortex .vtx
Playstation Audio .psf / .psf2

Options

  • General Settings
    • Player - Change BGM player or select what file extensions you want to play.
      • MP3 Player
      • Game Music Emulator
      • Both Players
      • Custom File Types
    • Volume - Change BGM Player volume.
    • Toggle - Set BGM Player ON/OFF.
  • Play Settings
    • Fade Effect - This option enables the fading effect when music start or stop playing.
    • Non Stop - This option keep BGM Player playing while you play games.
    • Delay - Change the amount of seconds that you want to delay the BGM Player start when EmulationStation load.
  • Player Stuff
    • Reload Audio Files - If you add new songs/files, this option reload them, or restart your system to reload automatically.
  • BGM Update - Update RetroPie BGM Player

Next Release Preview

  • Add support to more file types.

Video

RetroPie BGM Player

Uninstall

  1. wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Naprosnia/RetroPie_BGM_Player/master/uninstall.sh
  2. chmod +x uninstall.sh
  3. ./uninstall.sh

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