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AutoBGM - An automatic MP3 player in Assetto Corsa!


Warning! Very Early Beta!
Many issues are not yet resolved, but it is somewhat usable. Looking for experienced AC app makers for assistance. Look at the bottom of the post if you think you can help!

Features
  • Music player running within Assetto Corsa
  • Allows you to control playback, volume etc
  • By default, it does a few things automatically
    • Start music when you start a lap
    • Reduce the volume when you stop, or enter the pits
  • Looks through your "music" folder
  • Shuffles through your chosen folder
Problems
  • Some MP3 files don't work. It's a problem with Window's MCI system. AutoBGM will skip over songs that can't be played
  • Non-English characters in the folder or file names will freeze the app
  • Ogg files don't work. Wavs are not properly tested
  • The folder selector was not meant to look/work like this. Unable to make a decent UI due to AC's broken ListBoxes.
Installation and Usage
  1. Recognize that this is a very early build, and some things are expected to not work properly
  2. Drag and drop zip into CM, or both folders into Assetto Corsa folder
  3. Enable the App in launcher/CM
  4. Create folders for each "playlist" in your music folder, and place your mp3 files in them, like this:
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  7. Go into Assetto Corsa. For each track that you want music, use the folder selector to set your choice. You only need to do this once per track
  8. The App can be hidden away while its playing
Planned Features

Being more reactive to in game events, such as pit music, qualifying music, race music etc. However I want to ensure that the more fundamental problems are solved first.

There are also plans to stream music from the internet, such as youtube. However there is so much broken stuff in AC's version of python, such as SSL, that makes it really a challenge.

Help out

If you know how to solve some of these problems, such as implementing a different mp3 loader/player, please contact me either through RD or discord. Help is much appreciated!
https://discord.gg/6FpNFQH

If you like my work, maybe get me a coffee? ;)
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Latest reviews

I love being able to drive with the music of Gran Turismo, have a coffee.
Beautiful mod, and the sound volume changing with the engine is awesome, , obviously you are a man with a good tastes, good job. And this only remember me a good old times, like in Race Driver Grid the first one, with this interactive music , awesome
For files that don't play, follow the steps in the desc and import and export it out of audacity, fixed the issue for me. Finally works good
im stuck on step 7, which folder selector? pls help, make a yt tutorial
magic. immersive for cruising. thanks
Excellent addon! After doing some stuff through windows I got it working correctly without any issues,here's what you do:

Search for folder options, and open Control Panel’s Folder Options tool (called File Folder Options in some versions of Windows). Click the View tab, and check Always show icons, never thumbnails.

This will disable the making of hidden files such as thumbs.db,and any album cover art related to the music itself

After you do that,tick "show system files" and go into your music folder,and delete the jpg and thumbs.db files there,if you did everything correctly,they should be removed without any issues,after you've done that,you can untick the "show system files" option and play with this mod correctly
It seems like this is a great addon for most people. I know it mentions in the description that certain mp3 files don't work, but what exactly causes the music from not playing? I have a playlist of 18 songs and only 2 play :(. I really want to play my songs so if there is any way you know of to circumvent the issue, I would appreciate you letting me know.
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AugGust
The issue is, I don't know either. The mp3 loader depends on Window's MCI system, and I can't seem to pinpoint the similarities of the mp3 files that don't work, and seems completely random to me.
I love it! Music and you drive better... I hope you are going to improve the project, well done!
it works perfectly actually!

if i wanted to direct the search to another drive/folder other than C/music, how would i go about doing so? I checked the config.ini hoping it could be done there but that doesn't seem to be it
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AugGust
Ahaha I think you just got lucky... I've found a million ways to break the app, but with no ways to fix them.

For now i'm not planning to update the app unless someone suggests a way to overcome some of the fundamental problems, but this is what u can do in the meantime.

Open the "autoBGM.py" file, and go to the last line in the file.
Change: return str(buf.value)
Into: return "C:/your/path"

You can also replace the drive letter
where do I put my music folder in order to let the app work?
I put my music folder inside (This PC > Volume D: > #my name# > Music) is it correct?
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AugGust
Hi please use discussion or discord for help. Also how'd you review it if you have not set it up?
A few days ago I though it would be a good idea to play some Eurobeat on VLC Players whilst on the SRP Servers. This app makes it way easier. From time to time it stops when I hit the "next song" button. And I'd Love if you could change the music directory to another folder on your PC
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AugGust
If you hit the "home" button, you can see which song caused it to stop. Due to limitations of the windows MCI system that it relies on, it will stop if it comes across some problems, such as folder or file names that contain non-latin characters. It'll be nice to help to identify what other types of issues cause it to stop!
Really nice, man. Do you plan on doing something like this for the content manager? Like when you open up the CM, that music starts playing? :)

MCF
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AugGust
Probably not, as technically CM is not really part of AC. Maybe you can request Ilya for something like that?
Not completely "game changing," but really nice addition. Thumbs up :D

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