AutoBGM

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

Recognize that this is a very early build, and some things are expected to not work properly
Drag and drop zip into CM, or both folders into Assetto Corsa folder
Enable the App in launcher/CM
Create folders for each "playlist" in your music folder, and place your mp3 files in them, like this:
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
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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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.

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

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!