Playing MP3s Music Files

[RamblinRick]

EDIT: Based on comments by other users and further research, this post is no longer necessary -- author

AFAIK, you can play only OGG formatted files in the music player (other than radio). Since I have 100s of MP3 files, converting them is out of the question. Doing so requires a lot of time and doubles the disk space requirements to have two versions of the same song.

If you haven't already discovered it, a better solution is to simply use whatver player you have (Media Player, WinAmp, etc.) on your desktop. In the ETS2 audio options, zero-out the music slider.

You use playlists you already have. When you want to control the player, ALT-TAB out of the game.

[nirwana]

Nope u can use ordinairy mp3s unlike in ETS or GTS.

[Knottypine]

I was under the impression you could play regular MP3 files as well.

[Jᴧgᴧ]

In-game media player works fine for me with most of my music. MP3 were the first I played, then streams from online. Don't know where the OP got the notion they didn't work, because they do.

[The Space Ferret]

I use shortcuts that link to my Mp3 files in another directory. Works like a charm. I only wish you can set the songs to play randomly though instead of in order.

[Knottypine]

Maybe you can shuffle and create a playlist and play it in the same fashion. If the game recognizes a playlist.

[Jᴧgᴧ]

Originally posted by bulwark5:

Maybe you can shuffle and create a playlist and play it in the same fashion. If the game recognizes a playlist.

Just create a folder with shortcuts to songs inside it. Then shortcut to that folder and place it in the game's folder for music. Works perfectly. It doesn't care if it sees actual folders/files or shortcuts - both work.

[RamblinRick]

Epic FAIL on my part.

I found folder called "European Truck Simulator" in my documents folder, so that's where I put the music. Where that folder came from, I do not know, I don't recall installing the original ETS. Regardless, I found another folder "European Truck Simulator 2" in the Documents folder with a \music folder. I put MP3s there, and they appear magically. LOL.

However, I must place actual MP3 files there. I cannot simply put a shortcut link, as has been mentioned above.

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

I have only MP3 files, and it plays all of them fine. I never even thought it would not play them, didn't give it a second thought, just added them and they work fine

[jfhopkin]

Shortcuts work fine for me.

However, I don't use the feature any more because it seems that if you have music enabled in the options, it plays the default built-in music unless you go in and start your own each time, or when you reach the end of a folder, After a while I'd had enough of hearing that track again and again, so I turned it all off.

I wish there were a way to have silence when you're not playing your own music.

[RamblinRick]

Originally posted by jfhopkin:

I wish there were a way to have silence when you're not playing your own music.

There is. Go to Options->Audio. Uncheck the Music checkbox and/or set the Music slider to the left.

[RazzaQ]

Wrong. If u do that your whole radio station/mp3 files will be silent !

Why do u say something untrue if u dont test it? I did test it before this thread even came to life and sadly, SCS doesnt have a feature to alter volume separately for In-game Music and your music files/radio stations in-game !

Originally posted by Stoner:

Originally posted by jfhopkin:

I wish there were a way to have silence when you're not playing your own music.

There is. Go to Options->Audio. Uncheck the Music checkbox and/or set the Music slider to the left.

[RamblinRick]

Originally posted by RazzaQ:

Wrong. If u do that your whole radio station/mp3 files will be silent !

Why do u say something untrue if u dont test it? I did test it before this thread even came to life and sadly, SCS doesnt have a feature to alter volume separately for In-game Music and your music files/radio stations in-game !

Wow! Angry much? Take a breath. Relax. Better now? Good.

I assumed that he did not want to hear the default music when he wasn't palying his own music.

Repeat after me O-o-o-o-m-m-m-m-m-m...

[jfhopkin]

Originally posted by Stoner:

I assumed that he did not want to hear the default music when he wasn't palying his own music.

Yes, but turning the music off, as RazzaQ points out, and as I said too, turns off all music, so that's not a solution.

The "Music" option really shouldn't affect the radio - after all, if you don't want to use the radio you can just leave it alone.

[Ice-Rhino]

Why does it only play some of the track, it seems to cut off and move to the next about 2/3 of the way through???

[Ice-Rhino]

It is custom MP3 to which I am referring.