Steam profile theme music.

[Aiden]

maybe add like a customizeable background music on profiles ?

[Pierce Dalton]

Publicado originalmente por Pscht:

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

Valve can even make this off by default.

It's "off by default" right now. If you feel the need listen to certain songs you can do that without Valve wasting time and money on it.

Oh, you mean people can listen to music elsewhere? That's what you mean right?

[KalGimpa]

Publicado originalmente por Aiden:

maybe add like a customizeable background music on profiles ?

i wouldn't care one way or another, as long as i could turn it off, but i can see the nightmare it has become for the other services to have to police their users for copyright bs adn why steam may not want to get into that

[The Presence]

No, thanks. I would turn that off if they ever implemented such a feature.

Sounds like a massive copyright hassle too.

[Pierce Dalton]

Publicado originalmente por The Presence:

No, thanks. I would turn that off if they ever implemented such a feature.

Sounds like a massive copyright hassle too.

Not if composers give their music for free.

[KalGimpa]

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

Publicado originalmente por The Presence:

No, thanks. I would turn that off if they ever implemented such a feature.

Sounds like a massive copyright hassle too.

Not if composers give their music for free.

that does not take into account the people that will load up music they should not and that steam will ahve to police it.

sure, others have doen it, but it made monetary sense to do it.

not sure it does here. not sure how steam could profit from it to justify the amount of work that it will entail

again, not saying no to this. as long as i can turn it off, no big deal to me.

i think that they would be better off asking game devs if their in game music could be used by people that like it and want it on their profiles, as they are already entering into contracts with these people and it would be just one more tick for them

[Pierce Dalton]

Publicado originalmente por KalCuey:

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

Not if composers give their music for free.

that does not take into account the people that will load up music they should not and that steam will ahve to police it.

sure, others have doen it, but it made monetary sense to do it.

not sure it does here. not sure how steam could profit from it to justify the amount of work that it will entail

again, not saying no to this. as long as i can turn it off, no big deal to me.

i think that they would be better off asking game devs if their in game music could be used by people that like it and want it on their profiles, as they are already entering into contracts with these people and it would be just one more tick for them

Who said you would be able to upload any audio files to your profile? You would have to select them just like you select a wallpaper, something like a Valve music bank.

[KalGimpa]

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

Publicado originalmente por KalCuey:

that does not take into account the people that will load up music they should not and that steam will ahve to police it.

sure, others have doen it, but it made monetary sense to do it.

not sure it does here. not sure how steam could profit from it to justify the amount of work that it will entail

again, not saying no to this. as long as i can turn it off, no big deal to me.

i think that they would be better off asking game devs if their in game music could be used by people that like it and want it on their profiles, as they are already entering into contracts with these people and it would be just one more tick for them

Who said you would be able to upload any audio files to your profile? You would have to select them just like you select a wallpaper, something like a Valve music bank.

so steam will have a cloud file with the music available and people would choose from the list?

because the wallpapers are user added, as far as i remember.

it would have to be a section only steam can add to or it would be the same thing, having to police every upload to make sure it is not a copyrighted piece and remember. their foray into movies and stuff did not go so well

so, i would not care, but i do not see the upside for steam to do this.

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

The real big surprise is there's no cost if people want to give their music.

Assuming it will be the case.
Most probably won't. Licensing & stuff.

[Pierce Dalton]

Publicado originalmente por Tito Shivan:

Publicado originalmente por Pierce Dalton:

The real big surprise is there's no cost if people want to give their music.

Assuming it will be the case.
Most probably won't. Licensing & stuff.

Your disbelief makes me think you have videogame composers in mind, right?

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Yes please. I’ve always loved the idea of having the Austin Powers theme as my profile music background.

[FOXDUDE69]

Publicado originalmente por Flavius Claudius Julianus:

Yes please. I’ve always loved the idea of having the Austin Powers theme as my profile music background.

I was expecting you'd say Rome: Total War or something related to the roman empire.

[yui]

good idea

[JUICE]

I like the idea but only if they add the option to disable autoplay. Should also be conveniently placed to play / stop on profiles.