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[tortured Tomato]

The radio doesn't play, what to do? Here are some common issues and solutions.

1st Problem: songs are not named as supposed
In order to play all songs your mp3s must fit into the naming scheme which is as follows:
01, 02, 03, 09, 10, 11, 99, 100, 101, until 500
Note, that the file extension ".mp3" might be shown if you enabled this in your operating system.
In that case they are named 01.mp3, 02.mp3 etc.
Don't delete the file extension ".mp3".


2nd Problem: file format is not as supposed to be
The file format must be mp3 and it must have a constant bit rate (cbr) of 128 - 256 kbps.
I'd suggest to use 192 or 224 kbps for all mp3s.

• Constant Bit Rate (cbr)
• Bit Rate: 128 - 256 kBit/s
• Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
• Sample Size: 16 bit (mp3 standard, most converter doesn't even have an option to change)
• Channels: 1 (mono) or 2 (stereo)

3rd Problem: holes in the play list
If you want to use 20 songs, set your "Song Limit" to 20.
The default setting is 50, ready to use for the main file which includes 50 songs.
If there's a mp3 missing or wrong named between 01 and the "Song Limit", the playback will halt if it reaches the missing song number.

However, in that case you always can resume the playback by doing this:

• open the RACE apparel item
• go to "options", "Define your Limits!" and set it to the amount of songs you are actually using
• go back to the main menu and open the "Pick a Song!" menu
• here choose the entry "Restart Playback" and then click "Play Now!"

This should help you out of most of the trouble.



Additional info

Variable Bit Rates cause jumping playback and cut off songs. That's why it is suggested to convert your custom music selection in the very first place.

Nevertheless, there are some folks having occasional cut offs even if they used the correct file format.

 

MP3Tags will cause trouble in some cases, so it's suggested to remove them. (see second post)

This thread is open for questions and tips all around converting MP3s and sound issues.


- If you encounter jumping songs or if they just cut off sometimes, post your used encoder setting, conversion program and maybe even your operating system.

- Music generally is being streamed a few seconds. So if you replace your mp3s, the first time you load the game, the last song which has been streamed in memory will most likely cut off after a short while.

- If you don't have any issues, your opinion is of interest as well.

Thanks for reading and and your time. May it help to address such issues.

Edited by tortured Tomato, 10 April 2013 - 01:47 PM.

[tortured Tomato]

Normalizing MP3s and removing ID-Tags

If some of you are planning to play your music collection via wasteland radios using the 'Wasteland-Kit' plugin with non-normalized mp3s, you wont hear much sound coming from radios since the Pip-Boy will most likely drown them.

So I suggest to tune the track gain of your MP3s some decibel down, maybe between 5 or 10. This should effect a better sounding.

With dBpoweramp you are able to convert, normalize and remove id-tags in one ride by applying dsp-effects like this:

This program is not freeware, but there's a full 21-day-trial.
If I remember correctly, the usage of the wav-codec never expires, the mp3 codec does.

ID-Tags of mp3 and wav files tend to cause a delay between Pip-Boy and Radio playback.
Remove them. There are cases that tagged files do not play at all. For removing tags only, I suggest to use an ID-Tag Editor like MP3Tag.

Edited by tortured Tomato, 10 April 2013 - 01:42 PM.

[tortured Tomato]

reserved

[Walter sullivan]

The problem seems to have fixed itself somehow, Nevermind.

Edited by Walter sullivan, 18 November 2012 - 07:40 AM.

[Ysil6969]

Not sure if you still check this. But some of my songs won't play, some will. They all work outside the game, they're numbered properly and the limits set properly. Just some won't play.

[Ysil6969]

Found the problem. It was the ID tags. Wasn't just causing a delay some songs wouldn't play at all. Used the mp3tag editor to delete them and alls good now! Thanks for the awesome mod

[tortured Tomato]

Found the problem. It was the ID tags. Wasn't just causing a delay some songs wouldn't play at all. Used the mp3tag editor to delete them and alls good now! Thanks for the awesome mod

 

Oh, thanks! This is new to me. I edited my post above. Kudos

Edited by tortured Tomato, 10 April 2013 - 01:43 PM.

[AngelOfRaw]

Which file do you place your music?

[tortured Tomato]

In response to post #7865805.

You place the music files into:...\Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout New Vegas\Data\Sound\songs\RACEYou need to overwrite the included sound dummies (the beep sound).This guide I made for Fallout 3, it's slightly different, but it may help.How to customise the R.A.C.E. Station in 4 easy steps

Edited by tortured Tomato, 20 April 2013 - 09:18 AM.

[Ajhungry]

So all the songs names and sound format or w/e are just as they should be, but when i play them through my pip-boy, it plays one song and when it ends it plays that exact same song just from the middle of the song or near the end it also happens when I have a small lag spike.... I'm fairly sure I've done everything right and I can't play the R.A.C.E radio on the jukeboxes or other radios because it doesn't show it.

With the R.A.C.E radio thingy I can change songs and make it shuffle or repeat and all but the song constantly goes back and repeats when I press "escape" or like I said when I lag a little, dunno if its the mod or not.

Edited by Ajhungry, 25 April 2013 - 09:22 AM.