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DOS Background music player (OPL)

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First post, by Deano

Posted on 2023-11-27, 12:07

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Does anybody know if there is a program that can play a list of OPL music in the background whilst doing non game stuff in DOS?

Ideally a small, fairly fast TSR that just takes a list of music files (Ideally OPL2 or 3 based) and plays them in a loop whilst doing things like programming on a DOS machine.

Last edited by Deano on 2023-11-27, 13:33. Edited 2 times in total.

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Reply 1 of 6, by Grzyb

Posted on 2023-11-27, 12:38

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I think there was a resident jukebox with some Sound Galaxy cards...

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Reply 2 of 6, by fjardest

Posted on 2023-11-27, 13:26

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I only know TSRs for CD playback.

SBVGM + (DOSShell, DeskView or similar) ?

Reply 3 of 6, by Grzyb

Posted on 2023-11-27, 15:30

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OK, found it...
"The Soundtracks folder contains a the SONG.EXE TSR that allows with the help of the Voyetra Media Player to play music in the background, incl. playlist support."
The Aztech Sound Galaxy NX II Guide

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Reply 4 of 6, by Deano

Posted on 2023-11-27, 16:45

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Grzyb wrote on 2023-11-27, 15:30:

OK, found it...
"The Soundtracks folder contains a the SONG.EXE TSR that allows with the help of the Voyetra Media Player to play music in the background, incl. playlist support."
The Aztech Sound Galaxy NX II Guide

Don't suppose anyone archived aztec ftp site, doesn't appear to be valid now?

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Reply 5 of 6, by fjardest

Posted on 2023-11-27, 20:25

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You can get them from vogonsdrivers: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=788&menustate=0

Reply 6 of 6, by midicollector

Posted on 2023-11-30, 19:49

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Wow, this sounds pretty cool having music in the background in dos. I might have to give it a try, thanks for bringing this up and linking that tsr!

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