Thread: .ABC File Troubleshooting

Originally Posted by Hobbittybobbity

I did everything the instructions stated and I g into music mod I type /play music1, then I get the error Couldn't open C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\Music\music1.txt

Are u still having problems?

if so, make sure your song file has only one .txt or .abc extension, not songtitle.abc.txt.

Make sure your file name has no spaces.

make sure that the file you want to play is in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\Music

Make sure that this is the correct path to your music folder. C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\Music

these sugestion you may have already looked into, if so sorry to give u information u alredy know.
it really should work at this point,

If not, please let me know.

I'm totally stuck, i go to lotro-music.com, see a huge list of songs, download them, then it says "unable to open zip file" so abc. files = worthless? or do i copy/paste the .abc file into my lotro music thingy and typle /music f52.abc or something? help a guy who doesn't know much about this technical mumbo jumbo, seems a lil' too sophisticated just to play some tunes. do you need a certain keymapping for notes in order for these ".abc" files to work?


Edit: Oh sweet, I figured it out and it works perfectly. Just busted out the Chocobo song, and a crummy version of "Every Breath You Take" by the police, lmao.

Originally Posted by BaBaBaBlazin

Edit: Oh sweet, I figured it out and it works perfectly. Just busted out the Chocobo song, and a crummy version of "Every Breath You Take" by the police, lmao.

Glad u got the songs to play. Many of the songs on lotro-music.com are from before the book 11 updated that gave us chords, so many of the songs on the site are limited in the way they sound.

Try to download more recent songs, I would say from this past Aug. to now. Having said that, there are some wonderful songs that were done prior to the update, but it is a matter of playing them and deciding for yourself which ones u like.

is there anyway around note to high or to low errors?

Originally Posted by Ara007

is there anyway around note to high or to low errors?

Only way around is to either change the offending notes to a rest (z), or try to bring the notes up or down one octave to make them legal.

While many lower notes will sound just fine if you change just them, ie. |A,A, B,, B,, C, C, B,,| will (most of the time) sound perfectly fine if you change it to |A,A, B,B, C, B,| Higher notes are harder to change to make sound right, ie. |c'c' d' d' a b| to |c'c' d d a b| would 99% of the time sound awful.

Of course changing seperate notes could make the any song sound completly different, best thing to do is bring the whole song up or down one octave, If possible. This could make other notes not playable though!

It really is a matter of playing around with a song. Some parts (read Instruments) will transpose perfectly, but then other parts of the same song will be out of range, so they won't merge properly with the other part. Those are the parts you should raise or lower by as a whole by themselves and then merge into the other part.

There is a lot of things that can go wrong when changing notes to fit into the music system, But again, keep playing around with it and you will find a way for the song you want to transpose to work.

Another option could be to transpose the whole piece (and if you are doing it in different parts for different instruments, then those too) to a different key signature. If you don't have much of an idea of music though it's probably more of a headache you don't need! Doing it in abc too might be more of a hassle than you really want.

I have just started arranging songs to play in-game in abc from midi files. Basically I open a midi file in another program, select the parts I want or combine instruments to reduce the number of parts, then have a look at where the notes are. With one particular song I changed the key (from A to Eb) so the notes that were too high in the melody would then fit to the game's requirements. Bass notes were too low for the theorbo then, so I put that whole part up an octave. Then it's put into abc. Then of course you also have to watch out for those C, and D, notes that a clarinet in reality doesn't play, and sound like a boar grunting when you play them in-game!

Oh, and while I'm at it...
Is it documented anywhere what abc notes play what percussion sounds for the drums in lotro? I've searched the net and tried searching here (search function is playing up for me at the moment though for some reason), and I haven't been able to find anything. I had a memory of coming across something a while ago, but didn't bother making note of the info as I wasn't interested in it at the time.

Originally Posted by AvalonMists

Oh, and while I'm at it...
Is it documented anywhere what abc notes play what percussion sounds for the drums in lotro? I've searched the net and tried searching here (search function is playing up for me at the moment though for some reason), and I haven't been able to find anything. I had a memory of coming across something a while ago, but didn't bother making note of the info as I wasn't interested in it at the time.

We have all been screaming (or asking nicely) for a map to the drum sounds for a while now. Alas, no one has offered it yet.
I tried to listen and map them myself, but there are some sounds that sound the same or are just a tad different, or, the "is that a tom-tom or a floor bass".

I would love not only to have the drums mapped, but I would also love to get some better drum sounds. I know Turbine is trying to keep everything "lore correct" but I think they can get away with some better sounds for the drum.

Ah, thanks for that. I know one of our other band members attempted to do a bit of mapping himself, and I was going to have a go too if I couldn't track anything down elsewhere. Not being a percussionist myself I was imagining there would be some sounds I just couldn't quite place. Looks like it will have to do for now!

I'm currently working on We Are The Champions and am having problems with the tempo of the song. The song originally had these fields
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=99
but it plays way too slow in-game (plays fine in the program I use to work with midi/abc files though). I've tried altering a few things, and combinations of things, but it essentially comes down to just Q I can get to 1/4=125 or the equivalent before I get a 'note duration is too short' error. I could alter the rhythm a little and remove the hemi-demi-semi quavers that the game obviously doesn't like at faster tempos, but considering there's a number of them in the drum part I'd like an alternative if possible.

Any ideas?

Any clue to how to do this if you didn't install the game in the default location?

There are two locations lotro that i have found lotro use for music.
One is the folder in documents or my documents depending on vista/xp.
There it is documents/lord of the rings online/music/musicfilegoeshere.abc.
My partner had some mxiup on here pc and for reason her program looks in
program files/turbine/lord of the.../music/musicfilegoeshere.abc.

I havent tested this last idea but it might work if the others dont.
I suggest you save a screenshot from the game and then go hunt it down on your drive with search. Wherever the screenshot is found, make a music folder in that directory.

Also make sure your files are .abc and not .txt or lotro wont see them.

I'm having trouble playing my files. It says in my music folder for lotro, that it is an ABC File, but on the game it won't play. I couldn't get the abc format to come out, so i saved it directly from lotro-music.com to All Files. Could somebody help me with this problem plz?

Make sure you are saving them as .abc or if you are saving as .txt, make sure it is not saving in rich text. If your files are, for example, song1.txt - you can simply rename the file to song1.abc

I hope this helps.

Looks like we got on forum bout the same time Stalarian!


Wolf, Also check that you have not save the files with 2 extentions. Make sure your Windows folder options does not have "hide file extensions for known files" checked. If it is, when you save a File with the name of song1.abc it will get saved as song1.abc.txt

This will also cause the problem you are haveing.

How do you know if it has a hidden extension? where will my computer show it?

With Windows XP,

From start menu,
go to My Computer,
go to Tools,
Folder options,
click on the 'view' tab,
under files and folders there will be a selection that reads "Hide extentions for known file types". Make sure it is NOT checked.
then,
click APPLY,
and then OK.

Not possitive, but Vista should be similar.

I need help, i added this file and whenever i try to play it in game it says not too high line 55 columm 6. even after using Mid2Abc to transpose it down 12 semitones (i did that about 8 or 9 times so almost 120 semitones) it continues to say not too high and gives me a random line and columm. if anyone could make the appropriate changes to it for it to work i would appreciate it greatly. heres the file.

X: 1

T:

N: Instrument Channel 3 ... [Acoustic Grand Piano]

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q:1/4=60

N: Last note suggests Phrygian mode tune

K:G

V:1

%tr1

g4 b4|a4 c'4|e/2g/2b6-b-|b2 b2 g2 a2|

d/2b3-b/2 c/2g/2b3|a2 g2 d/2a3-a/2-|a2 f2 f4-|f2 g2 B/2g3-g/2-|

g4 g4|b2 e2 a4|c'4 e/2g/2b3-|b6 b2|

g2 a2 d/2b3-b/2|c/2g/2b3 a2 g2|A/2f/2a4-a f2|B6 e2|

G/2e6-e3/2|g4 b2 e2|a2 d2 c'4|e/2g/2b4-b b2|

g2 a2 d/2b3-b/2|c/2g/2b3 a2 g2|a6 c'2|c'4 b4|

B4 ^d/2a3-a/2|b2 e2 g2 b2|=d/2a3/2 d2 c'4|e/2b3-b/2 e2 g2|

b2 a2 g2 a2|c/2g/2b3 a2 g2|B/2f/2a3 f4|G/2e6-e3/2|

z4 G2 A2|E/2B3-B/2 B2 G2|G/2e3/2 G2 B2 e2|F/2e4-e3/2 F2|

d2 e2 f2 d2|B4 B2 G2|G/2e3/2 G2 B2 e2|F/2e4-e3/2 F2|

d2 e2 f2 d2|B4 B2 G2|G/2e3/2 G2 B2 e2|F/2e4-e3/2 F2|

d2 c2 B2 A2|B6 D2|G2 D2 A2 B2|d4 c2 F2|

B2 A2 G2 F2|E/2B4-B3/2 G2|B2 G2 B2 e2|F/2e4-e3/2 F2|

d2 e2 f2 d2|B6 B2|g2 f2 e2 g2|B/2f3-f/2 F/2d3-d/2|

d2 c2 B2 d2|G8-|G8|B/2g4-g3/2 G2|

d2 c2 B2 A2|E/2c3-c/2 B4|C/2A3-A/2 G4|B,8-|

B,8|D/2G6-G3/2-|G8|A/2f3-f/2 d/2a3-a/2|

d/2d'6-d'3/2|z8|z8|z8|

g4 b2 e2|a2 d2 c'4|e/2b6-b3/2|g'2 f'2 e'2 d'2|

e/2d'(3c'2b2g2eg3/2|d/2a(3f2d2A2Bf3/2|z8|z8|

a8|f'/2b'6-b'3/2-|b'8|

V:2

%tr2

E2 B6|E8|z8|z8|

D4 C,2 G,2|C4 D,2 A,2|D4 E,2 B,2|E4 z4|

z4 E2 B2-|B4 E4-|E4 B4-|B6 z2|

z4 D4|C,2 G,2 C4|D,2 A,2 D4|E,2 B,2 E4|

E,8|E2 B6|E8|E2 B2 e4|

E4 D4|C,2 G,2 C4|D,2 A,2 D4|G,2 D2 G4|

B,2 F2 B4|E8|E8|E8|

E4 D4|C,2 G,2 C4|B,,2 F,2 B,4|E,2 B,6|

z8|E,,2 B,,2 E,4|E,,8|E,,2 B,,2 D,4-|

D,8|E,,2 B,,2 E,4|E,8|E,,2 B,,2 D,4-|

D,8|C,2 G,2 C4|C8|D,2 A,2 D4-|

D8|G,,2 D,2 G,4-|G,8|F,,8|

B,,2 F,2 B,4|E,,2 B,,2 E,4-|E,8|E,,2 B,,2 D,4-|

D,8|E,,2 B,,2 E,4-|E,8|D,,2 B,,2 D,4-|

D,8|C,2 G,2 C2 E2|G2 c2 e2 g2|G,,2 D,2 G,4-|

G,8|A,,8|A,,8|B,,2 F,2 B,2 E2|

^D8|C,2 G,2 C2 G2|c2 d2 e2 g2|D,2 A,2 =D4|

D8|z8|z8|z8|

E2 B6|E8|E8|E4 D4|

C,3/2G,C4-C3/2|B,,3/2F,B,4-B,3/2|z8|E,B, EG Be gf|

z8|E8-|E8|

%tr3

%%MIDI program 3 0

Here is the file as you gave it, but with offending notes changed.

However, this file will play in game, but the way it is, the game will play the first voice, (V:1), then play the second voice (V:2), in secession. The game wont play them tegeter like MidtoABC will.

I used Dignero's program to give you a file that will play both voices together in game. I havn't listen to it yet in game though so, I'm not sure what it sounds like.

First your files with the fixes,

Code:

X: 1
T: 
N: Instrument Channel 3 ... [Acoustic Grand Piano]
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q:1/4=60
N: Last note suggests Phrygian mode tune
K:G
V:1
%%MIDI program 1 24
G4 B4|A4 c4|E/2G/2B6-B-|B2 B2 G2 A2|
D/2B3-B/2 C/2G/2B3|A2 G2 D/2A3-A/2-|A2 F2 F4-|F2 G2 B,/2G3-G/2-|
G4 G4|B2 E2 A4|c4 E/2G/2B3-|B6 B2|
G2 A2 D/2B3-B/2|C/2G/2B3 A2 G2|A,/2F/2A4-A F2|B,6 E2|
G,/2E6-E3/2|G4 B2 E2|A2 D2 c4|E/2G/2B4-B B2|
G2 A2 D/2B3-B/2|C/2G/2B3 A2 G2|A6 c2|c4 B4|
B,4 ^D/2A3-A/2|B2 E2 G2 B2|=D/2A3/2 D2 c4|E/2B3-B/2 E2 G2|
B2 A2 G2 A2|C/2G/2B3 A2 G2|B,/2F/2A3 F4|G,/2E6-E3/2|
z4 G,2 A,2|E,/2B,3-B,/2 B,2 G,2|G,/2E3/2 G,2 B,2 E2|F,/2E4-E3/2 F,2|
D2 E2 F2 D2|B,4 B,2 G,2|G,/2E3/2 G,2 B,2 E2|F,/2E4-E3/2 F,2|
D2 E2 F2 D2|B,4 B,2 G,2|G,/2E3/2 G,2 B,2 E2|F,/2E4-E3/2 F,2|
D2 C2 B,2 A,2|B,6 D,2|G,2 D,2 A,2 B,2|D4 C2 F,2|
B,2 A,2 G,2 F,2|E,/2B,4-B,3/2 G,2|B,2 G,2 B,2 E2|F,/2E4-E3/2 F,2|
D2 E2 F2 D2|B,6 B,2|G2 F2 E2 G2|B,/2F3-F/2 F,/2D3-D/2|
D2 C2 B,2 D2|G,8-|G,8|B,/2G4-G3/2 G,2|
D2 C2 B,2 A,2|E,/2C3-C/2 B,4|C,/2A,3-A,/2 G,4|B,,8-|
B,,8|D,/2G,6-G,3/2-|G,8|A,/2F3-F/2 D/2A3-A/2|
D/2d6-d3/2|z8|z8|z8|
G4 B2 E2|A2 D2 c4|E/2B6-B3/2|g2 f2 e2 d2|
E/2d(3c2B2G2EG3/2|D/2A(3F2D2A,2B,F3/2|z8|z8|
A8|f/2b6-b3/2-|b8|
V:2
%%MIDI program 2 24
E2 B6|E8|z8|z8|
D4 C,2 G,2|C4 D,2 A,2|D4 E,2 B,2|E4 z4|
z4 E2 B2-|B4 E4-|E4 B4-|B6 z2|
z4 D4|C,2 G,2 C4|D,2 A,2 D4|E,2 B,2 E4|
E,8|E2 B6|E8|E2 B2 e4|
E4 D4|C,2 G,2 C4|D,2 A,2 D4|G,2 D2 G4|
B,2 F2 B4|E8|E8|E8|
E4 D4|C,2 G,2 C4|B,2 F,2 B,4|E,2 B,6|
z8|E,2 B,2 E,4|E,8|E,2 B,2 D,4-|
D,8|E,2 B,2 E,4|E,8|E,2 B,2 D,4-|
D,8|C,2 G,2 C4|C8|D,2 A,2 D4-|
D8|G,2 D,2 G,4-|G,8|F,8|
B,2 F,2 B,4|E,2 B,2 E,4-|E,8|E,2 B,2 D,4-|
D,8|E,2 B,2 E,4-|E,8|D,2 B,2 D,4-|
D,8|C,2 G,2 C2 E2|G2 c2 e2 g2|G,2 D,2 G,4-|
G,8|A,8|A,8|B,2 F,2 B,2 E2|
^D8|C,2 G,2 C2 G2|c2 d2 e2 g2|D,2 A,2 =D4|
D8|z8|z8|z8|
E2 B6|E8|E8|E4 D4|
C,3/2G,C4-C3/2|B,3/2F,B,4-B,3/2|z8|E,B, EG Be gf|
z8|E8-|E8|

Now here is the merged file,

Code:

X: 1
T: unkown
Z: Transcribed by LotRO MIDI Player: http://lotro.acasylum.com/midi
%  Transpose: -7
L: 1/4
Q: 90
K: C
[c3A3/2] e3/2 e3 [d3A6] f3 A3/8 c3/8 e27/4 e3/2 c3/2 d3/2 [G3z3/8]
e21/8 [F3/8F,3/2] c3/8 [e9/4z3/4] C3/2 [d3/2F3] c3/2 [G3/8G,3/2]
[d33/8z9/8] D3/2 [G3z3/2] B3/2 [B9/2A,3/2] E3/2 [A3z3/2] c3/2 E3/8
c45/8 [c3A3/2] e3/2 [e3z3/2] A3/2 [d3A6] f3 [A3/8e3/4] c3/8 e27/4
e3/2 c3/2 d3/2 [G3z3/8] e21/8 [F3/8F,3/2] c3/8 [e9/4z3/4] C3/2
[d3/2F3] c3/2 [D3/8G,3/2] B3/8 [d15/4z3/4] D3/2 [G3z3/2] B3/2
[E3/2A,3/2] [E3z3/2] A3/2 A3/2 [C3/8A,6] A45/8 [c3A3/2] e3/2 [e3z3/2]
A3/2 [d3/2A6] G3/2 f3 [A3/2z3/8] c3/8 e3/4 [e3z3/2] [a3z3/2] e3/2
[c3/2A3] d3/2 [G3z3/8] e21/8 [F3/8F,3/2] c3/8 [e9/4z3/4] C3/2
[d3/2F3] c3/2 [d9/2G,3/2] D3/2 [G3z3/2] f3/2 [f3C3/2] G3/2 [e3c3]
[E3z3/2] B3/2 [^G3/8e3] d21/8 [e3/2A3/2] [A9/2z3/2] c3/2 e3/2
[=G3/8A6] d9/8 G3/2 f3 [A3z3/8] e21/8 [A3z3/2] c3/2 [e3/2A3] d3/2
[c3/2G3] d3/2 [F3/8F,3/2] c3/8 [e9/4z3/4] C3/2 [d3/2F3] c3/2
[E3/2z3/8] B3/8 [d9/4z3/4] B,3/2 [B3E3] [C3/8A,3/2] [A45/8z9/8] E9/2
z3 C3/2 D3/2 [A,3/2z3/8] E9/8 E3/2 [E3/2A,3] C3/2 [C3/8A,6] A9/8 C3/2
E3/2 A3/2 [B,3/8A,3/2] [A33/8z9/8] E3/2 [G,9z3/2] B,3/2 G3/2 A3/2
B3/2 G3/2 [E3/2A,3/2] E3/2 [E3/2A,3] C3/2 [C3/8A,6] A9/8 C3/2 E3/2
A3/2 [B,3/8A,3/2] [A33/8z9/8] E3/2 [G,9z3/2] B,3/2 G3/2 A3/2 B3/2
G3/2 [E3F,3/2] C3/2 [E3/2F3] C3/2 [C3/8F6] A9/8 C3/2 E3/2 A3/2
[B,3/8G,3/2] [A33/8z9/8] D3/2 [G3z3/2] B,3/2 [G6z3/2] F3/2 E3/2 D3/2
[E9/2C3/2] G,3/2 [C3z3/2] G,3/2 [C6z3/2] G,3/2 D3/2 E3/2 [G3B,9/2]
F3/2 B,3/2 E3/2 [D3/2B,3/2] [C3/2E3] B,3/2 [A,3/2z3/8] E9/8 [E3z3/2]
[A,9z3/2] C3/2 E3/2 C3/2 E3/2 A3/2 [B,3/8A,3/2] [A33/8z9/8] E3/2
[G,9z3/2] B,3/2 G3/2 A3/2 B3/2 G3/2 [E3/2A,3/2] [E3z3/2] [A,9z3/2]
E3/2 c3/2 B3/2 A3/2 c3/2 [E3/8G,3/2] [B21/8z9/8] E3/2 [B,3/8G,9]
G21/8 G3/2 F3/2 E3/2 G3/2 [C3/2F,3/2] [C21/2z3/2] F3/2 A3/2 c3/2 f3/2
a3/2 c'3/2 [E3/8C3/2] [c33/8z9/8] G,3/2 C3/2 [C15/2z3/2] G3/2 F3/2
E3/2 D3/2 [A,3/8D6] F21/8 E3 [F,3/8D3/8] [D45/8z21/8] C3 [E,12E3/2]
B,3/2 E3/2 A3/2 ^G6 [G,3/8F,3/2] C9/8 [C21/2z3/2] F3/2 c3/2 f3/2 g3/2
a3/2 c'3/2 [D3/8G,3/2] [B21/8z9/8] D3/2 [=G3z3/8] d21/8 [G6z3/8]
g45/8 z12 z6 [c3A3/2] e3/2 [e3z3/2] A3/2 [d3/2A6] G3/2 f3 [A6z3/8]
e45/8 [c'3/2A3] b3/2 [a3/2G3] g3/2 [A3/8F,9/8] g3/4 [fC3/4]
[F33/8z/4] e c A3/4 c9/8 [G3/8E9/8] d3/4 [BB,3/4] [E9/4z/4] G D
[E15/8z3/4] B9/8 z6 A,3/4 E3/4 A3/4 c3/4 e3/4 a3/4 c'3/4 b3/4 d6
[b3/8A12] e93/8

Please be aware that this last file will play fine in game, but will not sound right if you play it through MidtoABC!
(although your corrected first file will sound fine using MidtoABC)

If your wondering, the notes that were to high were all the ones with " ' " attached to them. (c' d' e') LOTRO will play the c' if the file is in the key of C (K: C) but not in some of the other Keys, D for sure, I'm not sure of the other key's. But the d' e' are alway's to high. You also had some notes that were to low, any note with 2 commas after it will not play. C,, D,, E,, F,, G,, A,, B,, all are no good.

Thank you very very very much! i love this song and will look forward to playing it ingame. once again i thank you and commend you for your thoughtfull efforts in helping me with this.

another small problem <_< when i try to play it says Expected a ':'. Line 42, column 17. Unexpected token. Line 42, column 17.

It's a lovely little song, what is it called? Also, unless it's supposed to be a dirge or something, I had to push time Q: up to 180 to get it to a decent tempo. Still slow and melodic but not draaaaaaaaaaaging like it did at 60 (or even 90).

Originally Posted by ariodsenuke

another small problem <_< when i try to play it says Expected a ':'. Line 42, column 17. Unexpected token. Line 42, column 17.

Shoot!

As I said, I hadn't had time to check it in game, but it realy should play. Make sure you didn't copt part of my reply at the end of the post by accident. I am on my way to work now, but will check this out when I get home. I see Ellerina was able to get it to play, so maybe She can help us out here.

I have a feeling you may have copied and pasted my "Please be aware that this last file will play fine in game," part of the message into the file by mistake, I have done this many times before, and have recieved that error message. But again, I will check this out later today.

I had no problems making it play with a simple cut and paste. I'm betting he did copy some words or something, it's my most common foul up when I do it. Which is why I like the code boxes. K.I.S.S. and all that.

Originally Posted by Ellerina

It's a lovely little song, what is it called? Also, unless it's supposed to be a dirge or something, I had to push time Q: up to 180 to get it to a decent tempo. Still slow and melodic but not draaaaaaaaaaaging like it did at 60 (or even 90).

its called Akatsuki no Kuruma (english translation= Wheel of Dawn)

i also would like to know if you actualy played it in game or not. if you did please tell me how so i can know what changes to make?

Originally Posted by Ellerina

I had no problems making it play with a simple cut and paste. I'm betting he did copy some words or something, it's my most common foul up when I do it. Which is why I like the code boxes. K.I.S.S. and all that.

he/she is right i pasted some extra text by accident. well thank you very very very much! if i ever have anything i need help with again ill post it up here. thanks guys!

Originally Posted by ariodsenuke

he/she is right i pasted some extra text by accident. well thank you very very very much! if i ever have anything i need help with again ill post it up here. thanks guys!

Any time!



(btw, Thanks Ellerina)

Ha, here's an embarrassing share. I've been gone for so long from the game that I had to take a look at this to remember how to add .abc files into the game.

Originally Posted by Agamemnon582bc1

Ha, here's an embarrassing share. I've been gone for so long from the game that I had to take a look at this to remember how to add .abc files into the game.

WB! You've been gone too long!

Yes, I have. And thanks for the WB.

Could someone please tell me what is wrong with this .abc file? I have tried reformatting it many times but I always get the message "Expected a ':'. Line 1, column 2." I get similar messages on all my .abc files. The text of the file is:

X: 1
T:Si Bheag Si Mhor
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:waltz
Kmaj
|de|f2 fe d2|d2 de d2|B4 A2|F4 A2|BABc d2|e4 de|f4 e2|d4 f2|B4 e2|A4 d2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 dc|d6|d4|f2 fe d2|d2 de d2|B4 A2|F4 A2|BABc d2|e4 de|f4 e2|d4 f2|B4 e2|A4 d2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 dc|d6|d4|de|f2 fe d2|ed ef a2|b4 a2|f4 ed|e4 a2|f4 ed|d4 B2|B4 A2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 a2|bagfed|e4 dc|d6|d4|de|f2 fe d2|ed ef a2|b4 a2|f4 ed|e4 a2|f4 ed|d4 B2|B4 A2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 a2|bagfed|e4 dc|d6|d4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GFED C2|D2 d2 F2|G4 F2|dc A4|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|CD E4|D4 AG|F4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GFED C2|D2 d2 F2|G4 F2|dc A4|D2 d2 c2| B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|CD E4|D4 AG|F4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GABd c2|d2 D2 F2|dc A4|d2 D2 A2|BAGF G2|GFED C2|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|GA B4|cBAGFE|D4 AG|F4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GABd c2|d2 D2 F2|dc A4|d2 D2 A2|BAGF G2|GFED C2|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|GA B4|cBAGFE|D4 AG|F4||

Thank you.

I have this playing in game, sounds nice. The only changes I made, were to put a space after each colon in your header. I also had to add the colon and the D after the Key command, "K:" if you don't add the space and the song is in any key of D you will get the forum adding a smiling face there.
Hope this helps!

Code:

X: 1
T: Si Bheag Si Mhor
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
|de|f2 fe d2|d2 de d2|B4 A2|F4 A2|BABc d2|e4 de|f4 e2|d4 f2|B4 e2|A4 d2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 dc|d6|d4|f2 fe d2|d2 de d2|B4 A2|F4 A2|BABc d2|e4 de|f4 e2|d4 f2|B4 e2|A4 d2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 dc|d6|d4|de|f2 fe d2|ed ef a2|b4 a2|f4 ed|e4 a2|f4 ed|d4 B2|B4 A2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 a2|bagfed|e4 dc|d6|d4|de|f2 fe d2|ed ef a2|b4 a2|f4 ed|e4 a2|f4 ed|d4 B2|B4 A2|F4 E2|D4 f2|B4 e2|A4 a2|bagfed|e4 dc|d6|d4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GFED C2|D2 d2 F2|G4 F2|dc A4|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|CD E4|D4 AG|F4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GFED C2|D2 d2 F2|G4 F2|dc A4|D2 d2 c2| B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|CD E4|D4 AG|F4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GABd c2|d2 D2 F2|dc A4|d2 D2 A2|BAGF G2|GFED C2|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|GA B4|cBAGFE|D4 AG|F4|A2|D2 dc B2|A4 F2|GABd c2|d2 D2 F2|dc A4|d2 D2 A2|BAGF G2|GFED C2|D2 d2 c2|B2 F2 D2|GF G4|FE F4|GA B4|cBAGFE|D4 AG|F4||

I just started exploring the music system and followed the guide on playing the music in-game, but when I play it, all I hear is choppy or broken parts of the song. There is no error when I'm in music mode and "/play name". I do see the little music symbols flying on top of my character's head, however, the notes are missing and the song sounds choppy.

Anyone with similar problems?

Originally Posted by Mogi

I just started exploring the music system and followed the guide on playing the music in-game, but when I play it, all I hear is choppy or broken parts of the song. There is no error when I'm in music mode and "/play name". I do see the little music symbols flying on top of my character's head, however, the notes are missing and the song sounds choppy.

Anyone with similar problems?

I experienced similar issues until I upgraded my system. It's probably a performance issue. Try dropping your graphics settings and see if it's any better.

Originally Posted by Mogi

I just started exploring the music system and followed the guide on playing the music in-game, but when I play it, all I hear is choppy or broken parts of the song. There is no error when I'm in music mode and "/play name". I do see the little music symbols flying on top of my character's head, however, the notes are missing and the song sounds choppy.

Anyone with similar problems?

It is not performance issue, The problem is one that a few have had, including myself. The fix is as follows,
Go to options,
Go to audio,
under sound features, there is a window for sound playback, yours will say something like

"generic hardware on (your sound card here)".

Click drop down arrow,
You need to change it to "generic SOFTWARE on (your sound card here".

then click apply, and you should be good to go!

Good luck, let us know how you make out!

DB

Thanks for the info. It works out great.

I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!


I just bought the game like 2 hours ago and i put the CD in my CD drive but my drive doesnt recognise it! any place i can get the client off the internet?

BUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP pp

Alright, I'm feeling stupid. I have a file saved, in the proper folder, I think. (I created a Music folder inside the folder everyone mentioned, which is the folder screenshots go to). I turned off the file extension option in the folder options. I saved as ABC, though that doesn't seem to matter anymore. The file even shows up in my playlist if I type /playlist. But I keep getting the same error

Couldn't open file C:/Users/Brian/Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music\<longest>.txt.

Anything I'm missing?

You say you turned off "hide file extensions for known file types"?

Hmm..... try to save the file with no extension, just type the file name when saving, it should then save as a .txt file, then try to play file again, see what happens. Can you play any files you have saved, or, should I ask have you saved more then one file to the folder? have any of them played yet? you may want to visually confirm that the files are being saved with only one extension, (.txt or .abc) and not 2 (.abc.txt).

Hide file extensions for known file types box is unchecked. I've saved 3 files so far, all to the same location, two as abc, and the last one without adding an extension, which saved it as txt. All three of them now show up, with title and author information from the header, when I type /playlist while in music mode, but none of them play when I do the /play <filename>. I'm still pretty new to all this, so there could be something obvious I'm overlooking.

File is copy pasted into notepad, then saved, as above, to the Music Folder inside Lord of the Rings Online folder in My Documents.

My character has learned an instrument, has it equipped, and is in /music mode.

When I choose to /play <stupidfilethatwontplay>, I get the error from my last post in my chat log, and !Song File Not Found pops up in the middle of my screen.

Like I said, I'm pretty much a newbie at this...maybe I don't have some setting that everyone already knows about checked in an option? Maybe it's Vista, which has been the bane of my existence since I had the misfortune to buy a computer with it installed? I'd love to get this working, because it looks like it would be lots of fun to do with my wife, and I appreciate your advice.

PS, Durinsbane, aside from my thanks, I love your videos on the Fat Lute. They're almost universally great.