Is it possible to push custom .ogg files out to clients from the server while playing?

Instead of relying on the ogg music embedded in maps, it'd be nice to be able to stream it to players. Combining a shoutcas-like tech with it, I suppose.

Anything like this exist?

I guess it'd be just as easy to have folks tune into a shout/icecast server at the same time - but I'd rather it be seemless for the user.

It would probably eat too much in-game bandwidth. The less utilized your line is, the faster packets get through (as they then don't need to get queued), and the better you can play.

How about streaming 24kb/s AAC from another line?

No, it is client bandwidth that gets utilized too much. Just try it - receive a low-bandwidth audio stream while playing. It already worsens the experience on many lines, even if the sum of the game and stream bandwidth is way below your total downstream bandwidth.

either additional TeamSpeak or ShoutCast server, depending on your priorities.
alternatively, you could create custom map packs with your own soundtracks.

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In-game elevator music?
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4m wrote:either additional TeamSpeak or ShoutCast server, depending on your priorities.
alternatively, you could create custom map packs with your own soundtracks.

Custom map packs - no, instead:

make a pk3 of the following layout:

YOURMUSICPACK-1.0.txt
sound/cdtracks/yourtrack.ogg
maps/basement.cfg
maps/skyway.cfg
maps/downer.cfg
maps/foobar.cfg

where the .cfg files all contain "cd loop youtrack". Set sv_curl_serverpackages YOURMUSICPACK-1.0.txt and each client will play the right music on your server.

That's perfect, divV! Thanks!

for the record, 95% of the time I play, I play while listening to internet radio, it's not that big of a difference.

Perfect Div! Thanks.

I don't notice that much difference either, even with my crappy connection and location (256kb up/dn, Finland, middle of nowhere :>) while listening to a 24kb/s AAC stream. Sure my ping goes from like 60 to 80 but it's still pretty playable. I'd never listen to music while playing a 1on1 match though, only DM and CTF . (No need to know where the enemy is by hearing, they are everywhere around you!) ^^.

I can't seem to get that format working, div. Can I get a little pointer?

Here's the layout

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ls -R
.:
GulchMusic-1.0.txt  maps  sound

./maps:
brokenworld_r2.cfg    evilspacectf.cfg  map-ctf_facing_worlds_nex2.cfg  succer_socks_r3.cfg
capturecity-v2r1.cfg  map-cbctf1.cfg    mentalrespaced.cfg              vitamea-v2.cfg

./sound:
cdtracks

./sound/cdtracks:
07-warm.ogg  bi-wedding.ogg  ck-nugget.ogg  dm-world.ogg  elyuc.ogg  jq-digital.ogg  jr-kansas.ogg  ts-howsoon.ogg


I have all that zipped up into GulchMusic-1.0.pk3 and:

sv_curl_serverpackages GulchMusic-1.0
(have tried .txt and .pk3 as well for curl url)

What's going on and what am I missing...

Thanks

To clarify, the server never even triggers a download of the pk3. If I load a map that I've added a .cfg file for, it still tries to load its default ogg. Such as 'cd loop "8"' instead of whatever custom ogg i have listed.

If I download the pk3 manually and put it in .nexuiz/data/, I'm able to specify via console 'cd loop myogg' and it works.

sv_curl_serverpackages GulchMusic-1.0.txt has to work. Note that changing this cvar needs a map reload to become active.

Well, it's not

I've done fs_rescan, restarted the server, nothing seems to make it download the pk3.

Maybe I don't understand what you mean by a 'map reload'. I assume restarting the server would accomplish the same?

did you really use "sv_curl_serverpackages GulchMusic-1.0.txt" as divVerent suggested? (note: sv_curl_serverpackages lists files the clients needs to play, not pk3 names!)

Kadaver, yes, I have tried three variations -

sv_curl_serverpackages GulchMusic-1.0.txt
sv_curl_serverpackages GulchMusic-1.0.pk3
sv_curl_serverpackages GulchMusic-1.0

I now know the .pk3 and blank extensions wouldn't have worked anyway - but what else could I be missing? I also have sv_curl_defaulturl set to the correct location as well.

the client side shows no errors, no 404 or failed curl download.

This is going to be a face-palm, I'm sure.

What should the contents of the .txt file be?

John Galt wrote:What should the contents of the .txt file be?

Doesn't matter, it just needs to be there, but credits & a copyright notice would be a good idea.

Last idea what your problem might be: is the pk3 in your server's data/ dir?

Yes it is.

I changed the name of the package per pavlvs' instructions on IRC. Starting up the server, I definitely see it adding the packfile:

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Added packfile data/zzgulchmusic-1.0.pk3 (18 files)


I have tried these sv_curl_serverpackages lines:

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//sv_curl_serverpackages zzgulchmusic-1.0.txt
sv_curl_serverpackages zzgulchmusic-1.0


And the new layout of the actual package:

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ls -R
.:
maps  sound  zzgulchmusic-1.0.txt

./maps:
basement.cfg        capturecity_v2r1.cfg  evil(space)ctf.cfg      mentalrespaced.cfg   vitamea-v2.cfg
brokenworld_r2.cfg  cbctf1.cfg            facing_worlds_nex2.cfg  succer_socks_r3.cfg

./sound:
cdtracks

./sound/cdtracks:
07-warm.ogg  bi-wedding.ogg  ck-nugget.ogg  dm-world.ogg  elyuc.ogg  jq-digital.ogg  jr-kansas.ogg  ts-howsoon.ogg


I'm racking my brain trying to figure what's wrong...

pk3 in /data on server - check
pk3 available on webserver for curl - check
server adds packfile on start - check
sv_curl_serverpackages set correctly - check
sv_curl_defaulturl set correctly - check

I nkow this is going to be something dumb. arrgghh

Any other ideas?

Doing some further testing, it appears that sv_curl_serverpackages doesn't affect anything.

Removing the waypointsprites-0.6 from my data dir and reconnection also does not cause download to begin.

That's with this config:

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sv_curl_serverpackages
"sv_curl_serverpackages" is "waypointsprites-0.6 zzzgulchmusic-1.0.txt" [""]


What would keep serverpackages from functioning?

John Galt wrote:Doing some further testing, it appears that sv_curl_serverpackages doesn't affect anything.

Removing the waypointsprites-0.6 from my data dir and reconnection also does not cause download to begin.

That's with this config:

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sv_curl_serverpackages
"sv_curl_serverpackages" is "waypointsprites-0.6 zzzgulchmusic-1.0.txt" [""]


What would keep serverpackages from functioning?

Have you tried moving your dlcache out of the way to see if perhaps it's the fact that the client already has the map that causes the server to skip over telling the client it needs to curl something else? And maybe make sure the maps in question aren't also in your data dir, could have the same effect. Just guessing wildly.

It will continue to download new maps, but never the serverpackages :\

whew I got the download to work. You need to save as zip first, then rename to pk3 - rather than save directly as pk3. How obscure is that? Ugh. Thanks to bender and pavlvs.

There's another issue, though.

The first map after you join will play the song, and other maps without their own .cfg specifying a track will work as well. But if you chmap to another that has its own, it overrides my custom mapname.cfg and plays the old music.

Is there anything that can be done about this?

John Galt wrote:whew I got the download to work. You need to save as zip first, then rename to pk3 - rather than save directly as pk3. How obscure is that? Ugh. Thanks to bender and pavlvs.

Glad to see you got this working .