.ABC File Troubleshooting

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BOOK 11 UPDATES

+ You can now end your files with .txt and have them play correctly.
+ You can now use the /playlist command to list all of the .abc files you have.
+ You can now play synchronized songs. You first must be in a fellowship with those that you wish to play with. To start, you first must be in /music. Afterwards, you should type /play [filename] sync. This will prep you to be ready to play the song. You will not start playing the song until someone in your group uses the /playstart command. All of those in your fellowship that are now in sync should play the song together.

If you are still having problems, please ask your questions here.

Nicely done.

There's an article in the Lorebook that details some of the LotRO specific ABC limitations and some workarounds. If you're seeing error in the ABC files themselves, look there for tips.

This looks like it works for XP but does anyone know the setup for vista? Reason being is that folder does not exist.

UNLESS...I have to create it....I guess that is my question

Yes, create it if it doesn't exist.

Has anyone made an app. that will test an ABC file to make sure it will work ingame??

I have just started playing around with this.. and would like to make my own... but its very time consuming to have to test out songs ingame to see if they work...

Even in window mode.. switching back and forth. checking errors.. and what not..

Maybe something Turbine can release.. and offline app. that lets you hear what a song sounds like using the diffrent instruments from the game..

Great Post!!!

All I see in post #1 is a little white box with a red "x" in it...

Something must be messed up some how for me because everytime I type
/play <filename> (the acutal name not that lol) it keeps coming up as
ussage: /play <song file>
and it never play anything!

did you type "/music mode" (no quotes) first? not just /music?

oh no I didn't, Thanks. I'll try that.

I tried that and it still says the same thing..

Everytime i try it it says it can not open the file. I did everything correctly. And i tried another song from some1 else but it wasnt in Abc format. I typed /music mode then i typed /play Road but of course it couldnt open the folder. Any ideas? Maybe its becuase i had to Download the game off the site becuase the disks were corrupted? I don't Know.

LunaBelleRose - I'm wondering if you have spaces in the name of your ABC file? If so, enclose the filename in quotes.

/music my song <- won't work and will print the usage help

/music "my song" <- works!

Reich-Sniper - Are you sure you're playing an ABC file, not one that is secretly ending in ".txt"? If it can't find the file, it should print out a help message that says the name of the file it was looking for.

-Wrinklor

Oh I do have spaces in my file name! Thanks it works now!

I followed the instructions, but it won't let me /play songs. It say something like "song not found". Can anyone help me?

EDIT: Never mind I figured it out. I'll say what I did wrong in case anyone is as stupid as me :P
I typed /play <filename> With the brackets, well not brackets.. whatever you call those things.

You might have better luck in the ABC Songbook thread.

I am recieving

Couldn't open file C:\Documents and Settings\Stacey\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\Music\song1.abc.

"Song file not found"

The name of my files end with .abc, but they are still text files.

so it is like song1.abc.txt

How do I change this?

If no one answered you yet, you have to go back and open each of your abc files in note pad, goto save as, in the files of type window, change to all files, get rid of the .txt part so all that is there is filename.abc. then save.

should be fine after that.

durinsbane

Ok, I've done everything you guys have suggested. But I have a weird problem. Certain songs open, and certain ones don't. Hotel California opens, but The Trooper does not. They're all labelled <song name>.abc and there is no .txt at the end. And they're all saved in the same folder, but I still have the same problem. I had it all set up the same about a couple months ago, then I had to wipe my computer. Trying to set it up again, and really want to get this to work. Any advice?

Spaces in the song name?

You mean spaces in the song name in the text file? Or jus the, for example "songname.abc" part of it?

Song file itself. The T: field is unimportant.

And make sure the file isn't actually songfile.abc.txt (hidden extension)

you may also want to see if the song your trying to play has some rests (z) to start the song. some songs have 2 or 3, ie z8|z8|z8. If your not getting any error messages this might be the problem. wait a little longer after typing in /play <filename> command, song may be playing but notes have not started yet.
I know this is a longshot, but I know of 2 other people where this was the problem.

Durinsbane

Added Book 11 updates for troubleshooting.

Chords will sometime cause a "Note already sounding" error (It's been bugged). Until it's fixed, here's a work around.

If you see
[zC3DE] C

Chances are you'll get the error on the second C.

The simple fix is to change the length of the previous instance of the note (In this case, the C3) to match the length of the shortest note in the chord (the rest, in this case). I've tried this a few times and it seems to do the trick, without messing up the overall timing of the song.

I'm having the same problem. I'm using Vista, not sure if you are. I think it's some sort of security restriction. I moved a bunch of abc files into a Music directory I created and it still won't play them. It seems to be a permissions issue that won't let the LOTRO client open those files.

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Originally Posted by Sniper2

Everytime i try it it says it can not open the file. I did everything correctly. And i tried another song from some1 else but it wasnt in Abc format. I typed /music mode then i typed /play Road but of course it couldnt open the folder. Any ideas? Maybe its becuase i had to Download the game off the site becuase the disks were corrupted? I don't Know.

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Originally Posted by remram

I followed the instructions, but it won't let me /play songs. It say something like "song not found". Can anyone help me?

EDIT: Never mind I figured it out. I'll say what I did wrong in case anyone is as stupid as me :P
I typed /play <filename> With the brackets, well not brackets.. whatever you call those things.

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:D They are called angle brackets or chevrons, ain't wikipedia great!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_b...evrons_.3C_.3E

If the music folder is not in the LOTRO my document folder, can we just create it?

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Originally Posted by kilroy64

If the music folder is not in the LOTRO my document folder, can we just create it?

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Yes, just go to your My Ducument folder, then LOTRO folder and create a "Music" folder inside of it.

Put all Abc files in music folder.

Does it mater that my folder is under Trubine then LOTR then Music

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Originally Posted by DATmadild

Does it mater that my folder is under Trubine then LOTR then Music

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Yes, it maters. Whne u play a ABC file in game, the Game looks for the file in your music folder that is in your LOTRO folder, that is in your My Documents folder. If there isn't a Music folder in your LOTRO folder, simply make a new folder there and rename it music.

Durinsbane

Yeah so what do we call the .txt file?

I keep getting this:

Couldn't open file C:\Documents and Settings\*******\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\Music\Adams.txt.

First, make sure that "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" in Folder Options is unchecked. That way you can see if the file is really Adams.txt or Adams.txt.abc or somesuch. Make sure it's actually <file>.abc or <file>.txt with no spaces in the filename.

If the system can see your files, they should appear when you type /playlist

Hello there

When I /play I get the following message
Couldn't open file C:\Users\Robert\Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\Music\song.txt.

Im running Vista and I think im saving the file correctly according to the save as guidlines listed above.
Is the file still being read as *.txt.abc?

Some people need to be learning basic computer skills instead of playing video games.... :p

Normally when you go to save an existing file "AS" a different file extention. It leaves the OLD file extention on the name and appends the new one. You have to remove the old file extention. It clearly shows the old file extention in the File name: box.

Files can be named ****.txt or *****.abc
As long as the contents of in the correct format.

I have the same thing as the guy above. It is saved under Turbine, lotro, then music. Does this matter? I don't think I can change this?

thanks a ton, Agamemnon582bc1, for posting this sweet graphical walkthru! so many people have asked me how i was playing the songs and explanations were takin a TON of time!

now i can just link them here and the hills will be alive with the sound of music!

i think i'll even put this link in my sig if i ever get around to making one! ;)

Nevermind - I'm an idiot :x

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Originally Posted by Ara007

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

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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|

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Now here is the merged file,

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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

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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?

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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
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||

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!

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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||

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

Hmmm, I am stumped with this one, sounds like u have everything right, and since the files are popping up on /playlist, I can't think what else would be wrong.
You have the right folder if /playlist works, try to save another file, but in the save window in notepad, change the file type window to "all" then save as a.abc <filename>.abc, See if that works,

Anyone else have a thought on this one?

PS Thanks for the compliment!

Are you literally typing "<filename>" or "filename"? Maybe a screen shot of you attempting to play a song as well (as well as /playlist)? It could be a Vista thing. I wish I could help with Vista issues but I've had the luck of not using it yet. I've heard a lot of issues, game-wise, have to do with administrative settings and the user profile that you are on.

I have the same as above. I followed all the step. I named my file like it said- scotbrave.abc followed all the steps but if I go into details it says scotbrave.abc.txt but I can't remove the txt.

You no longer have to add .abc at the end of the file. The game now recognizes .txt files and can play them. In your situation, however, I have a feeling you are not changing the "Save As Type" option.

I am with everyone else on this one. I have Vista 64 bit. I have followed all the instructions to the letter.. I have even tried saving the file without the extension as someone said to try... it still gives the "Cannot find file" error. I have no idea what to do because I've tried everything.. sucks because I am a Minstrel and have all the instruments. :(

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Originally Posted by Korrgoth204

I am with everyone else on this one. I have Vista 64 bit. I have followed all the instructions to the letter.. I have even tried saving the file without the extension as someone said to try... it still gives the "Cannot find file" error. I have no idea what to do because I've tried everything.. sucks because I am a Minstrel and have all the instruments. :(

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Make sure u don't have any spaces in the name of your saved files.

Thanks to Vista's paranoid security system, I can't open My Documents and have yet to figure out how to edit security settings. I recall a workaround to be able to use Ventrilo--ok, Vista is a four letter word but I have to live with it for now. Can anyone help with the right object names and whatever else one has to do to security settings in order to get into their My Documents?
Fenweigh

I'm having the same problem. New LoTRO player, using Vista, getting

"Couldn't open file C:/Users/Brian/Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music\bachmin.abc"

I find it odd that the folder slashes in the address are all forward leaning until just before the abc file, when the last slash faces backward...any chance that's part of the issue?

Success! I spent a while on the phone with a microsoft tech support guy, who couldn't figure out how to open .abc files. Then I tried a google search and got a hit on the site of an outfit called RegCure. Various testimonials from Vista-users saying how this product helped them open abc files. You can get a scan from RegCure for free. That indicated several hundred problems in registry. Then you can buy RegCure's gizmo that fixes problems, about $39. So I downloaded that and shazaam! songbook downloads popped open. In the Save As tab I was able to navigate to LotRO and the music folder. The path in Vista is not the same as the XP-based path that has been posted here.
There may be a way to open your abc files in Vista without dropping $39; I have no idea what RegCure did that made this happen.

I'm getting the same as most folks seem to be getting, and i'd be willing to put money on it that its somthing to do with the glourious creation of Windows known as Vista. (Oh sweet blissful sarcasm)

I get the error message:

C:/Users/user/Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music\song.txt.

I dont actualy call my song 'song' but you get the idea. I keep getting it, i do everything im supposed to, copy and paste to Notepad, change to All File types at Save As. I tried leaving it with no filetype at some point, others with .abc at the end of the name. All the times i've tried it, i get the same error message. Just refuses to work, and yet other people seem to get it to work just fine.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem, because my patience is wearing fun.

Luckily however i don't intend to stick with this Vista malarky anymore, i intend to get Windows 7.. unless that just turns out to be its evil twin.

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Originally Posted by BlameThemElves

I get the error message:

C:/Users/user/Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music\song.txt.

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Should there be /Users/user there, I thought it should be only /Users?

I use my wife's laptop from time to time to play music, and she is running Vista, I never had the problems that people are always having finding the right folder. I went to her start menu, clicked documents, found The Lord of the Rings Online folder, made the music folder in it, and it has worked fine every since....

Ok, so i have a song called "Mountain". I did every singly step correctly and it still says i cant find the file. Now, i have windows 7, and i dont have this path:

"C:/Users/Steven/Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music/Mountain.txt"

which is what the game says it is looking for when i type in "/play Mountain". So the game cant find my file because the path to my song is:

Computer/Windows 7 (c:)/Users/Steven/My Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music/Mountain.abc"

Does anyone know a way to fix this problem? I dont know if the different folder names is really the problem, but no matter what i try i cant seem to fix it. I have tried changing folder names to make the path closer to the one the game is looking for, but there is no way to change the "Computer/Windows 7 (c:)" part. and i think that is the problem. Help please?

The game reads correctly on Windows 7 (as I am currently running it myself). Are you sure there are no separate folders in between the music folder and to My Documents? And I would definitely suggest not to change any of the folder names. That would most likely just cause more problems for you.

If the game is telling you that the paths are not correct, then I would suggest to double-check to make sure the paths are indeed correct.

I've been having some issues getting songs to run. I am following this guide exactly. I've tried saving as both a .abc and a .txt. Neither seem to have worked. What keeps happening is when I go to play a song or even type /playlist, it keeps saying that I don't have any songs. When I try to play a specific song, say the song is called "potato", it will say "Couldn't open file C:/Documents and Settings/The Dragoness's Lair/My Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music\potato.txt." I've searched through my folders and I found a folder titled "The Lord of the Rings Online" and it has similar files to that shown in the pictures, but I also have a folder called Turbine which contains all of the Lord of the Rings Online files. I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it. I've tried pasting the Music folder in both, and neither seem to work. I run Windows XP. I'm not sure where the "\" is coming from. There have been no rogue spaces to my knowledge. I'm not sure what the issue is.

I am having this freak'n "txt" issue myself, for the last year, (since I been on).

1 Word pad wont let me save as anything but text.
(sure I can name it ".abc" but what does that help)

2 My choices are; Rich Text, text doc, MS DOS and Unicode.

Why is it so flipping hard to figure this out?

3 Will someone please do a complete post on how to do this?
Everytime I get into trying to fig this out all it does is piss me off.

Sorry for being so pissed off, this has been going on for a year now.

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Originally Posted by DreadfulBride

I am having this freak'n "txt" issue myself, for the last year, (since I been on).

1 Word pad wont let me save as anything but text.
(sure I can name it ".abc" but what does that help)

2 My choices are; Rich Text, text doc, MS DOS and Unicode.

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Some things are Caps, I'm not yelling, just important things that are the most common problems when trying to get songs to play in game.

Getting Started

The first thing you'll need to do is locate your The Lord of the Rings Online folder. in most cases this will be located in the "My Documents" folder on your PC. There are a couple LOTRO folders floating around on your computer so in order to make sure you're in the CORRECT FOLDER, take a screenshot in-game. If the screenshot was saved to the folder you're looking at, you're in the correct folder, IF NOT, keep looking.

Once you have the correct The Lord of the Rings Online folder and have it open, you need to create a new folder inside it, right there WITH the screenshot. Name this new folder Music. This is where you will be saving your ABC files to. If there is already a Music folder there with the screenshot, dont make another. :) Open the Music folder. If you already saved files to it you should see them there. But since you say they are not working in game either delete them all or just ignore them.

If you MUST use Wordpad, then,
1. copy and paste the ABC you want into wordpad.
2. click "save as" from the file tab.
3. Click "save as Type" window.
4. Choose "Text Document"
5. Type a file name, DO NOT ADD ANY SPACES TO YOUR FILENAME OR ANY FILE EXTENSION, NO .txt or .abc Wordpad (or Notepad) will do that for you.
6. Don't save yet!
7. Click the "Save in" window and navigate to your Music folder that you have open.
8. Now click save.

You should now see this new file in your Music folder that is open. If not you did not save it to the correct folder. Start again and on step 7 make sure the path is the same as your open Music folder. This may confuse some that are not knowledgeable about Windows and opening up folders. Should this be the case I will post another reply explaining this if needed.

If using Notepad all steps are the same except,

4. Text Document should already be chosen for you, leave it set to that.


Now go in game and try to play it.

Equip instrument
enter music mode ( I click my avatars portrait and choose play music)
type /play filename
your file name should be ONLY your filename, ie. /play yesterday (NOT /play yesterday.txt)

Song should play.

If you still are having trouble, let me know!

Here is a tune I've transcribed for the lorto bagpipe.

At the beginning of each line, I have a chord being played to simulate one bass drone and one tenor drone to go anong with the melody that looks like this:
[C,32C32a2]

This works fine except for the last two lines, where the drones cut out, and it beats me why that is happening.

Anyway, here's the full tune:

X: 2
T: The Irish Guards Welcome to Toronto 4/4 March Angus J MacDowell
L: 1/8
Q: 120
K: Cmixolydian

| [C,6C6z2] g2 f3/2 g/2 |
| [C,32C32a2] ga b2 a3/2 b/2 | c'3/2 b/2 a f B2 d f | c2 f3/2 g/2 a2 g a | b3/2 a/2 g f g2 f3/2 g/2 |
| [C,32C32a2] ga b2 a3/2b/2 | c'3/2 b/2 af B2 df | c2 f2 a3/2 g/2 f e | f4 f2 a3/2 b/2 |

| [C,32C32c'2] c'2 c'2 a f | B2 c d c2 a3/2b/2 | c'2 a3/2g/2 f d b3/2a/2 | g4 g2 f3/2 g/2 |
| [C,32C32a2] g a b2 a3/2 a/2 | c'3/2 b/2 a f B2 d f | c2 f2 a3/2 g/2 f e | f4 f2 c3/2 f/2 |

| [C,32C32a3/2]g/2 ac b3/2a/2 gb | a/2c'3/2 af d2 Bd | cf f3/2g/2 ac a/2c'3/2 | b3/2c'/2 ba g2 c3/2f/2 |
| [C,32C32a3/2]g/2 ac b3/2a/2 gb | a/2c'3/2 af d2 Bd | c2 f2 a3/2g/2 fe | f4 f2 a |

| [C,32C32g2] g3/2a/2 b2 c'3/2b/2 | ag ab c'2 c | d2 Bd ca b3/2a/2 | g4 g2 c3/2f/2 |
| [C,32C32a] g ac b3/2a/2 gb | a/2c'3/2 af d2 Bd |c2 f2 a3/2g/2 fe | f4 f2 |

If anyone can figure out why my drones are cutting out, I'll be very grateful.

thanks in advance

This was posted month and half ago, did you figure this out yet? I am wondering because, this played fine in ABC player, drone was played though full tune. But if you mean why the drone kinda skips, (which I think sounds like it should sound) then I may have a answer. let me know.

nice thread thank you

I use LOTROmidiplayer and ABC Player to create and test music files for the game. Since the latest update, any new tunes I create start off fine, but become a jumpled mess the further they progress in-game. They sound fine in ABC player and my old files continue to function fine in-game. Does anyone else have this problem or understand what is causing it? It really has me frustrated.