SH4 Radio

Rockin Robbins · 03-22-17, 11:30 AM

Radio stations for SH4 are really strange. They don't allow you to hook into your existing music library or grab from online. You must duplicate the songs you want to hear into a special wasted space directory. Yuk. Not workable.

Much better to run Spotify or another music player in the background. I use Clementine, which I can control with my cell phone while I play SH4.

MUCH better than anything possible within the game. I've completely junked the SH4 radio and now it holds charts down in rough seas.

propbeanie · 03-22-17, 01:45 PM

For me, the radio is like the deck gun... excess weight that needs to be jettisoned...

'Course, ya never know when you might need one of the tubes for the sonar station... hmmmmm....

aanker · 03-22-17, 06:05 PM

Use the Gramophone. I have music (of course), old period radio shows etc in mine.

Happy Hunting!

Rockin Robbins · 03-23-17, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by aanker

Use the Gramophone. I have music (of course), old period radio shows etc in mine.

Happy Hunting!

Same deal with the gramophone as the radio. It needs files in places of its own and won't access your music library. Makes it very limited. I just use Spotify or Clementine and get the benefit of my entire music library at will instead of what pitifully limited resources the gramophone has access to.

OF course, on a real sub they would have even less resources.

aanker · 03-23-17, 11:14 AM

My patrols only last about 3 months, and there is only so much time for entertainment material needed in 3 months.... I also swap out material in the gramophone folder between patrols if I want.

To each his own. Like you, I was just offering another alternative to the buggy SH4 radio.

Happy Hunting!

spccolts · 03-24-17, 09:00 AM

How do you use the gramophone. Do you add to the folder or do you need to create a new folder?

aanker · 03-24-17, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by spccolts

How do you use the gramophone. Do you add to the folder or do you need to create a new folder?

It is in \Data\Sound\Gramophone\ In this folder you can add your *.mp3, *wav files etc.

In-Game on your HUD menu on one of the tabs you will find the icon to turn the gramophone on.

Happy Hunting!

03-22-17, 11:30 AM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Radio stations for SH4 are really strange. They don't allow you to hook into your existing music library or grab from online. You must duplicate the songs you want to hear into a special wasted space directory. Yuk. Not workable. Much better to run Spotify or another music player in the background. I use Clementine, which I can control with my cell phone while I play SH4. MUCH better than anything possible within the game. I've completely junked the SH4 radio and now it holds charts down in rough seas. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

03-22-17, 01:45 PM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,130 Downloads: 452 Uploads: 4	For me, the radio is like the deck gun... excess weight that needs to be jettisoned... 'Course, ya never know when you might need one of the tubes for the sonar station... hmmmmm.... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

03-22-17, 06:05 PM	#3
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	Use the Gramophone. I have music (of course), old period radio shows etc in mine. Happy Hunting! __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

03-23-17, 11:14 AM	#5
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	My patrols only last about 3 months, and there is only so much time for entertainment material needed in 3 months.... I also swap out material in the gramophone folder between patrols if I want. To each his own. Like you, I was just offering another alternative to the buggy SH4 radio. Happy Hunting! __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

03-24-17, 09:00 AM	#6
spccolts Watch Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 19 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Gramophone How do you use the gramophone. Do you add to the folder or do you need to create a new folder?