Hello,

 

I have had a problem with the Independence FM radio station in GTA IV for a long time. It has never worked, ever, on 2 different computers, with multiple installations of the game. I am pretty sure I did everything correctly, put non DRM MP3's into the User Music folder, and did a complete scan, but all that ever happens is commercials play indefinitely. I also tried everything from this thread - '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>, it still does not work.

 

Please Help!

 

Thanks,

Senatov

 

Edited June 21, 201312 yr by Senatov

Go into audio and change the option to sequential or shuffle. That usually works.

Go into audio and change the option to sequential or shuffle. That usually works.

 

Didn't work.

When you do a complete scan, does it pick up the MP3 files?

 

If not, try putting some different MP3 files in and see if they work. I've got 202 MP3 files in the user-music folder and experience no issues at-all.

From my research, this is a common issue but nobody can figure out how to fix it. It does identify the files and the scan flashes on the screen for a quick second, but in the game, the radio is all commercials and no music no matter what setting it's on.

If the scan flashes on the screen for a quick second and you never saw it for more than a few seconds, then it didn't identify the files. With a full scan, it will take 1-3 seconds per song. Try having the songs in a different folder and creating shortcuts to each in the User Music folder.

If the scan flashes on the screen for a quick second and you never saw it for more than a few seconds, then it didn't identify the files. With a full scan, it will take 1-3 seconds per song. Try having the songs in a different folder and creating shortcuts to each in the User Music folder.

 

I did that, it says "Scanning" or "Loading" and then "0/1" for a second (I only put one song in to test it out. I did the shortcut thing, but the same problem happened.

Is your IV a legit copy?

Is your IV a legit copy?

 

Yes.

I've really tried everything. Can someone who has it working please explain exactly how they did it? This is really frustrating.

I still have been unable to fix the problem. Can someone who has it working please explain exactly how they did it? This is really frustrating.

Edited July 12, 201312 yr by Senatov

I had the same problem but for the life of me I can't recall how I fixed it. If I remember I'll be sure to tell you. 

 

Edit: I think the length of the file names had something to do with it. I think that when I shortened the filename it worked.

Edited July 12, 201312 yr by Bojan

Mine works fine.  I'll switch it between music and dispatch audio, depending on my mood.  Anyhow, I just placed the MP3 files in C:....DocumentsRockstar GamesGTA IVUser Music and then, in game, go to audio tab, and select sequential or random and then hit the scan button.  That's it, nothing more than that.

 

Good luck,

 

DrDetroit

I finally got it working by shortening the names to 1 character and adding a TON of music. When I press complete scan, it takes longer to sort through the songs.