New guy here with a new project announcement, a jukebox inspired by SK Jukebox. I know what you're thinking, another jukebox. Aren't there already about a bazillion of those? Hopefully I can convince you that this one stands out somewhat.
I love SK Jukebox. I use it at home in my game room. However, it wasn't as touchscreen friendly as I would like, and I thought it would be nice if it had an integrated album art downloader and CD ripper. Since Salmon King abandoned the project and didn't make the source code available, I decided to roll up my sleeves and make my own.
The project is called SKG Jukebox, both in homage to Salmon King and because it is a god abbreviation for skepticalgeek. It will have the same look and feel as SK Jukebox, but with the following differences
1) This will be an open source project, written in Qt so it will run on all major platforms, Windows Linux and Mac.
2) It will be netbook friendly. The configuration will include a netbook mode that displays 2 albums at a time instead of 4.
3) It will be touchscreen friendly. There will be keyboard shortcuts but they will not be essential. Anything you need to do you will be able to do with a mouse click or touch. This is the major design goal of the project.
4) There will be an integrated album art downloader, which will download missing album art from sources such as Google and Yahoo image search.
5) There will be an integrated CD ripper, using the LAME libraries to rip to mp3. Other formats may be supported, if I can find the appropriate libraries.
The project is at the pre-alpha phase now. It queues tracks and plays them, I will be posting updates and new screenshots as I progress. I don't have a website yet but when I am closer to release I will and will post it here. What I need from the members of this forum is the following:
1) I have decided not to include all 4,000 configurations options that Salmon King included in his program. Any configuration options or feature requests you would like included, please leave a message here and I will see what I can do.
2) I need a splash screen. I have no artistic skills whatsoever. None. Nada. Zilch. Didley freaking squat. If some one could help me out with a splash screen I could display while the program was initializing, or point me to someone who can, I would appreciate it. The splash screen should contain the name of the program, SKG Jukebox, my handle skepticalgeek, a tribute to Salmon King and SK Jukebox, and credit for yourself as the artist, if you like.
In the meantime, here are some screenshots to whet your appetite.