DOS MP3 Jukebox

[Newman25]

I posted this in the forums over at Arcadeathome.com but they don't have a specific category for jukeboxes so I thought I would post it here as well since this site now has one .

Not sure if this is the right forum for this or not but hopefully it is the best of all the choices.

I just finished up building my cabinet and it is up and working great. I am running Win98SE striaght into DOS with ArcadeOS.

I now want to add an MP3 jukebox but I would like to only use DOS. i have checked out JukeboxFX and Arcade Jukebox and they are great but in order to use them I would need to boot into Windows. I have it set to run this way now but I am unhappy with being left in windows after exiting the jukebox.

Is there a DOS MP3 Jukebox or a DOS MP3 player that can have keys mapped? Or does anyone have a better solution for exiting windows back to DOS after quiting the jukebox?

[Howard_Casto]

First off if you already have windows on the machine then maybe it's time to upgrade your setup.  Unless your machine is <300mhz or you have an arcade monitor there isn't any reason to stay in dos.  Secondly there's a reason dos media players are scarce.  Dos simply wasn't designed to handle the decoding of mp3 format.  It barely handles wav files.  This is due to the way dos handles memory allocation and process managment I believe. (Not a dos expert.)   There are a very few command-line based mp3 players, but try one and you'll realize just why you need windows. (Scratchy, distorted sound.)  

[Brad]

Here you go. Supposed to work a treat too  =)

http://www.damp-mp3.co.uk/

Brad

[Chris]

I have a simple DOS MP3 jukebox available... I haven't put up a full set of pages on it yet, but a download is available at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/celamantia/mamecab ; click on the PC and Software link and it's at the bottom of the page.