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Zakk:

--- Quote from: SpamMe on February 19, 2004, 11:41:50 pm ---Hi, I've been using mamewah successfully as a winamp frontend (winamp running invisibly) for some time now, and have had no problems (other than the initial setup).

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Hmm, okay, I think I see what you're saying, so you could select the tunes first, then go into say mame, and have it run in the background, but there would be no way to control it or list the songs?  I think that would be perfectly acceptable.  Plus the lack of skip button is a plus, if you had been in an arcade and a tune came off the jukebox that you picked and some guy came along and hit the skip button cuz he hates it, well that's just not right! :)

 I'm interested in this solution, sounds fairly workable, and I'm not scared of a little installation work :)

SpamMe:
I had a lot of trouble setting this up initially, so feel free to second guess anything here :)

Required:[*]Clever.exe [Extra command line options for winamp]  http://winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=58602
[*]gen_play_remover.dll [Does a couple of important things: Removes songs from the playlist as they finish, and exits winamp when the playlist finishes.] Note, I'm using a version 1.21, havn't tried new version in this link: http://www.nunzioweb.com/daz/files/gen_play_remove_v1_4.zip (Many thanks to DrO for this one!)
[*]Winamp - I used v. 2.91 lite, but 5 may work also.
[*]Shortcut to winamp (don't remember why but it was necessary at the time for some reason)[/list]

Batch file, adjust paths as necessary

--- Quote ---@echo off
IF NOT EXIST "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.m3u" GOTO :1
del "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.m3u"
:1
if not "%2" == "quit" goto :2
TASKKILL /F /IM winamp.exe /T
goto :end
:2
if not "%2" == "playpause" goto :3
start /min C:/CLEveR.exe playpause
goto :end
:3
start /min C:/winamp.exe.lnk /add %1
:end
--- End quote ---


Winamp settings:[*]"Show winamp in" should be set to 'none' (as opposed to In Taskbar or In System Tray). Don't recall where this is exactly in the winamp prefs, but shouldn't be too hard to find.  
[*]Any other plugins you see fit. A lot of people have the scroll lock, numlock  caps lock leds set up via ipacs. There's a plugin that flashes your LEDS to the music without interfering with actual keystates: http://winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=108744[/list]

Playlist file remover winamp plugin settings:Check:
[*] "Enable played file removal from the playlist"
[*]"Remove files from playlist when pressing 'next' if winamp is playing a file" (not important unless you opt for a skip button over a pause button).
[*]"Close Winamp when the last file is removed"[/list]

MP3 stuff May not be necessary.
Without some sort of filelist, mamewah's going to rely on filenames for MP3 titles, and cover art has to be named identically to the mp3s.
I used a few apps to take care of this.
[*]MusicMatch jukebox for tagging and embedding cover art.
[*]Tag&Rename: Changed all mp3s to <artist> - <song>.mp3. Auto-magic tagging of files requires license or something, free to use to rename/move file based on mp3 tag though.: http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
[*]MP3 Image Tag Extractor: Extracts and resizes cover art images from mp3s. http://mp3imagetagextr.sourceforge.net/ [/list]
End result: All files and cover art in one folder in the following format:
<artist> - <song>.mp3
<artist> - <song>.jpg

Mamewah Emulator Settings:
[*]List Generation Settings
[*]Rom path C:/mymp3s or whatever
[*]Extension will be MP3
[*]Method: Rom Folder Only[/list]
[*]Executable settings
[*]Executable: C:/yourbatchfile.bat
[*]Send Rom Path: Yes
[*]Send Rom Extension: Yes
[*]Use Long Filenames: No
[*]Show DOS Box: No
[*]Extra Options #1: playpause
[*]Extra Options #2: quit[/list]
[*]Misc Settings
[*]Set artwork path to your cover art folder[/list][/list]

Zakk:
Whew!  That's a lot of reading! :)

Okay, I have to deliver /pick up a couple of cabinets this aft. If I get back through the blizzard, and if edgedamage doesn't try and kill me with a hatchet again while I'm there, I'm going to sit down with a couple of beers and work my way through this.  Or pass out trying :)

I'll keep everyone posted if this works!!

Zakk:
Alright!  So far I have it playing just fine in the background!! Spam's instructions are pretty good.  Noe I just have to fine tweak it to actually play the list, instead of just random play.  There was a quirk where the batch file would not load a shortcut file, so I had to direct it to the winamp executable itself, but after that it was easy sailing!  Now to follow directions a bit mroe closely and get all those plugins in there to see if I can properly manage the setlist.  Cheers SpamNe!!!

mr.Curmudgeon:
I'd like to do something like this, but i'd also like to have buttons on the CP as well (like Superdude mentioned).

Does anyone know where to get a set of membrane-based multimedia controls?
I'd like to integrate the softer membrane buttons into the control panel design, to avoid having giant multimedia control buttons, or sloppy keyboard keys.

Is there any exterior hardware controls for winamp available? Maybe a cd-rom front plate, with LCD or something that could be mounted in the coin-door area?

edit: A touchscreen version of this would be AWESOME on a cabinet/jukebox!  

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