Author Topic: Yet Another Jukebox Program (Read 244503 times)

digitaldj · « **Reply #560 on:** December 21, 2005, 06:21:00 pm »

When you add genres do you also have to add the location as to where the folders are in the setup screen.

Here's an example:

C:\My Music\Country
C:\My Music\Rock

Or if you have alread had it setup this way will it know the genres:

C:\My Music
Will it see the rest of the folders within this folder?

SalmonKing · « **Reply #561 on:** December 22, 2005, 12:51:48 am »

Quote from: Jukeman on December 21, 2005, 06:21:00 pm

When you add genres do you also have to add the location as to where the folders are in the setup screen.

Here's an example:

C:\My Music\Country
C:\My Music\Rock

Or if you have alread had it setup this way will it know the genres:

C:\My Music
Will it see the rest of the folders within this folder?

Yes, you just point it to the 'top level' folder, and tick the option to use 'First Part Of Directory Is Genre'. Then, when you add a new directory (like add C:\My Music\Pop), it'll be instantly available.

digitaldj · « **Reply #562 on:** December 22, 2005, 06:41:58 am »

Got it working, THANKS!
Jukeman

VGC · « **Reply #563 on:** December 23, 2005, 02:12:51 pm »

Can SKjukebox play WMA files..? I bought a new album (chas and daves greatest hits on EMI ) and the copy protection on the disc means I can only save the disk to my HDD as WMA files..? What a cheek eh..!
If not does anyone how to convert from WMA to MP3 so SKJ can play it as my MP3 software dont seem to want to know..

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #564 on:** December 23, 2005, 03:59:23 pm »

Quote from: VGC on December 23, 2005, 02:12:51 pm

Can SKjukebox play WMA files..? I bought a new album (chas and daves greatest hits on EMI ) and the copy protection on the disc means I can only save the disk to my HDD as WMA files..? What a cheek eh..!
If not does anyone how to convert from WMA to MP3 so SKJ can play it as my MP3 software dont seem to want to know..

Get http://www.tunebite.com for all your DRM protection issues.....

SalmonKing · « **Reply #565 on:** December 23, 2005, 05:07:43 pm »

Quote from: VGC on December 23, 2005, 02:12:51 pm

Can SKjukebox play WMA files..? I bought a new album (chas and daves greatest hits on EMI ) and the copy protection on the disc means I can only save the disk to my HDD as WMA files..? What a cheek eh..!
If not does anyone how to convert from WMA to MP3 so SKJ can play it as my MP3 software dont seem to want to know..

Yes, SKJB plays WMA files. As for protected files, I'm not so sure!

GoldnRd · « **Reply #566 on:** December 24, 2005, 09:37:08 am »

Quote from: VGC on December 23, 2005, 02:12:51 pm

Can SKjukebox play WMA files..? I bought a new album (chas and daves greatest hits on EMI ) and the copy protection on the disc means I can only save the disk to my HDD as WMA files..? What a cheek eh..!
If not does anyone how to convert from WMA to MP3 so SKJ can play it as my MP3 software dont seem to want to know..

All the copy protection schemes I know of can be bypassed by pressing shitf while putting the cd in the cd player. Have you tried that?

corrupt37 · « **Reply #567 on:** December 30, 2005, 12:13:44 pm »

I love the page turning sound but is there a way to keep the page turning sond on when not playing music but disable it when music is playing. This would also work well with the screensaver.
Thanks

clavman8 · « **Reply #568 on:** December 31, 2005, 01:24:58 pm »

Quote from: SalmonKing on December 20, 2005, 03:00:31 pm

Quote from: clavman8 on December 20, 2005, 02:15:21 pm
Installation worked great. I can run the program. I setup my mp3 folder in the "options" section and all works well. I can flip through all music and add tracks to playlist, etc. Everything seems to be working, BUT the program WIL NOT play my mp3's. The mp3 looks like it is loading in the bottom window and shows the track progress bar, however the song does not begin to play. Is their a "PLAY" button somewhere that I am missing? I can even skip forward in a song on the timeline, but it won't play. Am I missing a media player? My mp3's play just fine with mplayer and other programs.

eeeek.....there's an odd one! I know a problem like this came up right at the very start of SKJB, after I'd changed to the control I'm using now. Didn't realise it was a trial version, so after 30 days everyone's MP3's stopped playing!

Anyway, I don't think this is related to your problem....or maybe it is... I would assume if there was a DLL error, you'd get a crash when starting the program.

This is a long shot, but have you, by any chance, installed the demo version of this before :

http://www.multimediasoft.com/amp3dj/

This is the control I use to play the MP3 files, but if you have installed it before & never registered it, that may be where the problem is.

If you have, totally uninstall it then reinstall SKJB.

Sorry, but that's all I can think of!

SK.

Hi Salmon King!

I just wanted to report back on my earlier problem. I never did get the files to play using the M-Audio Soundcards....so i finished building my other mamecab computer, loaded SKJ on it and everything works fine using the built in Audio of the motherboard.

I have one issue...it's more of a program feature though. I use my mamecab for both "mame arcade" and "Jukebox". I have setup the operating system (winxp) to boot into a custom Welcome (logon) page that gives the user 2 options:

1. Play Mame Arcade (when selected, will load right into Mamewah frontend)
2. Play Jukebox (When selected will load right into SKJ)

Mamewah gives you the option on exit to Reboot, or run a program, etc.....I set it to simply run "C:\Windows\System32\Logoff.exe" which works perfect as it brings the user back to the Welcome Screen where they can choose an option again.

In SKJukebox, it would be great to have this option too...as it is now, SKJ will only allow me to turn off the computer. I don't know if it would be too difficult to implement a simple commanc line option on exit like mamewah?

I truley appreciate your efforts....you have built an incredible program.

Thanks,
Chris

digitaldj · « **Reply #569 on:** January 01, 2006, 09:32:55 pm »

SK,
I ran across a really odd problem the other day, your program has been working with no problems until i wanted to change the order of the playlist. I right clicked the playlist went to verbose que(not sure on spelling) and proceeded to move one of the songs up the list. This worked fine but then while playing the songs i kept getting an error screen saying error in one of the .dll files and asking to close down sk jukebox. After i cleared the play list and put some more songs back in even some of the same songs it played fine.
Jukeman

HMS · « **Reply #570 on:** January 02, 2006, 05:25:34 am »

Quote from: corrupt37 on December 30, 2005, 12:13:44 pm

I love the page turning sound but is there a way to keep the page turning sond on when not playing music but disable it when music is playing. This would also work well with the screensaver.
Thanks

Hi,
on the options page - sound settings are two options: disable when song playing. try this

greetings
h.

loungn14 · « **Reply #571 on:** January 04, 2006, 12:54:45 pm »

Best Jukebox Ever...

Anyone know of a way to shuffle between multiple genres? (and not all at once)

I.E Rock and Rap....leaving out country, Metal, etc...

Possible feature request?

Thanks....

By the way...you should post the donations page...I have had your jbox for a couple of months and just now found the link in there...

$$ on the way...

SalmonKing · « **Reply #572 on:** January 05, 2006, 05:42:41 pm »

Quote from: clavman8 on December 31, 2005, 01:24:58 pm

In SKJukebox, it would be great to have this option too...as it is now, SKJ will only allow me to turn off the computer. I don't know if it would be too difficult to implement a simple commanc line option on exit like mamewah?

Sure, I think someone else wanted this as well. What I'll do is replace the existing 'Shutdown on close' option with a multiple selection :

1) Shutdown
2) Reboot (don't think this would be required, but just in case!)
3) Logoff
4) Run program (which would let you select the application to run, and give you the option of passing any command line parameters)

SalmonKing · « **Reply #573 on:** January 05, 2006, 05:44:23 pm »

Quote from: loungn14 on January 04, 2006, 12:54:45 pm

Best Jukebox Ever...

Anyone know of a way to shuffle between multiple genres? (and not all at once)

I.E Rock and Rap....leaving out country, Metal, etc...

Possible feature request?

Thanks....

By the way...you should post the donations page...I have had your jbox for a couple of months and just now found the link in there...

$$ on the way...

So, you want to be able to select one or more genres? hmmm....that'd be a bit tricky, but I can add it to the WIP list.

Just a note for anyone interested, I'm almost finished with my holidays, and have yet to muster up the desire to work on SKJB.

Looks like I'll have a busy weekend........

JLR2000 · « **Reply #574 on:** January 06, 2006, 06:59:38 pm »

Don't kid yourself SK.....MANY are INTERESTED!

Hope your holidays were great and just wanted to extend my appreciation for your efforts - your program is the best around bar none!

Thanks again for all you have done and shared....

SalmonKing · « **Reply #575 on:** January 06, 2006, 10:11:55 pm »

Quote from: JLR2000 on January 06, 2006, 06:59:38 pm

Don't kid yourself SK.....MANY are INTERESTED!

Hope your holidays were great and just wanted to extend my appreciation for your efforts - your program is the best around bar none!

Thanks again for all you have done and shared....

I did get into some programming yesterday, this is what I managed :

06/01/2006 : Can now display hidden album art
Refreshing albums will no longer 'clear' the credit count
Saving options will no longer clear the credit count (only problem here is you could change the
maximum credits LESS than what's currently in the counter)
Added an option to display ' - ' between the track number & title
Added an option to set the program's focus to the full list, so you can then arrow up & down to get
to the track you want. This ONLY happens when you type in a matching track number (i.e. it doesn't
currently select the first song on the album when you type in the album number)

There's also the Equalizer that I really want to get out there. It's done & dusted, just waiting on a couple of other things before I put it out there.....It's been held back for WAY too long now!!!

I really want to get the touchscreen controls working nice, but if I can't do that in the next couple of days, I will release it as is.

SK.

BobA · « **Reply #576 on:** January 07, 2006, 01:22:24 pm »

Sounds GREAT! Hope you had a happy holiday. Looking forward to your up comming release.

BobA

JackTucky · « **Reply #577 on:** January 08, 2006, 11:37:56 pm »

Saturday night at a party, I had about 50 songs queued. Some dude says, play green day song NOW

. It was in the list, but about 25 songs down. Anyway we can make a song in the list next, without clearing the list?

Thanks again for a great program.

Art

DrewKaree · « **Reply #578 on:** January 09, 2006, 12:23:24 am »

A "move to top" option.

ChalkyWhite · « **Reply #579 on:** January 09, 2006, 02:21:58 am »

Maybe precede the Green Day choice with the keypress "I" for immediate, i.e. press "i", then choose album and then track, and the track plays immediately?

Perhaps options such as this need an admin code first before "i" is unlocked, in this way party goers cannot hijack everyone else's playlist by jumping the queue with their own choices all the time? I would say that the "c" for clear option would require the admin code first too.

Good suggestion from Jack. A real-life "party on" feature request!

SalmonKing · « **Reply #580 on:** January 09, 2006, 03:07:15 am »

Quote from: JackTucky on January 08, 2006, 11:37:56 pm

Saturday night at a party, I had about 50 songs queued. Some dude says, play green day song NOW . It was in the list, but about 25 songs down. Anyway we can make a song in the list next, without clearing the list?

Thanks again for a great program.

Art

You can do this by hitting L (by default). This is where you can manage the queue, moving songs up/down, remove one, or even use the Mix It Up button to shuffle the current queue.

VGC · « **Reply #581 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:34:40 pm »

I have a small problem installing SKjukebox..
It runs fine on my XP setup but i cant get it to run on a fresh install of win98SE..? The error message i get is:

COMPONENT 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' OR ONE OF ITS DEPENDENCIES NOT CORRECTLY REGISTARD: A FILE IS MISSING OR INVALID.

I dont really know how to solve this. Please help.
Thankyou

SalmonKing · « **Reply #582 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:46:12 pm »

Quote from: VGC on January 10, 2006, 02:34:40 pm

I have a small problem installing SKjukebox..
It runs fine on my XP setup but i cant get it to run on a fresh install of win98SE..? The error message i get is:

COMPONENT 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' OR ONE OF ITS DEPENDENCIES NOT CORRECTLY REGISTARD: A FILE IS MISSING OR INVALID.

I dont really know how to solve this. Please help.
Thankyou

The VB6 Runtimes from the site SHOULD install this file, but I have heard of this file not being installed for some reason. I you haven't installed them though, please do so. If you have, I have put the file on the site, so just download this file :

http://www.mameworld.net/skjukebox/install/MSCOMCTL.rar

Then extract it to your Windows\System directory. That should fix the problem, but let me know if you have any more problems.

VGC · « **Reply #583 on:** January 10, 2006, 03:10:31 pm »

Thank you very much Mr King, that solved my problem.

digitaldj · « **Reply #584 on:** January 11, 2006, 10:12:16 pm »

SK,
I ran across a really odd problem the other day, your program has been working with no problems until i wanted to change the order of the playlist. I right clicked the playlist went to verbose que(not sure on spelling) and proceeded to move one of the songs up the list. This worked fine but then while playing the songs i kept getting an error screen saying error in one of the .dll files and asking to close down sk jukebox. After i cleared the play list and put some more songs back in even some of the same songs it played fine.
Jukeman

SalmonKing · « **Reply #585 on:** January 11, 2006, 10:32:26 pm »

Quote from: Jukeman on January 11, 2006, 10:12:16 pm

SK,
I ran across a really odd problem the other day, your program has been working with no problems until i wanted to change the order of the playlist. I right clicked the playlist went to verbose que(not sure on spelling) and proceeded to move one of the songs up the list. This worked fine but then while playing the songs i kept getting an error screen saying error in one of the .dll files and asking to close down sk jukebox. After i cleared the play list and put some more songs back in even some of the same songs it played fine.
Jukeman

Did it give you the name of the DLL that was having problems, or any other information along with it? If it happens again, perhaps take a screen shot of it & send it to me.

And..... version 2.8.0 is FINALLY online! Check it out!

Dermbrian · « **Reply #586 on:** January 12, 2006, 07:47:12 am »

Quote from: SalmonKing on January 11, 2006, 10:32:26 pm

And..... version 2.8.0 is FINALLY online! Check it out!

Thanks! Having an equalizer is a great addition, since few of us use amps with any kind of tone controls. I don't.

But then seeing that it has tempo/speed/pitch controls was more than icing on the cake. Almost all of my mp3's are recordings of LP's, and their pitch is not perfect. I like to occassionally play along on the piano or guitar. Now I can.

Nice surprise to wake up to this morning.

Brian

SalmonKing · « **Reply #587 on:** January 12, 2006, 03:08:07 pm »

Quote from: Dermbrian on January 12, 2006, 07:47:12 am

But then seeing that it has tempo/speed/pitch controls was more than icing on the cake. Almost all of my mp3's are recordings of LP's, and their pitch is not perfect. I like to occassionally play along on the piano or guitar. Now I can.

hah......I basically only put them in as a 'toy', so I'm glad someone will get some use out of those settings!

digitaldj · « **Reply #588 on:** January 12, 2006, 05:08:25 pm »

SK,
Can't help you out at the moment on the .ddl file that caused the problem with rearanging the playlist. My motherboard which was old anyway and my hard drive took a crash so it's going to be a few days before i pick something else up.

I will let you know if i run across the problem again!
Jukeman

ChalkyWhite · « **Reply #589 on:** January 14, 2006, 10:06:47 am »

Hey SK,

Don't think that this issue is listed thus far, and it's not fixed in the latest 2.8.0 release.

After SKJ has been playing for probably half hour to an hour uninterrupted, the songs start jittering, similar to when you're using the scrollwheel on your mouse to browse around an internet page - that can cause the music to jitter to, but in this scenario it's fine because SKJ should really be allowed to operate on it's own.

If I restart the jittering track (by pressing F5 for example) the jittering continues, but if I restart SKJ it goes away and the same track plays fine.

I can't see evidence of a memory leak as I watched the Task Manager for about half an hour and the memory usage is pretty static.

Any ideas oh knowledgeable one?

Cheers, Chalky

JLR2000 · « **Reply #590 on:** January 14, 2006, 01:07:36 pm »

Quote from: ChalkyWhite on January 14, 2006, 10:06:47 am

Hey SK,

Don't think that this issue is listed thus far, and it's not fixed in the latest 2.8.0 release.

After SKJ has been playing for probably half hour to an hour uninterrupted, the songs start jittering, similar to when you're using the scrollwheel on your mouse to browse around an internet page - that can cause the music to jitter to, but in this scenario it's fine because SKJ should really be allowed to operate on it's own.

If I restart the jittering track (by pressing F5 for example) the jittering continues, but if I restart SKJ it goes away and the same track plays fine.

I can't see evidence of a memory leak as I watched the Task Manager for about half an hour and the memory usage is pretty static.

Any ideas oh knowledgeable one? Cheers, Chalky

Chalky -

It's probably helpful if you list your system specs and anything else that is running while you notice the issue. I personally have not experienced this on my PIII 400 running XP with 192mb memory. It's dedicated to Jukebox only, so I'm not running much (Antivirus, Girder, plus a couple other "little" helper apps).

Just my 2 cents.....

ChalkyWhite · « **Reply #591 on:** January 14, 2006, 01:16:20 pm »

Good call JLR,

I'm running an AMD Athlon 1700+, with 512Mb RAM, and XP Home SP2.

Running in the system tray are MSN Messenger, Grisoft Anti-Virus, Logitech QuickCam, Skype 2.0.

This is my main machine using to rip all the music, so that's going on using WMP10.

Hope this helps? Chalky

clonestar · « **Reply #592 on:** January 15, 2006, 05:16:12 pm »

I love the equaliser - thanks. Is there anyway for it to stay on with the same preset the next time I start the program?

SalmonKing · « **Reply #593 on:** January 15, 2006, 06:49:19 pm »

Quote from: clonestar on January 15, 2006, 05:16:12 pm

I love the equaliser - thanks. Is there anyway for it to stay on with the same preset the next time I start the program?

Yep, I made a note on the site just after I uploaded the latest version :

"Oh, something I meant to mention that I don't think is mentioned anywhere else. There is an option to restore your Equalizer settings in the General Settings section, if you want to use it."

davidb · « **Reply #594 on:** January 16, 2006, 05:42:47 pm »

SK, good to see your latest update. Just one thing, am I missing something or just too thick for the modern age? Yes, apparently!!! ~~I can't find an equalizer or any sound controls in the latest version.~~ I updated by downloading as instructed and unzipped all to the installed directory. Other mods that you mention are there ~~but no sound controls.......~~

Found it!!

JLR2000 · « **Reply #595 on:** January 17, 2006, 11:54:35 am »

Quote from: ChalkyWhite on January 14, 2006, 01:16:20 pm

Good call JLR,

I'm running an AMD Athlon 1700+, with 512Mb RAM, and XP Home SP2.

Running in the system tray are MSN Messenger, Grisoft Anti-Virus, Logitech QuickCam, Skype 2.0.

This is my main machine using to rip all the music, so that's going on using WMP10.

Hope this helps? Chalky

Is you music collection local or on the network? I'm not sure I can help here but I'm trying to flush out the questions so that maybe others can give some input.....

Qaz · « **Reply #596 on:** January 19, 2006, 02:29:10 am »

Hi SK,

Just wanted to comment on the EQ ... very nice addition!!, sound output is so much more robust as compared to before without EQ settings available. Also, thank you for the changes regarding the display of track titles and the fix on the credits.

Much appreciated.

However, the bad news is (which I'm sure you don't want to hear) is that the EAX problem hasn't gone away with the release of the new MP3 playing controls.

EAX still gets disabled and no sound output from SJ Jukebox after first song till it's restarted . I wonder if perhaps I'm the only one with this problem? Haven't seen any mention of it from the other users out there.

Anyhow, thanks for your hard work.

Qaz

digitaldj · « **Reply #597 on:** January 19, 2006, 06:58:59 am »

SK,

Does the player software you use have a read a head buffer for the mp3's? This would greatly reduce hard drive use. I don't know if any computer mp3 software does this or not but would be nice and besides the computer definately has enough memory.

Thanks,
Jukeman

SalmonKing · « **Reply #598 on:** January 19, 2006, 03:07:04 pm »

Quote from: Qaz on January 19, 2006, 02:29:10 am

Hi SK,

Just wanted to comment on the EQ ... very nice addition!!, sound output is so much more robust as compared to before without EQ settings available. Also, thank you for the changes regarding the display of track titles and the fix on the credits. Much appreciated.

However, the bad news is (which I'm sure you don't want to hear) is that the EAX problem hasn't gone away with the release of the new MP3 playing controls. EAX still gets disabled and no sound output from SJ Jukebox after first song till it's restarted . I wonder if perhaps I'm the only one with this problem? Haven't seen any mention of it from the other users out there.

Anyhow, thanks for your hard work.

Qaz

Glad you enjoyed the update! I have passed your problem on to the creators of the MP3 playing control, so hopefully they should be able to help. It certainly is a strange problem!

SalmonKing · « **Reply #599 on:** January 19, 2006, 03:39:58 pm »

Quote from: Jukeman on January 19, 2006, 06:58:59 am

SK,

Does the player software you use have a read a head buffer for the mp3's? This would greatly reduce hard drive use. I don't know if any computer mp3 software does this or not but would be nice and besides the computer definately has enough memory.

Thanks,
Jukeman

I'm pretty certain that the entire MP3 is loaded into memory when it starts playing...I haven't noticed any HDD activity while a song is playing. That's why on some older systems, there is a small delay between songs, as it's doing all the work at that point. I could be wrong on this, however! If I wanted, I can FORCE this, by loading the song into the MP3 control from memory already, but I don't think I need to. I would just be replicating what is already happening (i.e. loading the entire file from the HDD into memory, then playing that).

However, that's only the currently playing song, none of the other songs in the queue are looked at until they start playing (if that's what you meant). I could also load up the song into memory as you queue up the song, but I think that would cause slowdown at the worst possible spot : while a song is playing! At least how it is now, the only pause is in between songs.

I hope that covers what you were asking!


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