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| nipsmg:
I've decided to change my focus a bit on my touchtunes clone/touchscreen jukebox. I'm scrapping the requirements and design documents, and starting from scratch again. I need ideas. And if i'm able to implement this well enough, I will definitely release public versions: Here's the basic idea: I haven't seen what I consider to be a great implementation of a touchscreen jukebox. Here are my issues with the current touchscreen jukeboxes I've seen out there so far: Disclaimer: These are my opinions, after looking at a decent amount of software out there. Please don't take offense, or respond with "But jukebox software x does this", etc. * Mostly written in VB6 using windows controls. * "fullscreen" mode is usually a maximized windows form with no control box/titlebar. * Many do not utilize a database, making searching/sorting very slow * Many use basic vb6 list loading procedures (listitems.add), which is very slow for large lists * Little to no animation (since animating windows controls is not really fun/pretty) * Not "commercial" looking This lends itself to software that is "good enough for now"... until something better comes along. I want to write that something better. Here's my basic requirements for this software: REAL fullscreen jukebox (Using DirectX or GDI). No windows controls (except maybe for a separate configuraiton program, if that's the way I decide to go). NO NEED FOR KEYBOARD. Easy to use, clean, clear interface. Search by artist, title, song, etc. Display album art. Screen saver. What I'd like from people, if they wouldn't mind participating, is a list of features they'd like to see in a touchscreen jukebox. Please feel free to submit things that are already in existing programs that you really like, and new features you haven't seen. I'm trying to brainstorm here, submit ANYTHING, no matter how crazy or impossible you may think it is.. There are no bad ideas here.. Thanks again to anyone who would like to participate. :) --NipsMG |
| SirPoonga:
--- Quote ---Many do not utilize a database, making searching/sorting very slow --- End quote --- What are you thinking of using? MSDE? Jet/Access? Planning on making it like a game then? All event based with a program loop? IE if Stepmania was turned into a jukebox program (because essentially it is). I like TouchTunes except it doesn't show the song queue. I would implement a song queue where the computer randomly keeps 5 songs in the queue but the user song's take priority. That way something is always playing. IE a party mode with a request line. Should be easy, have two queues, one user, one computer. If user is empty then use computer's. But display on screen the order in which they are going to be played. |
| Barry Barcrest:
It's like playing Street Fighter.... Here Comes A New Challenger! ;) Good Luck and Have fun. |
| Chris:
--- Quote from: nipsmg on July 29, 2005, 12:28:41 pm ---Disclaimer: These are my opinions, after looking at a decent amount of software out there. Please don't take offense, or respond with "But jukebox software x does this", etc. --- End quote --- If your reason for writing this is that existing jukeboxes don't do this, why do you then not want to know if your assumptions are untrue (which they mostly are)? --Chris |
| damono:
Personally i'd like it to be a video jukebox too. And a very nice looking interface |
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