Wall Mount Jukebox PICTURES

[deano7]

I have an old puter that I just developed aspirations to make it into a wall-mount jukebox.  I plan on using etouch and setting the system up this week.  Now I just need to develop plans for the jukebox that takes into account things like fan location, mounting of the touchscreen, etc.  So here are a few questions I have...

1. What is the most economical/best 19" touchscreen.
2. Does anyone have any pictures of their wall mount juke that i can see in order to develop my juke?
3. Any advice or things to be aware of when I set out on this journey?

Thanks guys and happy holidays!!!
Dean

[diazsinger]

I'll keep an eye on this thread, I myself down the road have a desire to build a jukebox.

I've seen the touchscreen overlays on deal extreme but the biggest they get is 13"  I'm sure someone out there makes an overlay for a 19" monitor.
Good luck!

[Karpro]

Do you plan on doing an in-wall or on-wall?  If it is in wall be careful about screen size to make sure it will fit between the stud openings in the wall.

[deano7]

Thanks for the warning!  I am actually looking to do an on the wall unit.  I want it to be mobile - fun at parties.  I'd also like to integrate a webcam and allow for a photobooth function.  Anyone know of any good photobooth software for PC's?

[jukingeo]

I have an old puter that I just developed aspirations to make it into a wall-mount jukebox.  I plan on using etouch and setting the system up this week.  Now I just need to develop plans for the jukebox that takes into account things like fan location, mounting of the touchscreen, etc.  So here are a few questions I have...

1. What is the most economical/best 19" touchscreen.
2. Does anyone have any pictures of their wall mount juke that i can see in order to develop my juke?
3. Any advice or things to be aware of when I set out on this journey?

Thanks guys and happy holidays!!!
Dean

Take a trip on over to the DOS/Wincab thread.  Dos & Wincab were old names for DWjukebox.  This is probably one of the best non-commercial coin-op style jukeboxes out there for a computer.  It features customizable skins and it is meant to work with existing Mame cabinets.  You don't need a Mame cabinet though, you can use it stand-alone.   It works in most formats except for the Mac.   It runs natively in Dos, Windows98 and Windows XP  (Dos & XP support the touch screen).  However, I managed to get it working in Linux via Wine, but you do need POWER to go this route.  But any modern multi-core machine will do fine.  If your machine is power shy (or old...like say a Pentium III) then you are best off running DW Jukebox via DOS or Windows98.

Up to now I have run the program in all the formats mentioned except DOS.  However, I do have a DOS candidate machine that is ready to go.  It is just that I have too many projects on my plate right now, but I will look into it more after the holidays.

Here is the website in case you are interested:

www.dwjukebox.com

Geo

[deano7]

Thanks Geo,  I started messing around with Etouch this weekend and it seems REALLY cool.  The only thing is I am not sure how to make it full screen and there are several other things I haven't figured out yet.  I am going to try and organize my MP3 collection, but it may take some time because many of the songs aren't labelled correctly.  Does anyone know of any tools to help manage a digital music collection.  I guess I can just import them into Itunes, etc. 

By the way, that got me to thinking.  Some of my songs that I bought through itunes don't even work in windows media player.  So much for doing the right thing and actually paying for music.  is there a way to play MP4's through a jukebox?

[orion]

I find that Media Monkey does the best job at organizing and tagging your MP3's http://www.mediamonkey.com/download/

As far as itunes, Winamp should play MP4s, though you might have to change some settings. As far as the old DRM protected stuff that itunes used to sell, there was a plugin that used to work for winamp, but I'm not sure if it works now. I used to always get around that DRM stuff by burning my itunes purchases to CD then I would re rip them as MP3s. I would imagine that most players could support the non protected DRM's now. For the DRM stuff I would imagine your probably going to have to burn them to CD and then re rip them to get them to play in anything other than itunes. Xlobby uses winamp to play music, should you find that this old plugin still works to play the DRM protected songs.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157475

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=23495946f565978f881899ec5f7356c7&threadid=178703&perpage=40&highlight=&pagenumber=2

[deano7]

thanks for the info Orion, I will try media monkey.  Sort of off topic, but what is your picture of the boat in space from?  It looks familiar...

[bkenobi]

FWIW, MediaMonkey can use some WinAmp plugins.  It's possible that it can use the DMR itunes plugin that orion posted.  MM has a really good forum where they answer questions very quickly.  If a search doesn't find the answer about DMR, post a question and someone will provide the answer or point you to the right thread.

[shardian]

ummm....your title is a little misleading don't you think?

[orion]

thanks for the info Orion, I will try media monkey.  Sort of off topic, but what is your picture of the boat in space from?  It looks familiar...

Yes media monkey is great, and seems to give you the most options for tagging MP3's including my favorite feature, embedding album art into the MP3 itself. The ship is the Yamato A.K.A "Argo"   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato

http://www.starblazers.com/home.php

http://www.shipschematics.net/yamato/

[kjbalto]

Mine is the mameroom kit with a 15" touchscreen that I put into it, instead of their plans.  I'm able to take it on and off my wall easily because I have it sitting on L brackets and I put latches up top so I can easily remove it from the wall.  Give me your email and I'll show you pics.  I used Tag & Rename to tag my mp3's and i'm using SK Jukebox.