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Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: DaOld Man on April 09, 2013, 07:53:28 pm
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Ok, Im looking for the perfect jukebox frontend.
I want it to automatically rip any inserted cd, or better yet, pop up a box giving me the choice to either rip it or just play it.
I would also like for it to play DVDs when one is inserted.
I want it to automatically download album art from the www.
On my last build, I used XLobby. I like the way it looks, but I never could get it to rip the cd's or play dvds.
Messed with it till my hair turned gray (LIE ALERT!). Wound up having to switchback and forth to Windows just to do the cd ripping and the dvd playing, and that sucks.
Oh yeah, it has to be touchscreen ready also.
Karaoke ability would be a plus.
Any suggestions???
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my favorite software is touchjams , it does have karaoke radio and videos , you can add album art to any cd , not sure about cd ripping though
great juke program though
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The two I have settled working with is touchjams and etouch. Etouch is a much more polished product at this point but can be a pain to get some of the artwork to show up correctly. Touchjams shows artwork no problem but doesn't look as pretty, but if egosbar gets his way, it will look much better pretty soon. He is kind of leading the charge with this project so hopefully it works out.
He also talks to the creator of the software every now and then, wonder if cd ripping is a feature he could get the guy to implement?
Peja
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the creator bob is welcome to new ideas and suggestions , he can be contacted by email on the touchjams website and he will definitely contact you , really nice bloke and always helpful
im very interested now in making the interface a lot better , using photoshop to create very nice buttons etc
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I'm going to watch this one closely, you know this is going to turn into something special and a Jukebox is on my long list of things to do.
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I think it might be a mistake to try and find something that will do all of that.
The reason is, managing your library is a different beast from displaying an easy to use touchfriendly front end. They really are very different use cases.
Id concentrate instead on finding a front end that does touchscreen right for you, and then find a library manager to handle things like ripping, tagging, assigning album art, etc.
For the management functions, I really like JRiver media center, but many people recommend Media Monkey.
For the front end, I've been very happy with AlbumPlayer, but it doesn't do karaoke. It does have a plug in to display lyrics that works nicely though.