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Software Support => DOS/WinCab => Topic started by: ebateman21 on August 25, 2006, 05:06:09 pm

Title: New WinCab Jukebox Skin -- MetalBox
Post by: ebateman21 on August 25, 2006, 05:06:09 pm

I tried a CD skin -- 3 across with 18 songs displayed. I made it out of metal this time; fortunately, I have a drill press for making precision bolt holes. Careful -- the edges might be sharp!


metalbox.zip
 (http://web.newsguy.com/ebateman21/wincab/metalbox.zip)

(http://web.newsguy.com/ebateman21/wincab/metalbox_screenshot.jpg)

ebateman21

Title: Re: New WinCab Jukebox Skin -- MetalBox
Post by: Chris on August 25, 2006, 05:58:50 pm

Oh, I like that one a lot!

Title: Re: New WinCab Jukebox Skin -- MetalBox
Post by: ebateman21 on August 25, 2006, 07:20:04 pm

Thanks. The hardest part was finding a set of matching screws   :).

BTW, I was wondering if these skins work alright with a touchscreen monitor. I make the buttons nice and fat with touchscreens in mind, but have no way to try them out. I've looked at a monitors on Ebay, but I don't want to spend $50 for shipping on a monitor that could be dead in less than a year.

ebateman21

Title: Re: New WinCab Jukebox Skin -- MetalBox
Post by: rumackay on September 21, 2006, 08:31:43 pm

I think this one is great! Nice work!

On a side note, I notice that you have managed to get the cd numbers to display without the leading zeros, which would make for less button presses when selecting cds/songs.

Now I HAVE been away from the forums for a while so if this has already been covered then I apologise and ask to be pointed in the right direction. If not, could you please share how you managed this?

Title: Re: New WinCab Jukebox Skin -- MetalBox
Post by: ebateman21 on September 21, 2006, 09:26:03 pm

Good question...I think it's because I set the DiscAddress to relative rather than absolute. Most CD skins use absolute, so that each CD has a unique number. I figure no one's going to select a track from a CD that's not visible on the screen anyway, so I went with relative.

Open question: What's the advantage of using DiscAddress=Absolute for CD-based skins, other than it more closely simulates a real CD jukebox?

# SelectionMethod: Alphanumeric,Numeric,SingleLetter,SingleNumber
SelectionMethod=Numeric
UseZero=True
HighNumber=9
HighLetter=Z
DiscAddress=Relative

ebateman21

Title: Re: New WinCab Jukebox Skin -- MetalBox
Post by: Chris on September 21, 2006, 11:50:44 pm

Quote from: ebateman21 on September 21, 2006, 09:26:03 pm

Open question: What's the advantage of using DiscAddress=Absolute for CD-based skins, other than it more closely simulates a real CD jukebox?

Just that and the ability to directly access any track.