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Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: shredso on June 04, 2008, 09:20:53 pm

Title: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: shredso on June 04, 2008, 09:20:53 pm

I just bought a 15" touchscreen off ebay and I plan on making a jukebox.  Because of the touchscreen I suppose it would be pretty cool to have some of the crappy bar games, are those emulated in MAME?  I have an old AMD 800mhz I was hoping to use, will it be good enough?  I haven't researched the software too much, I just want the most idiot proof one out there that hopefully uses and looks like the one at bars.

Ed.

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: Barry Barcrest on June 05, 2008, 08:19:02 am

Midway's Touchmaster 7000 is emulated in the latest mame and that will be your best bet. As for jukebox software there is a big list stickied here and also a list in the wiki. You will probably be best trying all the touchscreen compatible ones and see what you like.

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: gonzo90017 on June 05, 2008, 12:47:01 pm

I use WinCab and SkJukebox on a 400mhz Celeron 256mb. They both run great.

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: unclet on June 09, 2008, 03:22:52 pm

If you want to run music videos on it then you might need a faster computer I guess

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: Barry Barcrest on June 10, 2008, 06:48:15 am

I have run music videos on a second monitor using freebox on my PIII 700mhz 128mb ram panel PC running XP Pro. Anything lower than that i couldn't say, although i know music plays fine on a PII 400mhz. However i would asume the specs for running mame and Touchmaster might be higher.

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: tk375 on August 06, 2008, 03:45:34 pm

if you are going to run videos on your jukebox, I would recommend any computer with 2.0Ghz processor or highter specs, and at least 512MB of RAM and a videocard of at least 252MB of video. I have a P4 1.7 and can run emulators just fine including a Jukebox program (party jukebox) I will be upgrading to virtualmusicjukebox eventually just because videos dont run as well as I would like them to run. if you are not going to run videos then almost any computer that supports XP would do the job.

TK375

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: Barry Barcrest on August 06, 2008, 06:31:24 pm

Quote from: tk375 on August 06, 2008, 03:45:34 pm

if you are going to run videos on your jukebox, I would recommend any computer with 2.0Ghz processor or highter specs, and at least 512MB of RAM and a videocard of at least 252MB of video. I have a P4 1.7 and can run emulators just fine including a Jukebox program (party jukebox) I will be upgrading to virtualmusicjukebox eventually just because videos dont run as well as I would like them to run. if you are not going to run videos then almost any computer that supports XP would do the job.

TK375

Those specs are way to high for minimum specs  ::)

Title: Re: How good of a PC do I need for a Jukebox?
Post by: SirPeale on August 09, 2008, 08:49:59 am

Quote from: Barry Barcrest on August 06, 2008, 06:31:24 pm

Quote from: tk375 on August 06, 2008, 03:45:34 pm

if you are going to run videos on your jukebox, I would recommend any computer with 2.0Ghz processor or highter specs, and at least 512MB of RAM and a videocard of at least 252MB of video. I have a P4 1.7 and can run emulators just fine including a Jukebox program (party jukebox) I will be upgrading to virtualmusicjukebox eventually just because videos dont run as well as I would like them to run. if you are not going to run videos then almost any computer that supports XP would do the job.

TK375

Those specs are way to high for minimum specs  ::)

Agreed.  I'm running video on a PIII with 128 M RAM.