Main > Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum
JUKECADE, A Jukebox designed for MAME cabinets (uses mame controls)
Jukecade:
Hi there
Sorry for the delay in reply. Net access is difficult for me at the moment.
Your Zaxxon skin looks a promising start. I cant wait to see the finished theme.
For ideas on your screen layout simply use the existing theme as a reference. Use paint.net, photoshop or any other art package that allows layers and build your skin over an existing one. This will make sure your elements are positioned correctly.
All background images must be 800x600. Album covers tend to be 300x300 bit they get slightly resized when loaded. I know Gif can be a problem but careful reduction in color from a jpg to 256 colors can look ok. Dont know why I actually went with Gifs in the first place ;D.
When creating new layouts i open an existing theme in Paint.net and add a layer on top of i and draw on the new layer. Being able to see the existing theme under makes it easier to line things up. Things like group icons, etc dont have to be a set size. As long as you state the size in the .ini file they will ok.
Thanks for your contribution and work
Jukecade:
--- Quote from: mamefreak2 on May 01, 2012, 11:19:51 am ---Hi,
I tried using the MAME skin but unfortunately couldn't get it to work. Not sure why this is as my other skins work just fine. Here is the jukecade log. Let me know what I'm doing wrong here. Thanks!
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Welcome to Jukecade...
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Checking for 'Press Start' font is installed
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Font is installed
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Reading User key definitions (\settings\keys.ini)
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Keys loaded
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Reading joystick definitions (\settings\keys.ini)
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - joystick loaded
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Reading Media Location Paths (\settings\media.ini)
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Media Location Paths set
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Reading Program Defaults (\settings\jukecade.ini)
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Defaults loaded
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Attract videos found 11
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Loading Main skin C:\JukeCade\Jukecade\skins\MAME\mainbkg.gif
01/05/2012 11:14:26 AM - Problem loading skin \settings\skin.ini -(C:\JukeCade\Jukecade\skins\MAME\mainbkg.gif)
01/05/2012 11:14:28 AM - Program stopped - Error detected
01/05/2012 11:14:28 AM - Exiting Jukecade...
--- End quote ---
Hi
Sorry for the delay in replying....
Try these:
1) Probably not the problem: Try opening the mainbkg.gif in an art package to make sure the file has not become corrupt.
2) More than likely the problem: Check your path as something seems a little wrong. Is Jukecade actually stored in C:\Jukecade or C:\Jukecade\Jukecade ? Make sure the MAME skin is actually stored in the correct folder. Is it in the same folder as the rest?
3) Vertical Jukecade with MAME skin - try changing vmainbkg.gif in to mainbkg.gif
Hope this sorts your problem
Jukecade:
--- Quote from: bernillo on April 28, 2012, 05:28:35 am ---hello everybody.
i would like to test your fantastic juke on my cab.
i'm using winxp on a naomi cab, so resolution should be 640x480 to work.
jukecade start probably with other resolution and screen is impossible to see.
my question is if it's possible to change jukecade resolution
thanx
--- End quote ---
Hi there
Sorry for the delay in answering your question:
"i would like to test your fantastic juke on my cab.
i'm using winxp on a naomi cab, so resolution should be 640x480 to work.
"
At the moment Jukecade only works with the resolution of 800x600. I hope to release a 640x480 version sometime in the future as its seems to be the default resolution on Arcade Monitors, My cab uses a large PC LCD so 800x600 was ideal for me.
Watch this space or my website for announcements.
Regards
dph84:
Would it be possible to make the splash screen on startup look a little bit simpler, to fit in better with the rest of my mame frontend? Maybe just a simple text box?
I see the need for the startup screen, but the exit screen is kinda annoying and doesn't really need to be there. Would it be hard to simply remove it?
Thanks very much
mamefreak2:
Hey Jukecade,
I'm using your software in my cabinet... works great and folks absolutely love it. Thanks.
I have now got a new home computer and have decided to load it up on this one too. Unfortunately, I'm running into some issues and your help page is no longer posted over at MameAddicts so I'm kinda stuck.
When I load Jukecade up everything seems off center and the resolution is clearly off. I'm using an older monitor and my resolution is 1680x1050. I've tried messing with the resolution settings on my computer but it hasn't changed anything. I went into the settings Notepad and tried the option of putting 'N' under allowing Jukecade to change resolutions... did not work. It popped up in a small window in the corner of my monitor.
Any suggestions here? I'd love to get it running on my home computer. Thanks.
Also... is Mameaddicts going to be re-posting your pages? Hope so because it was nice having the guide there. If they aren't, my suggestion would be to include those pages as a PDF in future releases.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version