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AMI Disco 200 Jukebox Project

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Kevin Mullins:
Note: The only real reason I'm concerned with numbering sequence and the ability to visually "see" the list and how it's actually numbered in relationship to the real jukebox is so that when I go to makle up the real songs strips..... I know which song goes where.

I've been playing with a 2 CD skin style like you suggested with the strip grid and it seems to be working out well, after I figured out the tag editing software again to get them to show up in the same album, etc. And it really only shorts me the very first two selections, "100" and "200", the rest should work great.
I'll take a pic of the actual juke strip panel and it may make more sense why I have so many numbering and sequence type questions.

Next question is:
Can you scroll up and down on each album list? Or read the data file list in some way?

I know you can "page" next or previous, but not sure about up and down.
(haven't look very hard for other options yet either)
I've made the grid large enough to hold 100 songs each..... but as you mentioned before they run off screen (vertically). The songs are there, just can't view them. So now the question goes back to when I get ready to make song strips for display in the juke..... I need to be able to see which song goes where. (or I'll just have to play each one once to see what it is  ;))

Kevin Mullins:
Very few updates at the moment..... trying my options before I jump to too many questions.

1. Still need to figure out a better way to display the two song lists. Seems even if I setup the grids to be from top to bottom of the page it still wouldn't be enough space to list 100 songs vertically.

Is there any way to "split" each half of the grid and have two lists per album?
Then there would only be 50 songs per vertical list x 2 for each album.

2. Has anyone try to run their jukebox "remotely" from another PC?
I already have the jukebox pc all networked for easy file swapping etc, so I figured I'd try this out as well.
I've been playing with Anyplace Control software and it seems to work pretty good....except while running the jukebox software. I don't seem to have any keyboard functionality while that program is running. It works fine for anything else though, including DOS prompt window, notepad, Internet stuff, etc.
http://www.anyplace-control.com/

3. Picked up one of those usb number pads like for a laptop and it seems to work good and I will be able to map any extra functions I may need without haveing to keep a full-size keyboard actually inside the jukebox. Might even make it accessible from the back of the machine for things such as volume control or to clear the currently playing song, etc.
http://www.mic-innovations.com/details.cfm?id=KP25B

More to come as time allows, still working on the hardware side of things as well. (the amplifier and crossover setup)

Chris:

--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on December 15, 2006, 02:06:24 am ---2. Has anyone try to run their jukebox "remotely" from another PC?
I already have the jukebox pc all networked for easy file swapping etc, so I figured I'd try this out as well.
I've been playing with Anyplace Control software and it seems to work pretty good....except while running the jukebox software. I don't seem to have any keyboard functionality while that program is running. It works fine for anything else though, including DOS prompt window, notepad, Internet stuff, etc.
http://www.anyplace-control.com/

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This is probably because I'm looking at the actual hardware via DirectX and Anyplace Control is probably looking at the Windows GDI message queue.  I'm willing to bed you'd have the same problem trying to control any DirectX game via keyboard with Anyplace Control.

Kevin Mullins:

--- Quote from: Chris on December 15, 2006, 09:33:05 am ---I'm willing to bet you'd have the same problem trying to control any DirectX game via keyboard with Anyplace Control.

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Hmmm.... haven't tried it on anything except for what is loaded with Windows98.
(this is a bare bones system)
I may have to load a game or two and see what happens then.

Their "support" department wasn't much help.

--- Quote ---I think that your DOS program has some protection. It disables input of Anyplace Control. Unfortunately we can't help you to solve this problem.
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I think I'd be more inclined to go on your advice on this one.   ;)

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