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Title: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on October 09, 2008, 07:14:54 pm: Well I've been lurking on these forums for quite sometime now and thought I'd post my newest project - I will try and answer questions as they come.

Info on the components:

ELO 15" ET1525L - $50 craigslist

25ft VGA and Serial Cable from monoprice.com - $15

D945GCLF Atom board w/ 1GB memory and 320GB HD - $180

Custom AmericanFrame.com frame - $36

Total I've spent approx; $300-350 roughly including the patch work materials.
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on October 09, 2008, 07:21:04 pm: Pics of the room it is being intalled in and the component closet.
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: javeryh on October 09, 2008, 07:34:37 pm: Very cool. Any ideas on what kid of software you are going to run?
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on October 09, 2008, 07:40:10 pm: Quote from: javeryh on October 09, 2008, 07:34:37 pm
Very cool. Any ideas on what kid of software you are going to run?

No, been reading up for hours now and have not made a decision. Any suggestions... I'm looking for a nice, clean, classy, professional GUI look with (obvious) touchscreen support.
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: javeryh on October 09, 2008, 07:59:20 pm: Quote from: jaysen on October 09, 2008, 07:40:10 pm
Quote from: javeryh on October 09, 2008, 07:34:37 pm
Very cool. Any ideas on what kid of software you are going to run?

No, been reading up for hours now and have not made a decision. Any suggestions... I'm looking for a nice, clean, classy, professional GUI look with (obvious) touchscreen support.

Same here! I'm undecided on my project too. Freebox looks nice and so does Xlobby. I also stumbled across Album Player today which looks pretty clean as well.
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: leapinlew on October 09, 2008, 11:54:56 pm: I've built several jukeboxes. I've been very happy with Freebox.
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: walls83 on October 10, 2008, 11:35:44 am: looks good.

Try 4AM Jukebox. Its free and very easy to set up. Thats what I use for my touch screen juke.
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on October 10, 2008, 02:32:48 pm: Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, I will look into them !

Just placed my order for AmericanFame.com - Hopefully it will get here by next week !
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on October 16, 2008, 07:55:43 pm: I've come to a fork in the road. See my problem here; http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85694.msg899018#msg899018 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85694.msg899018#msg899018)

Also, I've just ordered my frame from americanframe.com and not worried that my screen is recessed too much into the wall. UGHH...
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on November 06, 2008, 01:51:42 pm: UPDATE:

Sorry for the lack of updates been busy with work... Here is the semi-final product. I had some minor issues with the frame - I ordered the wrong size, which also set me back. I had to trim the metal chassis of the LCD so the new frame would fit perfect. I ended up purchasing some matting board to give it a cleaner look.

The double sided sticky take worked out real well... I am looking for ideas to paint the room - I would like to do a two-tone where the 1/3 (lower half) one color and the other 2/3 (upper) another...
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: DaOld Man on November 06, 2008, 02:36:25 pm: Looks good!
What juke software is that?
Title: Re: jaysen's In-wall Jukebox project.
Post by: jaysen on November 06, 2008, 02:53:34 pm: The pic shows Album Player. Although I like all the features and convenience of search/queue'ing/etc... I'm not too fond of the GUI. But overall a great player.