David_AVD Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 OK, the video jukebox software needs a name. I was going to use Vjuke or Multijuke but they seem to be taken! Any suggestions? Here's where the project is at so far: GUI - very rough (just for testing) Audio playback - mp3 supported Video playback - mpg supported Cover art - folder & default supported Sorting - by Artist:Album:Title or Title:Artist Attract mode - play random track after xx seconds of inactivity Definable media directories Automatically removes obvious duplicates Play delay - leave xx seconds between queued songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oswald69 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 How about Marmajuke :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamC Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Any screen shots, David ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose74 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I reckon any name without "juke" in it. More modern words like "media", eg MediaBox, MediaCab, MediaSlut, BaseBox, BoomBox, MooseBox! Go Moosey!:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 i-box :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelicious Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 ausJuke ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Any screen shots, David ? It's just a few list boxes, buttons and a video window scattered about on a form at present. I like to get the basic idea stable first and then make it look nice. I'm a bit stuck on this one as it needs to look good as well as be functional. As for the name, how about Jukorama ! edit: Or J-Pod ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose74 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Dude, Call it David's sound box for now, there is a lot of interest in trying your beta, we know its just beta so anything will rock. Moosey rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan555 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 What about ekujbox ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 As endorsed by Yoda eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 j-pod is nice :) i like. tho check other projects probably have it already. Also put it up on sourceforge so others can help etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 j-pod is nice :) i like. tho check other projects probably have it already. Also put it up on sourceforge so others can help etc ? I checked for J-Pod and couldn't see any related items with the same name. As for sourceforge, I never release any of my software as open source. Maybe I just don't play well with others! :badgrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 It's just a few list boxes, buttons and a video window scattered about on a form at present. I like to get the basic idea stable first and then make it look nice. I'm a bit stuck on this one as it needs to look good as well as be functional. As for the name, how about Jukorama ! edit: Or J-Pod ? I hope your not going to make another Jukebox that uses listbox, buttons and form controls for the GUI. It would be nice to see someone use a decent graphics API like Direct3d, DirectDraw or even GDI+ would look better than form controls. BTW Have you checked out the other Jukebox software available? There are a few active Juke developers you can talk to on the BYOAC forums. We have just designed a plugin system for Juke's called JPS (Jukebox Plugin System). You might want to incorporate that into your design. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=5.0 BTW What language are you coding this in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 As I said, I haven't settled on anything of the GIU yet. Functionality comes first with me. Who knows what it will end up looking like. Thanks for the link to the Arcade Controls forum. I'll check it out. I have checked out a few other jukeboxes but most of them sucked (to me) in one way or another. Some had some serious flaws, but it could be that I just never found the good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Now added an internal recently played file list that ensures attract mode doesn't play the same file within xx (20..100) tracks. Also added logging of any errors (missing file, bad file, etc) to a text file. I'm open to suggestions on what type of interface people would like. I thinking along the lines of WinCab but my art skills are not all that crash hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted January 14, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 14, 2008 Eeek please not Wincab but then I'm biased towards skjuke ;) Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acejas Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 im with brad. I like mine looking like it isnt a computer program (ie no forms or window controls) Interface like SJK or even freebox. Give me a yell if you need any help with artwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Have to agree. I like SK jukebox because it does not look computer based.... Everyone who see's my setup cannot believe it's run off a computer, even though its a 15" LCD flat screen sitting on a shelf and a keyboard alongside.... Happy to Beta test when you're ready..:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted January 15, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 15, 2008 You know I've seen a resurgence in the popularity of wincab so thought I'd give it another shot. 3 hours later it's still trying to update it's music database. The exact same problem it had years ago. Why is it most other jukebox programs can generate a music library in a few minutes but wincab shits itself everytime?? anyway back on track, for singles mode the look of wincab classic is fine. Same look as Arcadejukebox but for Album mode I'd be looking for an skjukebox look. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 I'm sure tried Wincab with about 3000 files and it had no issues. :unsure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Just tried skjukebox (after much looking to find it - dead project) and it seems only to do album mode. That seems a bit limiting to me. I do like the flipping pages though. Singles mode would be almost essential for video I'd think. So maybe I need to look at two different looking modes; singles and albums. Can we assume anyone wanting video playback will have a second screen? I guess I can make it play the video in the cover art window if there's no second screen specified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 You know I've seen a resurgence in the popularity of wincab so thought I'd give it another shot. 3 hours later it's still trying to update it's music database. The exact same problem it had years ago. Why is it most other jukebox programs can generate a music library in a few minutes but wincab shits itself everytime?? anyway back on track, for singles mode the look of wincab classic is fine. Same look as Arcadejukebox but for Album mode I'd be looking for an skjukebox look. Brad I assume "WinCab" is dwjukebox (doswindows jukebox)... if so I use it , and it only takes that long to build the song list for the first time. When it restarts, it checks for the existance of all of the songs in the directories you've specified which (for my 3000-odd) collection takes about 10 seconds. You can turn that option off to refresh the track lists, but it exists so that you can specify a directory as a flash drive, network drive, removable drive etc... that way if its plugged in when you start your jukebox the songs are on the list, else they're not... If you turn the option off obviously starting is faster but you'll potentially have songs on the list that arent actually accessible to the computer. The one thing I have noticed though is that it does occassionally shit itself... it happened to me with some mp3s which ridiculously long song names, I'm not sure if it was due to special characters in the ID3 tag, the filename itself, or just that the name was too long but with a bit of tinkering I figured out what upset it and I dont have any problems anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted January 15, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 15, 2008 Yes thats what I was suggesting dave. You can select Album or Singles mode. Now that would be awesome AND please anyone I reckon. As for dwjukebox yes it hasn't shit itself it's still running after almost 5 hours. Lame lame lame Like I said all the others take a few minutes. I would have thought his sorting method would have been changed since I last tried it and I last tried it about 4-5 years ago. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 My first sort took nowhere near that... there's something wrong. I'd suggest narrowing down the directories for it to search, letting it build an initial database then adding directorys to build it up... OR, find the database file, delete it and start again... Its definately not normal to take hours even the first time (maybe 5-10 minutes for me?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted January 15, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 15, 2008 Weird co-incidence then. Same issue with different music, different machine. It was a problem for a mate of mine too and I remember it was the biggest problem for a long time years ago with LOTS of people. I wonder if theres an option somewhere to change. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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