DWJukebox

[Jukebox Mike]

Hi All.

I saw on your forum that there may be some people still using/trying to use DWJukebox.

I have been running and modifying the software for years and have built several jukebox type MP3 players in that time. I would be interested in making contact with anyone who needs help/support. I have all of the origional program stuff including the downloads, sounds pack, some of the skin packs etc. should they be needed.

I have succesfully installed DWJ on Windows 7,  8.1, vista, XP. I have not yet been able to run ito n my win. 10 computer due to some as yet unresolved graphics problems.

Anyone got an interest in DWJ?

[pinnieroom]

I used to use DWJ on win xp. But found it had some bugs back then. 
I’ve since started using  fruitbox on raspberry Pi and also regular PC running Ubuntu. 
Fruitbox is mostly based on DWJ. It took a little bit of work to get it to work on a normal PC. But once it’s compiled it works pretty well.  

[Davefjedi]

Been a while but I used to love this software back in the day

 

[MASONMICHAELS]

Loved to use them in the past, sure has some bugs

Edited October 4, 2021 by MASONMICHAELS
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[Squirralien]

On 19/09/2021 at 7:18 PM, pinnieroom said:

I used to use DWJ on win xp. But found it had some bugs back then. 
I’ve since started using  fruitbox on raspberry Pi and also regular PC running Ubuntu. 
Fruitbox is mostly based on DWJ. It took a little bit of work to get it to work on a normal PC. But once it’s compiled it works pretty well.  

Hi Pinnieroom, I am curious if you have any instructions of any kind how you do this fruitbox on to PC, I have also been a fan of DW for many years and since found fruitbox and would like to do either a dual boot or a selection of some kind when booting and have both, one most likely DW as a 50's only and the other for a full selection of media.
Thanks

[Gregted]

Hey.. I just found dwjukebox on youtube and it will be perfect in my new man shed.

I was always going to build a jukebox and this program works great so far.

I have some questions though??

When I fire it up, the artist name does not appear so I assume I have the wrong format in my file name.

ATM I have for example [ Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton ] as a file name but the program just displays various artist as the artist.

Also I will be making a cabinet and I want buttons for selections. How do I connect buttons to my PC?

Any help appreciated...

Thanks

[JustAnotherRat]

9 hours ago, Gregted said:

Hey.. I just found dwjukebox on youtube and it will be perfect in my new man shed.

I was always going to build a jukebox and this program works great so far.

I have some questions though??

When I fire it up, the artist name does not appear so I assume I have the wrong format in my file name.

ATM I have for example [ Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton ] as a file name but the program just displays various artist as the artist.

Also I will be making a cabinet and I want buttons for selections. How do I connect buttons to my PC?

Any help appreciated...

Thanks

I don't use DW Jukebox but think I have your answers.

The song information that will display isn't the file name although some software might allow you to use this the most common thing is for it to pull Title, Artist and Album etc. from tags in the file. If you right click on the file and choose properties and then look at the Details tab, try setting the song title in there as well as the artist and see how you go.

As for buttons, there are a number of ways of doing this. You could buy an arcade controller such as an i-pac and wire in the buttons or you could hack a computer keyboard. Either way you essentially end up with a USB controller that you connect to a USB port and have the buttons assigned keyboard strokes.

[Gregted]

2 hours ago, JustAnotherRat said:

I don't use DW Jukebox but think I have your answers.

The song information that will display isn't the file name although some software might allow you to use this the most common thing is for it to pull Title, Artist and Album etc. from tags in the file. If you right click on the file and choose properties and then look at the Details tab, try setting the song title in there as well as the artist and see how you go.

As for buttons, there are a number of ways of doing this. You could buy an arcade controller such as an i-pac and wire in the buttons or you could hack a computer keyboard. Either way you essentially end up with a USB controller that you connect to a USB port and have the buttons assigned keyboard strokes.

Hey. Thanks for the reply. I just found a program called mp3tag that allows you to edit the details of the file and it works great now. Still some hiccups though as it doesn't play all songs. Some just won't play but will play with media player. So work to do but part of the fun, right?

Also, I found an old joystick and managed to assign the buttons to A, B, C, D and 1, 2, 3, 4 and select as select, so getting there.

Next will be building the cabinet.. Things to do...

Edited May 18, 2022 by Gregted
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[Davefjedi]

OK this old software was great in the day i used wincab for years 

I have made a few jukes back in the day with it 

yes use magic tag to tag your songs 

for a controller I have used one of these https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/354007322450?hash=item526c7b0f52:g:JNAAAOSwMJdiVuTn

but the one I used was wired no flashy wireless stuff back then 

[JustAnotherRat]

56 minutes ago, Gregted said:

Hey. Thanks for the reply. I just found a program called mp3tag that allows you to edit the details of the file and it works great now. Still some hiccups though as it doesn't play all songs. Some just won't play but will play with media player. So work to do but part of the fun, right?

Are the files not working mp3's or a different file format?

[JustAnotherRat]

I've used MP3Tag before, it's good.

Music Brainz Picard is another good option.

I even paid for Magic MP3 Tagger at one time so that I could do thousands of songs quickly.

 

[Gregted]

7 hours ago, Davefjedi said:

OK this old software was great in the day i used wincab for years 

I have made a few jukes back in the day with it 

yes use magic tag to tag your songs 

for a controller I have used one of these https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/354007322450?hash=item526c7b0f52:g:JNAAAOSwMJdiVuTn

but the one I used was wired no flashy wireless stuff back then 

Just bought one of those an hour ago. I've got a few old joysticks lying around so might have a play with one until it gets here. Might have to go with one of those wireless ones though. They look the goods.

7 hours ago, JustAnotherRat said:

Are the files not working mp3's or a different file format?

Some files seem to load up fine with artist info but some do not and have to be modded. Don't know why..

Also I would like a vid of a turntable loading and playing a record when a selection is made. Any ideas for that??

I have thought of downloading a vid and have that as a screensaver but I can't seem to find the option of a vid screensaver in the ini file.

The problem with this idea is that the screensaver min time is 1 minute and I would like it to load when the first selection is made and when the next record is started etc..

I have seen a skin of a similar turntable running but can't seem to find it anywhere online.

The pic is of the style I would like.

Any help appreciated..

Thanks

[Autosteve]

[Gregted]

That's the THING I need. Lol

[Gregted]

So....

Been working on this neat lil program and I've got my head around some stuff.

I've managed to download a sound file of a jukebox loading a selection and added it to the recpop file at the start of a selection.

The program only accepts a 10 second sound file so this one is 9 secs. The original sound of finding the selection was 23 seconds long.

That would have been choosing a song and then returning the selection after it finished so up to 40 secs between songs.

Guess we didn't mind that delay between songs back in the day.

I'll attach the wav if anyone wants it.

recpop is in the skins\sounds directory.

If it dosen't work, download a program called Mp3tag and add the artist as recpop and save.

You have to modify each skin you are using to ensure there is a time delay before the song and there is the sounds at the end of the skin file.

You will notice that the time delay is 7 secs. This is so you have a small overlay at the start of the song for the crackle to lead in.

I have attached my version of the bjrock28.skn file with the areas to add surrounded in double # lines.

Hope this helps someone.

 

 

bjrock28.skn

Edited May 19, 2022 by Gregted
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[Bludger]

G'Day, I am insterest in trying the latest version of DWJuke with skins and a skin maker if available?  Can anyone upload or share a link?  Cheers!!