Re: Which jukebox?

[Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

I am currently writing a web application using Active Server Pages for my
"DIYHA Digital Jukebox"
which is based on a server with a big hard disk containing all my music
stored as MP3 files.

The web front end is used for creating, maintaining and SEARCHING the
database for any Artist, Title, Genre ....etc to find a particular song
almost instantly. By clicking the hyperlink the track plays with
MediaPlayer2, Winamp or XingMP3 whichever is your preference.

It is also possible to create and edit playlists via the searchable
database
which are stored as M3U files on the hard disk. This gives the ability to
create "Virtual Albums". By searching for playlists you can
select whichever
one you want to play.

BEFORE YOU SAY IT !!!!!

I know this requires a screen, keyboard and browser etc...but...I have just
tried the following

START - RUN - D:\playlists\popquiz.m3u

and it fires up the appropriate MP3 player with the playlist and I am
currently listening to it as I type this. I cant remember if you are one of
the Homevision users of this group but it occurs to me that Homevision can
respond to your IR remote and send the appropriate serial command to the PC
and you have your jukebox. All you have to do is remember the numbers of
the
songs/playlists :-))

BTW
START - RUN - D:\web\www\popquiz\intro1.mp3
will play a single song.

Keith Doxey
http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation


-----Original Message-----
From: paul gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 January 2000 13:18
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Which jukebox?


Can anyone recommend an MP3 jukebox utility which can act like a
"traditional" jukebox?

Currently I just use Winamp on a PC connected to my main TV and an IR
keyboard. This is fine, but I still have to go through a laborious process
just to play an album: turn on the TV to the appropriate channel, get the
IR
keyboard, navigate the Windows desktop to get Winamp running/maximised/made
the active window/  as appropriate, Navigate the Winamp interface to hit
"add Directory", navigate the "File...Open" dialogue to
browse to the
appropriate directory, and so on...(the same applies to playlists)

When I'm in the pub, all I have to do is press: 3-7-1 for example to play
"Bat Out Of Hell" or whatever, and I want to replicate that
functionality -
IE, pick up a URC (Pronto or whatever), then press 3-7-1-Play to play the
album.

This is simple enough with a bit of jukebox software which will produce a
database of all my MP3 albums (by scanning my directory structure:
Artist\Album), and assign a number to each album, then let me play any
album
by entering the number. Then I don't need to use a display device of any
kind - I could keep a paper list of the contents of the jukebox alongside
my
TV guide (OK, paper might be anathema to this list's members, but it does
still have a few things going for it!) - I'd have to re-index the dir
structure and produce a new database & listing periodically, but this
is
trivial...

Above all, this would be REALLY simple - so my wife would be happy with it!

Comments?

Regards.

Paul G.

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