RE: MP3 Player

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

You're worried about nicking the name Wurlitzer from me ???

what about me if Mr Wurlitzer sees all the images I "borrowed"
from the
genuine Wurlitzer website. I'll just plead insanity on the grounds that I
am
mad about their products and it is really a tribute to a magnificent peice
of machinery.

I knew there was a reason I got the nickname Krazy Keith :-)

I did own a jukebox once about 15 years ago. A 1970's "Jupiter
80". Not a
patch on a Wurlitzer 1015 but it was mine. I bought it for twenty quid and
it had pride of place in my lounge. It had buttons 0-9 and A-E for
selecting
the songs but the E button wasnt used so I wired it to the coin mech to
give
me free credits.

I finally swapped it for a Settee and 2 armchairs. They have long since
gone
to the tip. The mate I gave it too still has it sitting in his lounge.

There was an Amusement arcade in town that had a really old 50's Wurlitzer
that was curved glass and chrome with fins etc just like 50's Cadillacs. It
sat there mostly unused for years and then about 2 years ago it
disappeared.
I would love to have that one.

As you have probably guessed I am a bit of a fan of Jukeboxes and Pinball
Machines. Not really bothered about Video Games though. Games like Mr.Do,
PacMan, DonkeyKong, Paperboy and Popeye reach or exceed the limits of my
coordination and gameplay skills. I'm impressed by the realism of the
latest
arcade games but they just dont have the charm of Jukeboxes/Pinball
Machines
where you see real machinery whirring and clicking.

Keith (just a sad techie at heart)

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Woolass [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 June 2001 21:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MP3 Player


Hi  Keith

Had  a Look - very swish,

Apologies for using the Wurlitzer name for my server, didn't mean to copy,
It just seemed an obvious choice of name.
Its what we had in the common room at College. lots of years ago.


Cheers
Andrew


----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 04 June 2001 22:00
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] MP3 Player


> Hi Andrew,
>
> you can see a demo of my setup (still a work in progress) at
> http://developer.domaindlx.com/diyha/scripts/wurlitzer.asp
> read the instructions and have a play. There is still some work to do
before
> it is finished but its fun creating your own custom jukebox ;-)
>
> It has limited functionality on the server you will be looking at as I
cant
> put MP3 files on there. The database is fully functional though. At
home
the
> PC's on my LAN can all access my Jukebox PC and retrieve the files
from
> mapped drives
>
> W: Wurlitzer
> S: Seeburg
> R: Rockola
> V: Video server for streamed video files.
>
> When finished it will have Autoplay modes selecting songs from certain
> dates, user created playlists, and true jukebox mode where each
selection
is
> added to a playlist and played in turn. Once played it would be
removed
>from
> the list. This would not apply to normal playlists but for those a
track
> would be marked with last played time. Playlist would be selected
ordered
by
> "LastPlayed" time and to randomise the playback the next
tune would be a
> random choice from the top 50% of the titles in the list. For a list
with
> 100 tunes it would need a minimum of 50 other tracks to be played
before a
> song stood a chance of being repeated.
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Woolass [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 June 2001 19:54
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MP3 Player
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have been trying to set up similar
>
> i.e. my aim is dedicated mp3 file server, though for cost reasons
it'll be
a
> general file server until I get richer :-)
> with other PC's on LAN able to play from this server. I have not yet
> deployed the rig yet but my experiments on 3 PC peer to peer
> are all done.
>
> I use a player/ripper called musicmatch jukebox. I think I got it from
> MP3.com
>
> The mp3 files are held on the server (obviously) which is called
Wurlitzer
> each client pc has to have the server drive mapped to it ( I map to
drive
M:
> for music)
> when the mapping is done a music library is created on the client, you
can
> choose all or some of the files you created.
> assuming the server is 24/7 and you choose reconnect to mapped drive
on
boot
> up for client, you've instant access to your music from any PC.
>
> I haven't yet worked out what to do when files are added to the
server, I
> think each client library file will have to be updated.
>
> hope this helps
>
> Andrew
>
> PS I want something like the Dell player to connect to my audio, the
one
> down side of PCs playing music or DVD for that matter, is:
>  I can hear the fan :.-(
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nigel Giddings <nigel.giddings@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 04 June 2001 17:02
> Subject: [ukha_d] MP3 Player
>
>
> > Like a lot of people on this list I have quite a large collection
of
MP3s.
> >
> > I have been looking for a good, PC, based system that will let me
play
the
> > MP3s in various rooms (via a Laptop and 10M LAN connection)
> >
> > I thought all my prayers had been answered with the Media Juke
Box
server
> > facility. I particularly like how they arrange playlists and how
you can
> > combine (inclusively and exclusively) to produced other
playlists. I can
> > combine my favs and my wifes and find, and play, the few songs we
both
> like.
> >
> > I have not been able to get the server function working between
my
'Study
> > PC' running win98 and my laptop using win 2K. I am not using DHCP
just
> > static addresses.
> >
> > Any suggestions for software would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > The ultimate aim is to have a central store of all MP3s with a
player
for
> > each room or area, ideally Web type GUI (or a nice application
window)
for
> > easy use.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >
> >
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