ochristmas
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posted on 3-17-2005 at 09:36 PM
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eJukebox is dead...
...you know it - and I know it. 
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posted on 3-17-2005 at 11:59 PM
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eJukebox is not dead...just a temporary coma while we work to get the new cover lookup module integrated correctly and we tinker with a couple of
ideas.
At this point it is looking like we are going to just release v4.0 with some bug fixes, a few new features, and the new large cover lookup/image
handling system...so that we can get it out sooner rather than later....instead trying to pack everything we ever wanted into v4. That way we can just
integrate the other new features we are working on via 4.x updates and get v4.0 out on time. We are still shooting for an April release.
Also, v4.0 will have a new default skin. 3.0 skins will still work in 4.0 as new abilities will simply get added on to the current skinning system. So
keep those skins coming...we need some inspiration for the v4.0 skin...right now it looks like we are going with an in-house variant of the Bitsumo
Red skin...but that may change.
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Spazz
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posted on 3-18-2005 at 10:48 AM
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Wouldn't spose any thought has been put towards something like
This Eventually has there? For me that's pretty much all that's missing before Ejuke is perfect. That and syncing to
portables but this has always been a player and not a util. I got Mediamonkey for tagging and organizing.
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posted on 3-18-2005 at 12:53 PM
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hope you really release in april... at this time we run the music system with winamp and some plugins. not really comfortable 
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posted on 3-18-2005 at 01:48 PM
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...and the new large cover lookup/image handling system...for an April release. |
Mmm...  large covers! 
I'm longing to be in April...
Long live eJukebox!!
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Krobar
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posted on 3-19-2005 at 01:09 AM
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Please could it squash the last of the ancient bugs 
http://www.audiosoft.net/forums/viewthread.php?tid=1128
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posted on 3-19-2005 at 03:31 AM
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Hey, large cover lookup will be great. But only assuming that the cover lookup logic is fixed from its current state, where it often overrides album
names already present. I don't want a cover if the cost of that is getting some stupid Greatest Hits collection or K-Tel music collection as the
album half the time.
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posted on 3-19-2005 at 10:34 AM
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I hope too jhlurie...
But personally, if i'm also interested by the new lookup feature, above all I'm longing to see larger covers in the Now Playing panel!!
Audiosoft,
I assume the display in v4 will go hand in hand with the new large cover lookup/image handling system?
The best would be that when users stretch the Now Playing panel, then the album cover be enlarged progressively and proproportionally to the Now
Playing panel resizing...
Have you planned something like that already in v4.0, or only later?
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posted on 3-19-2005 at 05:36 PM
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The best would be that when users stretch the Now Playing panel, then the album cover be enlarged progressively and proproportionally to the Now
Playing panel resizing.
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That is exactly how it is planned to work. Right now we are working on allowing vertical resizing of the now playing panel.
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I don't want a cover if the cost of that is getting some stupid Greatest Hits collection or K-Tel music collection as the album half the time.
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This won't be a problem anymore... as long as the song has an artist and album name in the ID3 tag it will be able to get a large cover for the same
album name very quickly 95% of the time. If it can't find the same album during those 5% of lookups it will just fail and will not display a cover.
If the Album name is not in the ID3 tag then it will first use the artist and song title to try to find the oldest matching album name which takes
longer because of the extra step.
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posted on 3-19-2005 at 05:51 PM
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| Quote: | Message original : Audiosoft
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The best would be that when users stretch the Now Playing panel, then the album cover be enlarged progressively and proproportionally to the Now
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That is exactly how it is planned to work. Right now we are working on allowing vertical resizing of the now playing panel. |
Ah... good! that will be perfect!
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posted on 5-6-2005 at 06:46 PM
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Up!
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posted on 5-6-2005 at 07:31 PM
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Sorry, Pirk. We're both old-timers here, but I have given up on eJukebox & the Audiosoft team. See my post here:
http://www.audiosoft.net/forums/viewthread.php?tid=1199#pid6028
I needed something that worked NOW & could not afford to wait any longer for fixes that may not ever come. I truly hope that they can get their
act together as competition is always good for the consumer.
Thanks,
Steve
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Pirk
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posted on 5-6-2005 at 07:47 PM
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Hello stsirois! I can understand your choice, of course Medio is specially conceived for TV screens... It looks great on it! But I don't know if it
has the same "soul" than eJukebox...
Have fun with Medio
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posted on 5-6-2005 at 07:51 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pirk
Hello stsirois! I can understand your choice, of course Medio is specially conceived for TV screens... It looks great on it! But I don't know if it
has the same "soul" than eJukebox...
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Hi Pirk,
myHTPC's main focus was HTPC usage, but Meedio is being used on things like CarPuters, Kiosks, Home Automation systems, MAME cabinets, jukeboxes,
etc. It is very versatile & should not be pigeon-holed to only HTPC systems.
You may be right about the "soul" aspect. That's one of things that kept me hanging on so long to eJukebox.
Thanks,
Steve
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