Roger's portable Jukebox V2

Mark 4

Mpeg 1 layer 3 compression laptop based jukebox - Started at the begining of November 2004
The idea was to build a a better looking and more portable version of the V1.
Features :-

Hardware :-
- An old laptop:
- AMD 300MHz Pentium class processor.
- A 8GB 2.5" HDD
- A relay wired to the power switch to automatically turn it on when power is applied.
Inspired by Blake 7's Orac
Shares the mpeg 1 layer 3 decoder from the Mark 2/3 (Source code).
Enough disc space for over 2000 tracks.
Best next track search from the Mark 2.
Designed to be idiot and beer proof, so only has a few buttons.
- The menu display presents a few lines of instructions, a status line and 21 lines of tracks.
- The tracks are listed in "artist" or "track title" order
- The cursor keys scroll through them.
- Point to a track and press "enter" to add it to the play list, it's as simple as that.

This was finished in time for the Chrismas season, and even 10 years later is still going strong!
I wanted something more stylish for home, so developed Mark 5 - Small jukebox

Pics

The various jukeboxes

AMI-Rowe	Portable V1	Portable V2	Seeburg SC-1

The software

The software is open-source, see Here.

Links

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