Help creating an XBMC jukebox for a rock bar

(2012-03-14 22:12)DDDamian Wrote:  The phone trick would be hard to manage in terms of limiting requests without significant work, and of course the customers have to "find" it.

I was thinking of using a QR code. We have quite a talented artist who paints murals througout the bar for us. I was thinking of getting him to to an apple logo and an android logo with blown up QR codes that are easy to scan from a distance. Either way, the app is just an idea right now, and is a long way off.

I will hopefully get some time this Sunday to sit down and work through Transparancy and see exactly what I can achieve with it.

Thanks for the help guys.

I'll let you know how I get on.

In order for XBMC to become a Jukebox, someone need to implement the "DJ Lock" button you will find on professional DJ software like MixMeister.
The behavior of this button is simple: It simply prevents users from destroying a playlist. When enabled:

1. It will not be possible to directly jump to another song except to the next song in the playlist. This will prevent a user from destroying the playlist.
2. It will still be possible to add/remove and reorder songs, and it will be possible to move to the next song.

This feature would typically be combined with crossfade in order for the audience to get smooth transfers if a user finishes a song before it is complete.

3. An optional feature is a Setting where you can specify the minimum time a song need to be played before the user is able to crossfade to the next. This is to prevent the 10 second syndrome - only 10 seconds of each song being played before the user hits next.

If this had been implemented in either one of the skins (or in one of the ipad remotes like Constellation or XBMC Commander), you would have a fully functional Jukebox allowing the users to control the music without risking mayhem;-)

I am an avid XBMC user, However there are two programs that can do this no problem.

MEDIA MONKEY using the webrowser plugin

or

WINAMP using something like WAWI and there are others.

You can create such an easy jukebox that any phone can search the list of songs and add to a playlist.

IMHO it will be more work to force XBMC into becoming a jukebox Unless you create a kiosk for it with a touchscreen. Also using the programs above dont require a monster pc an old p3 works fine if you want all the cover art and visualization a single core p4 would be just fine.

If you are in Southern Cali or Near the I.E I could build you a system no problem.