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Why another Jukebox program?
JukeANator has been in development/refinement since late 1999, so not only has it
been around longer than most other jukebox programs, it has matured to the point where
it makes an
excellent
choice for interacting with your digital music whether you
are a casual home user, a professional DJ or a bar owner/amusement operator looking to
build an
inexpensivecommercial digital jukebox. You can consolidate all of your
digital music that you have accumulated from ripping your own and buying from the various
online stores.
Click here to see the patent application that I filed
.
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What are the Minimum System Requirements?
JukeANator requires that you have a Java Runtime Environment installed, preferably version 1.4
or higher. In order to have adequate performance, your computer should have at least a 500MHz
Pentium III processor, 128MB of RAM and 55MB of hard disk space for the Java Runtime Environment
(which can be used to run many Java applications). Currently, JukeANator also requires
Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me. With enough demand, JukeANator can be enhanced to run under any
operating system that has a Java Runtime Environment. The default song player is
Winamp, so if you do not have Winamp installed on your computer, you can install
Winamp 5.05 Lite
here
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How Do I Install and Run JukeANator?
JukeANator can be installed and ran right off the web using Java
TM
Web Start
technology (click on
).
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What are the Limitations of the Unregistered Version?
The unregistered version of JukeANator is a evaluation version that allows you to use it
for 30 days. Furthermore, the jukebox will be limited to 50 CDs or 650 songs, whichever
comes first. Lastly, the song queue can have no more than 15 songs and you are limited to
2 song priority levels. With the registered version, you can have 10,000 CDs or more, with an
unlimited song queue size and an unlimited number of song priorities.
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How Do I Register My Copy of JukeANator?
First, you must purchase the software. After your purchase, you will receive a
purchase confirmation code that you will use when you fill out the registration code
request form. When you start JukeANator, enter this registration code at the
Registration Screen and then your version will be registered.
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How Many Computers Can I Install My Registered Version On?
For the professional and lite versions, you are allowed to request up to three registration codes for each purchase confirmation
code. When you request a registration code, you will enter the serial number from
the registration screen that you see when you start JukeANator.
For the commercial version, you are allowed to run JukeANator on one and only one CPU.
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What File Formats and Song Players Are Supported?
A native Java media player will play standard MP3s, Windows Media Player can be used
to play standard MP3s and Windows Media Audio (WMA) protected format files and
Quicktime can be used to play standard MP3s and iTunes (AAC) protected format files.
Real Player support will be added based upon user demand to in order to play RP format files.
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What
's the File Naming and Folder Structure My Music Needs to be In?
JukeANator works best when the song files are named like:
Artist-xx-Song Name
where
xx
is the track number. You also need to have the CD
's
cover art as a 250x250 pixel JPEG named
"cover.jpg"
. The CD needs to be put into a folder
named after the CD Title, which is in a folder named after the Artist, which is in a folder
named after the Genre, which is off of the root of your music hard drive. See the
HowTo
section for more details.
Hard Drive:
|
+Genre
|
+Artist
|
+CD Title
|
+ Artist-01-Song 1 Name.mp3
+ Artist-02-Song 2 Name.mp3
+ Artist-03-Song 3 Name.mp3
+ cover.jpg
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How Can I Convert My Personal Audio CDs to MP3 Format?
You have two choices:
- You can convert your personal audio CDs yourself using a "ripper" program such as the freeware Exact Audio Copy A pre-configued EAC can be downloaded here (if so please unzip this to C:\).
For step-by-step instructions on how to rip CDs, see CD Ripping Instructions.
- You can use a third-party ripping service to convert them for you. See http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/guide44.html for a review of CD ripping services.
Either way, it is recommended to use the %A-%N-%T naming convention (A=CD or track artist, N=track number and A=track title) with a minimum bitrate of 192 bBit/s
In addition, it is recommended that you use MP3Gain, to normalize the sound volume to a uniform level. You can download MP3Gain from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mp3gain/mp3gain-win-full-1_2_5.exe?download.
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Where Can I Find CD Cover Art Online?
You can find the cover art for your CDs online in most places that you can buy music online.
But
Amazon.com
has good cover art that you
can resize down to the 250x250 size that JukeANator needs for optimal image quality. If
you don
't want to resize the cover art, JukeANator can do it for you, but the quality
will not be as good and the CD Panel will take slightly longer to load.
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Where Can I Buy Digital Music Online?
Online digital music stores are growing in number and popularity, the following is a sampling
of these types of stores where you can buy digital music that is compatible with JukeANator
's
supported song players:
NOTE:After purchasing downloading digital music from the above services, you may need
to rename songs to fit the JukeANator convention and/or move them to a suitable folder structure
as described in the
HowTo
section.
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Does JukeANator Support Skins?
Yes, email Tom Myers at tmyers1 at yahoo dot com.
for instructions on how to do this if you are interested.
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How Can I Add Digital Processing Effects?
Except for native Java song playing, JukeANator itself does nothing more than manage
the music that is played by your favorite song player such as Winamp or Windows Media Player.
Therefore, if you use Winamp for example, any digital processing plugins that you have
will be used when you play your songs using the Winamp song player option when using
JukeANator.
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I
'm a Bar Owner or Amusement Operator, What Makes JukeANator So Special?
has full support for being a next generation, commercial digital jukebox:
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Touch-screen Friendly User Interface
(e.g. ELO Intuitive 15
"
LCD touchscreen)
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Automatic CD Numbering and Placement Based On Genre
(no need to deal with labels or rearranging/renumbering physical CDs)
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Mars AE2600 and VS2CK GBA Bill Acceptor Support
(will full configuration for credits and credits per song)
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Remote Control Support with Volume Up/Down, Song Pause/Reject, and Jukebox Hibernation/Wakeup
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Easy to Use Interface that Resembles a CD Jukebox, but with Search and Expanded Popularity Listings
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Support for Restricting When CDs with Explicit Lyrics Can Be Played
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Very Few Moving Parts Compared to a CD Jukebox Means Less Service Calls.
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Unit Can be Standard Size Wall Mount, Floor or Countertop.
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UserID/Password Protected Administration Screen
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Comprehensive Statistics on the Most/Least Popular Songs/CDs to Allow You to Optimize the Content for Each Location
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New Features such as
"Song Priority"
Option Allows for higher revenue
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No Need to Pay Expensive Leasing Fees or Give Up a Percentage of Your Weekly Take
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No Need to Pay Fees to Add/Remove Content, as You Would Control It Like You Would a CD Jukebox
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I
'm a DJ, What Makes JukeANator So Special?
In short, the navigation, selection, genre grouping and popularity listing features of
the main user interface allow for quick addition of songs to the song queue. But, the
real power of
for DJ use is in the Admin Screen, where the dynamic, multi-level priority song queue
allows you to:
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Easily add/remove songs to/from the queue
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Pause, reject or move the play position using a slider
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Load playlists of songs to the queue
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Save the contents of the queue a playlist
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Save all played songs, in the order with which they are played, as a playlist
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Randomize the contents of the playlist
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Move individual or groups of songs up or down in the song queue
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Move individual or groups of songs to the top or bottom of the song queue
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Interlace a group of selected songs (e.g. Movie soundclips) between regular length songs
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Increase/decrease the current song priority so that any new songs that are added to the song queue are added before all lower priority songs
(to allow you to target placement of where songs should be in the queue)
You also have a queued song count feature that gives you a total running time of all the
songs that you have in the queue. The random play feature can also be used to pick songs
or entire CDs at random, either from the whole jukebox or from just a particular genre.
When used on two computers connected to a DJ Mixer, you can still perform your crossfades
, but now you don
't have to shuffle through crates and crates of CDs in order to find music,
nor do you have to babysit the equipment if you just want to the music to play that is
in the song queue.
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I Have a Gameroom, How do I Make/Buy My Own Digital Jukebox?
There are many designs for custom-build jukebox cabinets out there on the internet. You
can perform a search yourself or
contact us
if you are interested in a one-stop solution
for putting your entire music collection into your own personal jukebox with any song available
literally at your fingertips with the touch-screen based interface!
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I Have a MAME machine, Will JukeANator Work With It?
YES! Here is my personal MAME machine that also has
loaded on it:
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BMI: 800-925-8451 www.bmi.com
ASCAP: 800-505-4052 www.ascap.com
SESAC: 800-826-9996 www.sesac.com
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't Answered in this FAQ?
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