What is Universal JukeBox? Universal JukeBox is a simple software jukebox. It can act as a
real jukebox (almost), and play your favorite tracks in several
ways.
It has it's own lightning fast database for keeping track (in a
sorted manner) of your tracks. That makes your search for a specific
track lightning fast!
It's freeware! Universal JukeBox is absolutely freeware! Just download and use
it.
What's it written in? It's written in Microsoft .NET (C#), and it's music engine is
FMOD (FMODex actually). You can read all about here:
http://www.fmod.org/
If you want the source code, just download it below here (in PDF
format)
Version 3.8.2.0 - Fixed: Waveforms could not always be calculated (and failed).
This should be fixed now.
Version 3.8.1.0 - Added: Option (Estimate files before scanning)
- Fixed: A few minor bugs.
Version 3.7.0.0 - Added: Open with Media Player - support (for easy cd-burning).
Version 3.6.1.0 - Fixed: Vista Mixer Icon - Now shows the correct "Universal
JukeBox" icon.
Version 3.6.0.0 - Added: New version of
FMODex - most
current, several minor bugs fixed.
Version 3.5.0.0 - Added: Faster file-copy. - Data is now copied using a
larger buffer, and a new interface for progress.
Version 3.2.0.0 - Added: Copy to... function in Radio Station
Editor. - Fixed: A minor bug in Radio Station editor.
- Fixed: A minor bug in color scheme editor (if you deleted
the scheme currently in use, the program crashed).
Version 3.1.0.9 - Added: Alert (topmost) priority control support to G15
Display.
Version 3.1.0.8 - Fixed bug: Error when deleting colors scheme currently
in use.
- Added: Track Number to Song Title.
Version 3.1.0.6 - Fixed bug: Original database was of wrong version.
- Fixed bug: Data-Paths was incorrect on some XP PC's.
Version 3.1.0.5 - Fixed several minor bugs (in VISTA).
- Added support for Logitech G15 LCD Display (Logitech G15
Keyboard). (see screen-shoot below).
- Added new splash-screen (for initialization of G15)
- Local database * A local database is used to handle all tracks.
* Define one more (as many as you like) paths.
* Scan the defined paths for files using advanced search
schemes - Allowing you to search
more efficiently for folders-differential,
files-differential or do a complete scan.
* Automatically removes non-existing files from the database
(one-way synchronization).
* Ultra fast file information access. - The file is accessed
physically (as a regular player),
but the file information is collected once,
when you scan the media paths.
- Party Mode * In this mode, the player works "kind-a" like a normal
CD-Player. The user(s) can't seek,
or skip tracks etc.
* In this mode, the build-in play list ([Party Mode] ) is
used, and user(s) can only add to the list,
and only in sequential order (new files
goes last).
* In this mode, play time and ETA is calculated for all
tracks on the play list. Making it easy for
user(s) to see what their track in
particular is played.
* In this mode, a playing track is automatically removed from
the list, when it has finished playing.
* This mode is password protected - even an application
re-start will not modify the player state.
- Find * This function is made quite powerful. When ever you
search, you search the internal database for
optimum speed. Search within 1'000'000s of
tracks within milliseconds.
* This function uses an enhanced scheme to search, meaning
the search algorithm searches within
filename, path and all ID3 tag's inside the
file.
- Play Lists * You can add as many play lists as you like (just as in
a regular media player), but these lists can
be more dynamically build, using search
options, and the opportunity to add several files at once
or even a complete folder.
* You can copy tracks from one play list to another, just by
right-clicking on the selected tracks.
* You can copy any physical file by right-clicking, to any
preferred folder. - This makes it very easy
to copy files for specific needs from the
juke box to any location in your file system. The files will
even be auto-renamed if you have selected
several files, with same name.
- Radio Mode * Build you own radio channel - well, it's not really a
radio, but that's what I prefer to call it.
When you create your own radio channel in
Universal JukeBox, you simple define a set of criteria's
to follow when Universal JukeBox looks up
the next track to play in your radio. These criteria's can
be +words -words, year and year-range's and
genres. - It's really an easy task to create a new radio.
When listening to your radio, Universal
JukeBox will continue playing all tracks that fulfill your criteria's.
- Logging (not implemented yet) * When ever a track is played, it will be recorded into a
log. This log can be used to generate several
kind of lists. Top-100, Top-10, most played
tracks, genres, etc. - Cool after a party - you can see what
people searched the most for, and which
tracks was played more than once, and and and and......
- Several play-modes * Universal JukeBox
has several play-modes. These play-modes are called "EOF and OEL" end of track
and end of list. You can specify what the
player should do when ever a track ends, or when ever a list
ends. Track-modes are: Next, Random,
Repeat, Stop. List-modes are: Next, Random, Repeat, Stop.
* Random Random - Means that the player makes a shuffled list
of ALL your tracks, and plays them
one by one.
- Advanced Music Visualization * Universal JukeBox
comes with several music visualizations. (plug in-support might be added).
* Spectrum Analyzer (with z-compressor, ensuring a perfect
scope at all levels).
* Spectrum Analyzer-shadow peak algorithm - Ensures perfect
peak-visualization of peaks and weak's.
* Dual (stereo) Oscilloscope with full channel separation.
* Dual Vu-Meter(s) - Full featured Vu-Meter, visualizing
currents and peaks.
* Wave Form generator - Right-click on the seek bar, and
choose "generate wave form" to see the file
in Wave Form - The generated Wave Form is
time-static (and precise).
- File information Plug-in support * Universal JukeBox
comes with a plug-in to retrieve file-information. (ID3 tag's). This plug-in can
handle mp3 and wma files. But you are free
to make your own plug-in.
- Cross Fader * A build-in cross fader allows you to mix to tracks.
* You can choose how to cross-fade and how fast to do it.
* Choose between "Fade In, Fade Out, Fade In/Out or disabled"
- With Fast/normal/slow speed.
* Dual Channel ensures that not a beat is missed when cross
fading!
- Visual Volume and Volume Fader * A build-in volume controller ensures that you can
control the player volume without having to
adjust the volume-mixer in
windows/platform.
* The volume is visualized for master and each channel.
- Customizable GUI colors * all (or all player) colors can be controlled using a
build-in color scheme editor.
All other colors are adjusted in the
platform (in windows, its the appearance tab in the desktop property).
- Radio Import/Export * Radio channels can be exported individually to a file.
* Radio channels can be imported individually from a file.
