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[mcascio]

Hey Guys,

This is hot off the press.

Release Date: 10/16/03
Version 1.80d

Updates/New Features/Bug Fixes:
> Rewrote server to accommodate faster display/processing/searching of large collections.
> Added ability to click text in tree to expand.
> Fixed jukebox advancing past last page.
> Added banner to top of 'Now Playing' dialog
> Made valet symmetrical.
> Fixed album detail for 1 tracks. Now shows 1 track.
> Expanded album detail to 10 tracks.
> Can now toggle all setup menu options by clicking text or icon.
> Moved numerical readouts for RGB/Alpha sliders.
> Added ability to communicate with (CD Changer) CDJ server in conjunction with Velocity Server software.
> Music autoplays in Jukebox mode after a song selection
> Larger buttons specifically for touch screens
> Clickable, and Rollover and Press effect on song titles in Now Playing Panel
> Improved scroll bar graphics

The server has been completely rewritten to communicate with MC/MJ so you should see a vast improvement in speed when sending large chunks of data.  Keep in mind though, you don't want to add 2000 songs to your playlist.  For one, that's over 13 days of music and because we're updating every client every second including PocketPC's it's going to slow things down.  I recommend using smartlists if you want to populate a random playlist from your entire collection.  Select Random Data CD worth of songs and you'll get the same effect and still have hours worth of music ready to go.

The other big feature was that if no song is playing when you enter jukebox mode and a user selects a song after inserting coins, it would require the user to actually trigger a code to start the jukebox playing.  This has been fixed.  Now, just like a normal jukebox, once they add credits and select a song, it autostarts the jukebox playing.

There's word of people dedicating a separate touch screen/computer running MusicLobby in their rec rooms for the jukebox alone.  If anyone has any pictures of this, please post.

I'm thinking of building a full kiosk to emulate a jukebox!  NOw that would be killer.