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Pi Jukebox / Raspberry pi 4

« Last post by lupold on December 01, 2023, 05:17:39 PM »

Would someone be able to tell me if there is a difference between pi 4 or pi 4 model B?

What board is needed for pi jukebox

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Pi Jukebox / Re: Pi JukeBox App keeps closing.

« Last post by Steve on November 17, 2023, 10:58:52 AM »

Hi Josh, sounds like there might be something wrong with your music file, it could be the wrong type, is it an mp3 or a mp4 ?, or it could be that the file tags are wrong, have you looked at the tags for any illegal characters etc ?...

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Pi Jukebox / Pi JukeBox App keeps closing.

« Last post by JoshR on November 17, 2023, 03:53:13 AM »

The issue I am having is everytime I try to play a music file the Pi Jukebox app closes. Here is a little bit of information on my step up, I have the Raspberry Pi 4 B+ 4G, official Raspberry Pi touch screen and case, Samsung Micro SD card. I originally installed the 64 bit OS and it would not even open, so I tried the 32 bit OS and it just immediately closes when I try to play a music file. Not really savy with all this, recently just got started. Can someone please give me some pointers and or suggestions to get me on the right path? Thanks in advance!

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Pub Jukebox / Re: Freezing

« Last post by Steve on October 26, 2023, 07:31:43 AM »

Sounds interesting, this will help others, what was the exception and what did you change to correct it ?.

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Pub Jukebox / Re: Freezing

« Last post by xzotic on October 26, 2023, 07:23:34 AM »

Thanks Steve for your reply. I found the issue. It’s an unhandled exception that I was able to correct through changes in the Operating System. So you are correct, it’s not an 'obvious bug’ at all, it’s just an 'obvious deficiency' in the code that could be rectified to improve the program.

Sorry for being so naive and thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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Pub Jukebox / Re: Freezing

« Last post by Steve on October 24, 2023, 07:53:50 PM »

xzotic, it's not an "obvious bug" at all, just because you both have the same problem doesn't mean that its a problem with PJ, let me explain...
Most people (who are not programmers) don't understand that their operating system (windows) is not foolproof or bug free, they assume that because windows seems to be working ok that it must be the program they are trying to run that must be at fault, this is naive boomer thinking, its like when your dad used to thump the top of the TV when reception was bad, If you look back at my conversation with shorty you will see that I offered him help, I asked him to send me some of his music files to inspect, he refused, saying that he knew better and that his files couldn't be at fault!, there's no way to help someone that refuses to cooperate...

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Pub Jukebox / Re: Freezing

« Last post by xzotic on October 09, 2023, 08:03:30 AM »

I have exactly the same problem. I've had this issue since I bought Pub Jukebox but I thought given it was such an obvious bug it would be fixed in an update. However an update has never come so I've just been doing a workaround which is just to make sure music is loaded within the first 10 seconds of firing up the program and then keep adding music to the playlist. As long as I keep adding music and the music doesn't stop it will keep playing and will be responsive to music selection.

As soon as the music stops, the whole interface becomes completely non-responsive and the only way to get out of it is to force close through Task Manager and restart.

The problem is exactly as the other poster here has explained so it is not isolated and it has nothing to do with the music files being played. It plays any music video file fine as long as you keep the playlist loaded with music. As soon as it runs out of music to play it freezes.

Additionally, it seems to freeze in the same way when you try and go into the system admin menu. It is responsive for around 10 seconds and then no response to the interface.

I would like to use the program more and would really like to see this issue fixed. If I have people over and it runs out of music it is annoying to have to reset it again and/or load it up with heaps of music just so it continues to operate.

I'm using the non-flash version (as the flash version doesn't work for me at all either) and a touch screen connected to a PC with the following specifications:
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @2.40 GHz
8Gb RAM
Win 10 x64
Pen and touch support with 6 points (nexio HID multitouch ATIO460-06)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

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Home Jukebox / Re: Adding track problems

« Last post by Steve on September 19, 2023, 10:17:38 AM »

Sounds like it might be something to do with wrong tags/artwork, what tool do you use to tag tracks ?
I think Home Jukebox has a built-in tagger function, try tagging with that maybe...

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Home Jukebox / Adding track problems

« Last post by Corrosivehitman on September 16, 2023, 04:00:46 PM »

Hi
I have just added about 30 albums, I painstakingly changed all genres for each and every song as well as album artwork.
When I put them on though, majority of them don't have their artwork and the genres seem to have reverted back to what they were before I added them in.
Also there are a fair few albums that just aren't on there.
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong as I only got the jukebox last week

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Videobox / freeplay videobox

« Last post by Rourky on September 16, 2023, 11:59:56 AM »

Hi Guys is there a way to set up a timer to turn free play on and off ie every Sunday the machine is in free play and every other day of the week you have to play?