Ever wonder how the skins in the Skin Gallery get created?  Unfortunately, there is no “skin designer” tool, as I have put all my programming time into the jukebox itself, but that doesn’t mean creating a skin is difficult!  I’ve posted a complete Skin Creation Tutorial in the Support Forum that describes the process from start to [...]

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An unusual departure, this skin replicates the LCARS interface used on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Designed by Ben Johnson, I have taken the liberty of modifying the skin to add indicators for modes such as Radio, Loop, etc., plus used the new User Timers function to implement some “blinkies”. This skin requires [...]

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This is a modification of Hound Dog’s wonderful Wurly skin, set up to use numeric input rather than alphanumeric. This makes it ideal for use with a media center PC attached to a 1080p HDTV (use aspect ratio 16:10 for best results) and controlled via a remote control. This wide-screen skin based on [...]

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DWJukebox 3.4 has been released.  This version includes discrete command buttons (On/Off commands as opposed to simple toggles) for most toggleable features for ease of use with remote controls.  In addition, a new User Timers feature has been added for skins; look for upcoming blog articles to describe how this new feature works.  In addition, new [...]

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Inspired by a Zenith console TV cabinet, this skin really must be appreciated in all its high-resolution glory. The small screenshots I use really do not do it justice. It is available in three different types of lighting; this version uses an orange backlight.

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Inspired by a Zenith console TV cabinet, this skin really must be appreciated in all its high-resolution glory. The small screenshots I use really do not do it justice. It is available in three different types of lighting; this version uses a red backlight.

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Inspired by a Zenith console TV cabinet, this skin really must be appreciated in all its high-resolution glory. The small screenshots I use really do not do it justice. It is available in three different types of lighting; this is the daylight version.

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DWJukebox 3.3.2 has been released after a far-too-long delay. The changes in this version are:

Added BTN_COMINGUPSCROLL to page through the Coming Up list.
Added RunawayLimiter to [Index] section of JUKEBOX.INI
Added ignore file support. Any folder containing a “dwj.ign” or “dwjukebox.ign” file will be ignored when searching for songs. The actual content of the file [...]

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Once again I find myself in the position of apologizing for a long absence.
As I am sure most of you know, DWJukebox is made available for free. Part of this is due to the fact that I want it to be; I want to give back to the community that I have taken so [...]

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DWJukebox 3.3.1 has been released. This is just a bugfix release.  The changes in this version are:

Changed skin change to remember the page that skin was last on.
Fixed autoflip during screen saver.
Fixed GUI movement on album skins.
Fixed NEXTALPHA/PREVALPHA and alpha jumps.
Fixed crashes related to Display5 (Album cover display).
Fixed alpha jumps when sorting by album.

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