DJ Jukebox

DJ Jukebox is an essential tool for managing a song library and generating playlists.

Each song can be assigned a rating so that favorites are played more often, and that unwanted songs are never chosen. Once all of the songs are rated, DJ Jukebox will generate playlists with the perfect mix of great songs, good songs, and some average songs. The repetition prevention feature ensures that the playlist is always fresh.

Also included is an array of powerful file management tools that allow the user to easily manage their song library. This makes DJ Jukebox an important time saver, especially as your collection grows into the thousands.

Key Features

Playlist Generator
DJ Jukebox generates random lists of songs which can be delivered to a media player such as Winamp. Each song can be rated (on a scale of 0-100) to ensure that favorites are chosen more often. A rating of 0 will prevent the song from being played altogether.

File Management
DJ Jukebox maintains a list of each song and its rating in the "Song Table". From this table, songs can be easily renamed, deleted, or rated.

DJ Jukebox can rename or move an entire directory. The Song Table is automatically updated to reflect the new song locations.

DJ Jukebox can also perform a text search and replace operation on the Song Table. Again, the song files are automatically renamed when a change is made.

Remote Control
DJ Jukebox can listen for commands from another copy of DJ Jukebox located on a local area network (LAN). Programmable keystrokes can be sent to the server with the click of a button, providing complete remote control over the media player.

The remote control feature can be used by a dedicated entertainment server. DJ Jukebox can start automatically during bootup and begin listening for remote commands. The server does not even need a monitor.

Rip CD's
DJ Jukebox can convert a CD into MP3 files. It uses the LAME encoder which is widely regarded as producing the highest audio quality. Features include:

• Jitter detection
• Automatic slowdown and retry when sectors cannot be read
• FreeDB enabled to provide album and track information

Commercials
DJ Jukebox can insert commercials in between songs. The commercials can be any type of media file that the media player supports. The average number of commercials per song can be adjusted, and individual commercials can be assigned a frequency rating that determines how often they are chosen.

Repetition Prevention
When DJ Jukebox generates a playlist, it can make sure that songs do not get repeated too often. It can also ensure that no two consecutive songs are from the same album or artist, or have the same name.

Additional Features
• Works with all versions of Windows® 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, and 2012.
• The song list, ratings, and other settings are stored in a "Project" file. There is no limit on the number of projects.
• All songs on the hard drive can be added to the Song Table in one simple step.
• There are two ratings columns: one for when you are alone, and one for when you have guests.
• A song's meta tags (a.k.a. ID3 tags) can be viewed and edited.
• Songs that were not recorded properly can be marked as "bad". This prevents the song from being chosen for a playlist without removing it from the Song Table.
• The Song Table can be checked for errors, such as a nonexistent file or illegal rating.
• The songs can be located on a network computer (no drive mapping is required).
• If you have a separate entertainment server, it can be shut down remotely. If the server supports the Wake On LAN feature, it can be powered up remotely.
• Playlists can be saved for later retrieval.
• Identical songs can be identified and deleted.
• The complete list of artists, albums, and songs can be printed.
• The Remote Control feature can be incorporated into third-party programs. The help file describes the syntax of all commands and explains how they can be sent to a DJ Jukebox server.
• A generated playlist can be limited to a single artist of your choosing.
• Command line parameters can be used to generate and play playlists. This is especially useful for creating Desktop shortcuts.