Ok, I'll admit; that's *almost* all I've got so far. :-)
Not quite: I have a paper sketch of a screen layout.
I need to figure out Glade, which I gather is the prototyping
environment of choice for complicated user interfaces.
As I've discussed before, though, primarily with Will, who's done much
of this already, though not all in one place, my goal is to create a
one-screen, full-screen interface that handles multiple playlists
(karaoke, background, sound-effects, etc), possibly driving multiple
outputs (my Terratec Phase 26USB will generate 3 stereo pairs to feed
my mixer), and potentially interface with wireless songbook tablets (my
current target is the Fujitsu Point 510 or 1600; the touchscreens of
which are 800x600, color, and don't require a pen).
How *have* things been going with your lashup these days?
I've relocated to Florida (Palm Bay), and am trying to set up shop here as a KJ. I'm making some progress in that area (feels like more "sideways" than "forward" movement though), but software projects are paying the bills right now.
I've got a lot of things as far as a hosting platform working on a "by hand" basis; I use JACK for low-latency audio production, mplayer for video/multimedia playback, xmms for filler music playlist management and visualizations (projectM), and Firefox to display rotation information on the screen. PyKaraoke is used for actual CDG playback; I don't use 100% of the screen for it, but instead leave a bar at the top and bottom now (top shows name of singer and song title, bottom shows a smooth line-by-line scroller that shows the next few singers and promotional texts).
The HTML in use now auto-generates the bulk of the screen via _javascript_; I just fill in names, song titles, and group assignments, and mark who's up, and it auto-generates the rest, including the grid, "who's next," etc.
There's a lot left to automate, as for now I run things by hand as far as firing off new CDG songs, videos, etc.
And where's your blog again?
http://willfe.com/
I haven't written much in it lately, mostly because the biggest reason I moved here in the first place turned out to be one hell of a lie (it involved a woman, go figure) and there just hasn't been much motivation to actually write.
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