I researched immediately and found some fantastic Jukebox software that was highly customisable with the kind of flexibility that would be ideal in setting up for use on the X-Arcade control panel.
The excellent SK Jukebox is available for download free at http://www.salmonking.emuchrist.org/
The flexibility in its design allows for the following features:
Key remapping
Full screen or Windowed
Customize Fonts & Colors
Hide or Show mouse cursor
Animate Album Browsing
Display Album Art
Built-in Screen Saver
Random Mode
Require Credits or Free Mode
Minimize To System Tray
Genre Listing
Now this thing is simply awesome when up and running. You can imagine throwing parties and having your mates pick, select and queue songs by navigating through the pages of album art. When one flips through the pages of albums, the software replicates the sound and animation of a real digital jukebox providing a real feel of authenticity.
walmart.com is your friend, when it comes to acquiring album art and http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/projects/albumart/ is your best friend for making the burden of downloading even easier!
I have already put a few albums on for experimentation purposes, and I will be adding a more comprehensive selection in the coming week.
I can rip MP3s from my CDs and add to the jukebox HDD space on the Arcade PC wirelessly across the network from my Master PC. This will be great when adding to the vast collection of songs in the future, as the software refreshes its list of music and album art everytime it starts up. I can also share the folder of MP3s with my Liteon wireless netplayer that is currently hooked up to my TV.
Launching the software is easy, as I simply created another platform on my MAMEWAH frontend that points to the SK Jukebox executable, with the Arcade Player 1 or 2 button acting as the launch button as it already does with the games.
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