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Use a small formfactor motherboard that may be collecting dust in your garage, a handful of other components from your PC junkbox, and some simple HTML and script code, put together the "Midnite Boy" (Mb).
My Mb sits next to my TV, is controlled by my TV/DVD/Stereo/Mb universal IR remote, can play Internet radio stations, MP3s, AVIs, show info from the web, and sit there just as a low-power, full-time, file share.
My Mb sits next to my TV, is controlled by my TV/DVD/Stereo/Mb universal IR remote, can play Internet radio stations, MP3s, AVIs, show info from the web, and sit there just as a low-power, full-time, file share.
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Find some parts. In my case, I'm using a VIA EPIA M10000 motherboard (mobo), an old Quantum 30GB harddrive, a US Robotics USB/WiFi adapter, an IRA-3 IR receiver, and a neat little ATX power supply from my junkbox.
The mobo's overall size is about 6-3/4" square which happens to fit nicely on top of the power supply.
The IR receiver module is epoxied to the inside of the front panel. The IR sensor of the receiver module sticks through a hole drilled in the panel.
I put an acrylic sheet between the mobo and components on the back for electrical isolation and some structure to mount things to.
The USB/WiFi adapter is zip-tied to the acrylic sheet.
The harddrive is bracketed to the mobo and power supply using hand cut and bent sheet metal brackets.
The front panel USB connector is epoxied to two small wood blocks and the front panel through a square hole in the front panel.
The LED is hot glued into one of the grill holes in the front panel.
The mobo's overall size is about 6-3/4" square which happens to fit nicely on top of the power supply.
The IR receiver module is epoxied to the inside of the front panel. The IR sensor of the receiver module sticks through a hole drilled in the panel.
I put an acrylic sheet between the mobo and components on the back for electrical isolation and some structure to mount things to.
The USB/WiFi adapter is zip-tied to the acrylic sheet.
The harddrive is bracketed to the mobo and power supply using hand cut and bent sheet metal brackets.
The front panel USB connector is epoxied to two small wood blocks and the front panel through a square hole in the front panel.
The LED is hot glued into one of the grill holes in the front panel.
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on the part for the wshell3.run(a) it gave an error.......
also trying to figure it out it doesn't seem that it grabds the radio.vbs and do the split because a always contain 2 names that are not passed anywhere
like a little test i do the following on thet listActivate()
wshell.Run ('cmd /K cd C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Documents\\My Music\\Sample Music & CLAmp.exe /PLCLEAR /PLADD "mpehere.mp3" /REPEAT ON /PLAY ' ); it that way im able to load the song....... but how to make it work the way is supposed to be
thnks for the help and great idea :) sorry if this is an old post.
function listActivate() {
if(listStep > 0) return;
divList.style.visibility = "hidden";
divListPointer.style.visibility = "hidden";
a = '"' + listItemActions[setIdx] + '" "' + unescape(listItemParams[setIdx][listIdx]) + '"';
var wshell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell")
alert(a)
wshell.run(a)
wshell.quit
}
Then, it will show you the wshell.run() parameter. Then try running it manually like you did before. It could be the way you're referencing your data in theme.xml, or, the way CLamp is being referenced in album.vbs.
Let me know what you see.
, was this program working from the beginning?
theme.js runs loadTheme() which does: listItemActions[i] = path + "\\" + b.getAttribute('action');
As long as theme.xml has this in the list: <set name="radio" path="theme\radio" action="radio.vbs" paramPre="http://">
radio.vbs will run when selected. That is, as long as you have the Windows Script Host installed...
Try typing "cscript" in a dos window.
Hope to see you there.
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