I am building a box that will be at a user location. They will not have access to the computer in the cabinet.
The end user will shut the external power switch off to shut off the Juke and the next time they hit the external cabinet Power switch,
the computer will boot, (I have set the BIOS on the computer to reboot when Power is supplied), and the FREEBOX will Start automatically, ( it is in the START-UP).
I have the Freebox Config set to Save Queue on Shutdown. It does. The problem is that the entire queue is saved since the last power up , even the songs that were played in the previous session, that were no longer viewable in the queue.
In other words, if I start the box with 50 songs in the queue, and play 10 songs before switching the power off, at the next time power is switched on, all 50 songs are back in the queue, not only the unplayed 40 I am expecting. I assume that because I am shutting down HARD, thge 10 played songs are not deleted from the play queue, even though the 10 that played are not visable before shutdown via the queue button.
What I want is for only the unplayed queue songs (40 in this example), come back at reboot.
User access to the PC is not an option.
Thanks,
Randy :beer
Why not turn on the PIN to enter the settings and provide the user with the PIN. Set the Power Off button to shutdown the computer. This should allow both Freebox and the computer to shutdown properly and retain the remaining songs in queue.
How would the computer be turned back on without pushing the power button on the PC itself? The user has no access to the PC or PC Power button.
Turn the power switch off and back on. If it is set in the BIOS to boot when power is supplied, it should work. The other option is to wire an external power button for the computer itself.
Freebox can only save the queue correctly if you use the shutdown option in freebox...
If you make freebox the shell when you shutdown freebox there will be nothing showing but windows will still be running. Make the wall paper say "Now safe to turn off the jukebox" and that should solve your issue. It's a bit windows 98 but it should work for what you want... In the bios on the pc i had you could set it turn on when power resumed as opposed to just resuming last state. If yours does that then just let freebox shut it down. They can then turn off at the plug and turn on and it will boot up.
In my Bios I have it set to Turn the PC on when Power is Resumed.
"If you make freebox the shell when you shutdown freebox there will be nothing showing but windows will still be running".
"Make the wall paper say "Now safe to turn off the jukebox" "
I do not know how or where these 2 items are done. Any specifics would be appreciated.
Thanks.