Thread: Ever just wish you never installed a carputer

quit being a candy *** and DO IT! It's an expensive hobby, but as with any hooby, it cost money!

and when you are done, you can pick up the ladies!!

It really is a one time (albeit large) investment...if you want to add functionality, 95% of the time all you'll have to do is install the software...

A carputer is for people who not only like computers, but ppl who like to CUSTOMIZE...dont like the way your OS looks? change the colors. Dont like the interface? Change the front-end. Want to play a music file when the car (and computer) start up? go into sound settings. Want to crossfade your songs? Specify the settings in winamp. Dont like winamp? Get something else!

I could go on and on with thousands of these "dillemas" that we have here, but it turns out that there is almost always a solution. Try to find these abilities in a $2000 clarion touchscreen DVD player (which by the way, does NOT come with a 55gb music collection or DiVX movies )

:-)

I like winamp just fine, so it should do everything but dvds unless they do dvds as well, so the frontends are pretty stable? What resolution are these front ends running at or is it just massive icons and text sizes? For some reason im scared of a front end on windows.

Originally Posted by fam

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I like winamp just fine, so it should do everything but dvds unless they do dvds as well, so the frontends are pretty stable? What resolution are these front ends running at or is it just massive icons and text sizes? For some reason im scared of a front end on windows.

Try not to think of it as a front end to windows, instead look at it as a front end to Winamp that runs full screen. The majority of stuff you are going to be doing is either music or movies.

The res on most screens is 800x480, so that will limit your choices on vid cards (unless you want to join the "quest for 800x480" with the EPIA)

Install FrodoPlayer and MediaCar on your machine at home. It's not going to hurt it, and you can use the mouse like you would a touchscreen to play with the interface. It will get you more comfortable with the different interfaces and give you move of an idea of any softwares that you may have to buy.

thanks cheech!

I have only one problem with installing my computer in my car.... I'm overwhelmed.....
Not with the project, the install, the tinkering..... I'm happy with that...or I was. Now that everything is running, I don't have anything to do but drive and enjoy... so here is my list of complaints....

1. My drive isn't long enough now. I want more frickin' drive time.
2. I don't know where to start to listen... I have so much music in the form of Mp3s or XM radio, I have a hard time choosing what to listen to.
3. My fiancee keeps playing country music.....(mental note: block country music on XM).
4. Answering questions about why I would want this.....
5. Answering questions about how much it would cost to do this.....for someone else. (I will not do tech support for someone elses car because they downloaded weather bug). Ignorance costs a lot of money.