andrew2022
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for my next project i want to make a stand-alone-MP3/AVI player from a old computer. main problem to overcome is that i will not be using a monitor, instead 2 LCD displays. 1 display is gonna be a 2X16 LCD. line 1 is 2 display the title of the file being played and the 2nd line is to display the time played/total time of the file. the 2nd display is gonna be a 4x20 LCD. this is gonna be where the files are selected from. ideally what i want it to be a mini browser. i want a file which i will put more files (e.g 1 for music and 1 for video). the files are to be listed and scrolled thru using up and down arrows, right to open the folder and back to go up a level. what i was thinkin was to interface winamp, since it can play open the files needed. i kno there are programs what allow the title to be displayed on an LCD but i cant find anythin to display the files in the larger screen. ne1 kno how this can be done? as for other controls, winamp allows keyboard shortcuts so i was gonna take apart an old keyboard and make a smaller keyboard to control pause, nxt track, previous track etc.
overall: main question is how can i make the larger screen browse the files?
other idea, altho not as important, was to add a DVD reader, so i could play DVD's altho am not sure how am gonna add this feature yet. any ideas would be much appreciated
EDIT: missed a part. what i also need is some way to connect it to a TV to play AVI files. what i want for this part is for whatever is in the winamp video window to be displayed on a TV. i could use a VGA to TV converter but i only want a certain area to be played. can this be done by changing settings on a TV adapter?
overall: main question is how can i make the larger screen browse the files?
other idea, altho not as important, was to add a DVD reader, so i could play DVD's altho am not sure how am gonna add this feature yet. any ideas would be much appreciated
EDIT: missed a part. what i also need is some way to connect it to a TV to play AVI files. what i want for this part is for whatever is in the winamp video window to be displayed on a TV. i could use a VGA to TV converter but i only want a certain area to be played. can this be done by changing settings on a TV adapter?