OLD* win 7 and vista new build for dm2

[LastDM2adminDJP]

so basically everyone has windows 7 or vista and wants this thing to work but doesnt want to either dual boot or properly set up a virtual machine.

So we have brainstormed and come up with 2 working solutions. Both are the same just a different format.

first is a cd bootable version of windows xp which comes from bart pe. downside to this is you need to have your own serial key for windows xp and would have to follow a guide to make your own bart pe windows xp environment

2nd. Is an ubuntu linux build. I was able to successfully port through wine all versions of virtual dj 4-6 and the linux driver. Now the downside to this is you will have to port your own copy of virtual dj or we may be able to make a cd version that will have version 4-6 installed and all you will have to do is type in your own serial key.

new 3rd option a usb bootable thumb drive install of xp there are hundreds of resources for this

now with both of these options you can play the music off the hard drive with the previous install of windows 7 or windows vista. i have to leave after the 3-10-10 till almost 4-25-10 so i will be gone for a while but will try to get on when i can to help every one out. So for everyone who wants to know the easiest most viable option without voiding there windows 7 or destorying there vista install. this is the way to go.

also if you have a slow machine ubuntu and wine (just wine install of vdj really) might not be the way to go for that id recommend using mixxx software. its kinda nutsty doesnt have all the options and hell they ripped off the dm2 community so use it as much as you want. But wine makes vdj run 100% on cpu power so it may run slower on older machines where you may want to just use another version.

So what i will do is make an ubuntu install ported drivers and mix *minus drivers of your computer cause each machine is different.

and then people with windows 7 and vista can try using an ubuntu build with mixxx to see if they like it. This is just a method to be able to use the dm2 till we build a better driver.

*updated for windows 7 users*
all your drivers for windows 7 can be ported to ubuntu. i use a italian driver backup program its like ita3drv is the filename when i get home i will post it on the forum as an attachment.

wrote this in a hurry so i hope its readable,
- Dj P

[mrzuzzo]

Hey DJ P,

I'd love to get my dm2 working again.. Any updates on this?

[LastDM2adminDJP]

ok so an update we were able to accomplish today full control of the scratch rings in dm2midi we are still trying to assign the macro controls and get full control of all the inner ring buttons. with every line of code we gain it seems we lose 3 lines of code. but we will figure it out and hope that in the next few months we can have a beta release to find errors and be able to develop around them. I am not making any guarantees on this cause it will have to be looked at by our legal advisor before we can do this to see if we can do this without getting a lawsuit a week after its inception. So we are gaining ground and i have been writing code for the driver for over 14 hours today non-stop. Ima get some sleep and go dj tonight in about 4 hours then come back to work on it.

Thank you for your patience and god bless -Blueshift2

[LastDM2adminDJP]

also for people like nijjy i see 100 laptops a day go on ebay for between 40-100 dollars that are windows xp laptops fully functional some need harddrives. but if its that big of a problem that you need to buy a 150$ controller theres other alternatives that you can seek till we can complete this.

[LastDM2adminDJP]

so am i to get this right all these people who harass me about a driver are running vista and windows 7 on dual core pc's with less than 4 gbs of ram. Not one quad core out there witha 640gb hard drive..... i keep getting complaint emails but no one has spec's listed above... what a shame

thanks and god bless -blueshift2

p.s. we still need people for this we havent had 1 response to it.

[LastDM2adminDJP]

we were donated some machines that fold workunits so we are going to use these machines for processing to limit the indeterminable risk that will be given to those that become involved in the project.

[LastDM2adminDJP]

ive come to the conclusion windows 7 sucks big balls. So we had a major breakthrough over 3 sleepless nights Tagging the code like Dade Murphey in a scene straight out of the movie Hackers (1h08m35s in for reference)... get a driver thats pretty sweet works with nearly all the buttons and the windows digitall driver signing disables the driver when you try to initiate the device. So i go online follow all these steps to disable driver signing in windows 7 and it puts win7 in test mode or it bsod's. so for the next few days ima be on the windows forum trying to figure out why microsoft hates homebrew developers.. *coughs* greedy losers *coughs*

im thinking when i said earlier in the year when we talked about getting the driver digitally signed through windows i think we may have to do that.. seems thats as big of a problem as drivers not working. We are testing it in vista but to be honest we made it for windows 7 under there DDK (driver development kit) and this is just a nightmare. Cause even if we get a driver it seems it has to be digitally signed. And as googling turns up even drivers that were digitally signed in vista have this problem in win7 and xp drivers that you can get to work in vista have the problem. *LAME*

So ima see wether we have to get it digitally signed or if there is some line of code or something that we can write which says SCrew your digital signature and allows it to work. or a workaround or added to the database i really dont know.

On a side note i seriously cant believe this crap. I dont care About directx11 or any of that crap. i mean the windows 7 GUI takes up like 2 gigs of ram if you have all the bells and whistles and 900megs-1gig with em disabled WTF is that about. i mean i think i might just write a 64 bit driver for xp cause I think it will have more use for others. Ive also noticed some of my sound equipment has lost latency not gained as windows claims. You can do this by looping a device (an using one of the 1000s of test programs), but thats for another topic of discussion.

Seriously all i can say is this just increases my belief never buy a crappy laptop or PC that cant be downgraded or has proprietary drivers for a single O/S like emachine, dell, acer, 45% of HP's, Compaqs, But sonys are generally good. People think its the end of the world to downgrade but imagine in the sense of back in time like say windows 98 or even XP imagine you bought the latest machine with that O/S But your told you can never upgrade to the newer O/S. which is on the market Even tho the machine was made after the newer O/S was released would you still buy that laptop or pc... But thats never the case so why shouldnt you be pissed if you cant downgrade or Nay Wont downgrade.

Thats like going to a gas station and buying 93 octane simply cause the 1 pump your at has bags over the spout saying 83 and 87 are out. Would you not just pull to the next pump over with out the bags or are you that lazy or just dont care that much. Speaking of gas yesterday i saw a guy in a Maserati putting the cheapest 83 octane gas in his car. who the hell drives a 200,000$ car and cant afford to put 93 octane in..

that last part was just a rant cause this driver ticked me off.....

[LastDM2adminDJP]

im just talking to myself echo echo echo echo echo echo echo... Well im going on vacation next week. so i geuss ill relax till i get back and figure something out after that..

[LastDM2adminDJP]

its official we have completed version 1 of the driver.. Just this digital driver signing disables it.. when we disabled digital driver signing it loads up win 7 in test mode and works but the programs cant dj for crap as they have there resources cut in half. So till this is resolved no driver release...