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Is it possible to put a computer into your car and make windows media player play off your dvd player?
I want to be able to run windows media player using my touch screen dvd player in my car. I know it's a little much, but it's unique. I don't care if thats the only thing on the hard drive, I want to run the cool visuals through my dvd player. Any ideas would really help. DVD player is a touch screen jensen, don't remember the model #/ I want to be able to see the windows media player visuals on my dvd player. The crazy swirls and such.
Public Comments
- You would need to have a pc outlet in the television in your car... I'm pretty sure you don't. Although your idea sounds like an outstanding way to waste money, I would just get an mp3 player that plugs into your car stereo and listen to music that way, and if you want to to watch videos off your computer so badly why not transfer them to DVD, and for visuals why not just transfer the avi files on your computer to DVD media.
- A carputer... The idea is to have a "non-hard drive" based computer that runs standalone Windows XP from a Bootable USB drive that runs the music player of your choice. Your MP3's are stored on another USB drive that can be removed for editing. This all ties into your sound system (amp subs/speakers). No hard drive means nothing will crash. A touch screen display is really the only other peice of equipment needed that can be custom mounted in your dash. Look up BartPE and Sherpya. These two guys found a way to run the full GUI of Windows XP on a USB drive (under 600 Mb). A shuttle style computer is all you need for the computer. Here is a good place to start: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/index.php
