Raspberry Pi Polar Express

I have still not dug out my workshop to work on this project and it is already late July.  So, with regret, I'm putting this one on hold.

My workshop is currently storing items that belong elsewhere and my garage is full of stuff to be sorted.  So this is going to take awhile.

Since my other projects don't require a wood working shop, I'm continuing those.

Sadness prevails.

Having just moved into a new home I find myself surrounded by boxes to unpack and organized. Unfortunately, it's going to take some time before I get my workshop up and running to start actual construction.

Luckily, now that I am seeing the light of day from unpacking, I can at least get started on the planning phase. Still lots to do but looking forward to it.

I think the next step is to measure the space so that I can start creating a track plan.

I appreciate your patience.

One of my requirements is to be able to extract sound bites from the movie so that I can play them whenever I wish. For instance, when the train stops at the Hero Boy's house, it would be fun to play that dialogue between the boy and the conductor.

So, as a proof of concept, I was able to extract sound fairly easily using a DVD ripper and Cyberlink's Audio Director 6. The Audio Director is able to import a movie so that you can edit the sound. Turns out I can also snip interesting portions of the sound track and save them to disk for replay.

Once I get further along in the rest of the project I'll circle back to here to start extracting my desired sound bites.