Discussion:
Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!
Steve Martin
2004-08-09 19:19:25 UTC
Permalink
I guess I'm the first to post!

Hookup was easy. iTunes server showed up right away.

The first two times I tried to access a playlist, it mysteriously
failed. (I figured there was a size limit I had exceeded or something
as the playlists were very long). But, later it laoded it just fine.

Playing like a champ.

The little one squeezes in very nicely under my center speaker on top
of the TV, the 2000 would have been too big for that spot.

Only one thing missing, Apple Lossless.

I notice that iTunes creates its Apple Lossless files with the .m4a
extension which would indicate they are MPEG4 Audio files. Are they
just using some published spec? Hint hint...


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Steve Martin
2004-08-09 19:43:12 UTC
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First flaw. It apparently can't pass ripped DTS music! That means the
AIFF files are being altered somehow before being passed through the
optical output. I presume that is related to the volume control being
functional. I would like a passthrough mode for AIFF files where the
volume control is not active and DTS data can make it through
unaltered. (The Airport Express does this just fine).

I keep getting caught up having to select a playlist instead of just
pressing play when over it. I think the play button should work when a
playlist name is highlighted, especially if shuffle is active so you
can start at a random song. As it is, we have the same problem we have
with the roku where you have to dig into the playlist and choose the
starting song before it will start shuffling.

You can't even press play when a song title is highlighted, you have to
select it again. And choose "Play playlist starting with".

Other than that, I'm still in awe, watching the flashing blue lights.
Post by Steve Martin
I guess I'm the first to post!
Hookup was easy. iTunes server showed up right away.
The first two times I tried to access a playlist, it mysteriously
failed. (I figured there was a size limit I had exceeded or something
as the playlists were very long). But, later it laoded it just fine.
Playing like a champ.
The little one squeezes in very nicely under my center speaker on top
of the TV, the 2000 would have been too big for that spot.
Only one thing missing, Apple Lossless.
I notice that iTunes creates its Apple Lossless files with the .m4a
extension which would indicate they are MPEG4 Audio files. Are they
just using some published spec? Hint hint...
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Ray Nugent (rnugent)
2004-08-09 19:50:41 UTC
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You'd think they would beta these things with members of this list...
Post by Steve Martin
First flaw. It apparently can't pass ripped DTS music! That means the
AIFF files are being altered somehow before being passed through the
optical output. I presume that is related to the volume control being
functional. I would like a passthrough mode for AIFF files where the
volume control is not active and DTS data can make it through
unaltered. (The Airport Express does this just fine).
I keep getting caught up having to select a playlist instead of just
pressing play when over it. I think the play button should work when a
playlist name is highlighted, especially if shuffle is active so you can
start at a random song. As it is, we have the same problem we have with
the roku where you have to dig into the playlist and choose the starting
song before it will start shuffling.
You can't even press play when a song title is highlighted, you have to
select it again. And choose "Play playlist starting with".
Other than that, I'm still in awe, watching the flashing blue lights.
Post by Steve Martin
I guess I'm the first to post!
Hookup was easy. iTunes server showed up right away.
The first two times I tried to access a playlist, it mysteriously failed.
(I figured there was a size limit I had exceeded or something as the
playlists were very long). But, later it laoded it just fine.
Playing like a champ.
The little one squeezes in very nicely under my center speaker on top of
the TV, the 2000 would have been too big for that spot.
Only one thing missing, Apple Lossless.
I notice that iTunes creates its Apple Lossless files with the .m4a
extension which would indicate they are MPEG4 Audio files. Are they just
using some published spec? Hint hint...
--
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Steve Martin
2004-08-09 19:59:09 UTC
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I beta test for ReplayTV for years, some of the Roku people should know
to put me on their list ;-)

Hopefully the first reponse will be some setting you can tweak through
the telnet interface or something to get DTS working ;-)
Post by Ray Nugent (rnugent)
You'd think they would beta these things with members of this list...
Post by Steve Martin
First flaw. It apparently can't pass ripped DTS music! That means
the AIFF files are being altered somehow before being passed through
the optical output. I presume that is related to the volume control
being functional. I would like a passthrough mode for AIFF files
where the volume control is not active and DTS data can make it
through unaltered. (The Airport Express does this just fine).
I keep getting caught up having to select a playlist instead of just
pressing play when over it. I think the play button should work when
a playlist name is highlighted, especially if shuffle is active so
you can start at a random song. As it is, we have the same problem
we have with the roku where you have to dig into the playlist and
choose the starting song before it will start shuffling.
You can't even press play when a song title is highlighted, you have
to select it again. And choose "Play playlist starting with".
Other than that, I'm still in awe, watching the flashing blue lights.
Post by Steve Martin
I guess I'm the first to post!
Hookup was easy. iTunes server showed up right away.
The first two times I tried to access a playlist, it mysteriously
failed. (I figured there was a size limit I had exceeded or
something as the playlists were very long). But, later it laoded it
just fine.
Playing like a champ.
The little one squeezes in very nicely under my center speaker on
top of the TV, the 2000 would have been too big for that spot.
Only one thing missing, Apple Lossless.
I notice that iTunes creates its Apple Lossless files with the .m4a
extension which would indicate they are MPEG4 Audio files. Are they
just using some published spec? Hint hint...
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Steve Martin
2004-08-09 21:01:17 UTC
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I was out of the house for a while and read the manual. Thought I had
found the answer...

Page 25 of the manual shows two volume related settings in the
Settings... menu.

FIXED VOLUME OUTPUT (LINE LEVEL)
...
USE EMBEDDED VOLUME ADJUSTEMENT

I figured if Fixed was chosen and use embedded was not, DTS would
probably work.

But, those options do not appear on my SoundBridge's settings list!
Post by Steve Martin
First flaw. It apparently can't pass ripped DTS music! That means
the AIFF files are being altered somehow before being passed through
the optical output. I presume that is related to the volume control
being functional. I would like a passthrough mode for AIFF files
where the volume control is not active and DTS data can make it
through unaltered. (The Airport Express does this just fine).
--
Steve Martin
***@planomartins.com
Steve Martin
2004-08-09 22:01:12 UTC
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A little UI gripe.

Probably from using a TiVo, but when I'm on a list I keep wanting to
press the right arrow to select the current item. Then I remember I
have to press select. If possible it would be nice if the right arrow
would act like select when browsing menus.

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Steve Martin
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Jeff Curtin
2004-08-09 22:15:19 UTC
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Do you have any thing good to say. All you've done is b_____!

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Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:01 PM
To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!

A little UI gripe.

Probably from using a TiVo, but when I'm on a list I keep wanting to
press the right arrow to select the current item. Then I remember I
have to press select. If possible it would be nice if the right arrow
would act like select when browsing menus.

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Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
2004-08-09 22:39:53 UTC
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OK,

I love it, the kids love the visualizer. I think they can use it. It
is great to not need to access a laptop to run it as the Airport
Express does).

Other than the DTS and Apple Lossless shortcomings which I'm sure will
be corrected the other things are just minor little ui things.

If I reported everything that worked right, I'd be typing all day
instead of listening to my music ;-)

Can I say "I love it" again?

Still, I'm going to report all the little bugs as I come across them.
I'm sure the Roku folks appreciate that.

Oh, and by the way "I love it".
Post by Jeff Curtin
Do you have any thing good to say. All you've done is b_____!
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To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!
A little UI gripe.
Probably from using a TiVo, but when I'm on a list I keep wanting to
press the right arrow to select the current item. Then I remember I
have to press select. If possible it would be nice if the right arrow
would act like select when browsing menus.
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Mike Kobb
2004-08-10 02:17:16 UTC
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Hey, Steve. Keep the suggestions and issues coming. The occasional "I love
it!" will be welcome as well. ;-)

Let me respond to a couple of issues/questions you've raised.

1) .m4a on Apple Lossless. As I've had it explained to me, MPEG-4 is
essentially an encapsulation format, which internally contains a tag
indicating what the compression is, if any. Although the container is using
a standard format, the codec is an Apple codec not a publicly-specd one.

2) You can't go "right" to select an item in a list because of the
left/right quick navigation feature in lists. [For those without a
SoundBridge (yet), in lists of albums, artists, songs, etc. you can use the
left and right arrows on the remote to rapidly navigate the list. In a
sorted list, each press skips by the first letter of the item: A, B, C, etc.
In an un-sorted list, it goes by a percentage.]

3) Fixed volume output. This feature was slated for inclusion but didn't
make it. It will appear in a later release. However, if you turn the
volume all the way up to 100, you'll have the same effect. This leads me
to:

4) DTS isn't a supported iTunes format, although it's interesting to hear
that it works for you with your AirPort Express. It's already filed as an
enhancement request.

5) You mentioned that the first two times you tried to access a playlist, it
failed. Can you tell me a little more about your config? Wired/wireless,
number of items in the playlist, iTunes version, etc. Email me privately if
you prefer.

6) Play button to play the highlighted track. Here's why we didn't do this.
Let's say you play some music and then go navigating around in the menus to
add some songs to your playlist. Your phone rings, so you pause the music
and answer. You hang up and want to resume the music, so you hit Play with
a song selected in the UI. What should happen? In short, using Play this
way creates an ambiguity. In evaluating other products, I found this to be
a frustrating behavior for that reason.

You will notice, though, that we put some effort into organizing the menus.
So, "Play songs starting with <>" is the first item in the menu you get when
you press select with the highlight on a song. Thus, you can "double-click"
the song to start the list playing.

7) Play a list, shuffled. How about a menu option for "play songs shuffled"
that would just shuffle the song list, and start it with a random song?
Post by Steve Martin
OK,
I love it, the kids love the visualizer. I think they can use it. It
is great to not need to access a laptop to run it as the Airport
Express does).
Other than the DTS and Apple Lossless shortcomings which I'm sure will
be corrected the other things are just minor little ui things.
If I reported everything that worked right, I'd be typing all day
instead of listening to my music ;-)
Can I say "I love it" again?
Still, I'm going to report all the little bugs as I come across them.
I'm sure the Roku folks appreciate that.
Oh, and by the way "I love it".
Post by Jeff Curtin
Do you have any thing good to say. All you've done is b_____!
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:01 PM
To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!
A little UI gripe.
Probably from using a TiVo, but when I'm on a list I keep wanting to
press the right arrow to select the current item. Then I remember I
have to press select. If possible it would be nice if the right arrow
would act like select when browsing menus.
--
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
2004-08-10 02:48:50 UTC
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Post by Mike Kobb
4) DTS isn't a supported iTunes format, although it's interesting to hear
that it works for you with your AirPort Express. It's already filed as an
enhancement request.
Note that the source of these DTS files are DTS CD's. DTS CD's are
when ripped to AIFF files and played back to a DTS decoder are
recognized and decoded.

Not only the Airport Express works, but also the Roku HD1000! Anything
that does not manipulate the bits but passes the raw AIFF data to the
digital output should work fine. That implies that even at 100%
volume, the Soundbridge is changing the bits. It also implies that
AIFF data from normal AIFF files is not making it through unaltered. I
guess I could capture the output with a digital audio input card and
compare it to the original aiff to try to figure out what is changing
but you would probably be better equipt to analyze that.
Post by Mike Kobb
5) You mentioned that the first two times you tried to access a playlist, it
failed. Can you tell me a little more about your config?
Wired/wireless,
number of items in the playlist, iTunes version, etc. Email me privately if
you prefer.
I had communication with Patrick over this but it was wired, 2000 in
the playlist, latest versions of iTunes/MacOS X (well latest as of 6
hours ago, 10.3.4).
Post by Mike Kobb
6) Play button to play the highlighted track. Here's why we didn't do this.
Let's say you play some music and then go navigating around in the menus to
add some songs to your playlist. Your phone rings, so you pause the music
and answer. You hang up and want to resume the music, so you hit Play with
a song selected in the UI. What should happen? In short, using Play this
way creates an ambiguity. In evaluating other products, I found this to be
a frustrating behavior for that reason.
Sounds reasonable.
Post by Mike Kobb
You will notice, though, that we put some effort into organizing the menus.
So, "Play songs starting with <>" is the first item in the menu you get when
you press select with the highlight on a song. Thus, you can
"double-click"
the song to start the list playing.
Thinking the "double-click" metaphor helps, I'm sure I'll get used to
it.
Post by Mike Kobb
7) Play a list, shuffled. How about a menu option for "play songs shuffled"
that would just shuffle the song list, and start it with a random song?
That would be great. I just don't like having to hear the same first
song every time or having to automatically press "next track" after
starting the list.

Thanks for the great explanations and support.
--
Steve Martin
***@planomartins.com
Jason Burroughs
2004-08-10 03:00:12 UTC
Permalink
In the meantime, I'm filtering everything with the word soundbridge to the
trash.

Thanks,

Jason
Steve Martin
2004-08-10 03:19:06 UTC
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I second that. They are very different products and I can see where
those who only own one or the other would be annoyed.

Just imagine when there are two of us Soundbridge owners out here ;-)
Post by Jason Burroughs
In the meantime, I'm filtering everything with the word soundbridge to the
trash.
Thanks,
Jason
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Don Woodward
2004-08-10 16:01:33 UTC
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Post by Steve Martin
Not only the Airport Express works, but also the Roku HD1000!
Anything that does not manipulate the bits but passes the raw AIFF data to the
digital output should work fine. That implies that even at 100%
Yes, in fact I've tested a snippet of Steve's file
and have verified it works on the HD1000, but does
not on the SoundBridge. This is confusing because
I do not perform any transformations on the data,
on the SoundBridge either, but I will get to the
bottom of it.

I also noted that there is a slight audio blip at
the beginning of the clip (when playing back from
HD1000) which I think is rendered by my AV receiver
as PCM audio before it figures out that it is DTS.

Does your AV receiver do that too, Steve?

-Don
Post by Steve Martin
-----Original Message-----
Steve Martin
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 7:49 PM
To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!
Post by Mike Kobb
4) DTS isn't a supported iTunes format, although it's
interesting to
Post by Mike Kobb
hear
that it works for you with your AirPort Express. It's
already filed
Post by Mike Kobb
as an
enhancement request.
Note that the source of these DTS files are DTS CD's. DTS CD's are
when ripped to AIFF files and played back to a DTS decoder are
recognized and decoded.
Not only the Airport Express works, but also the Roku HD1000!
Anything
that does not manipulate the bits but passes the raw AIFF data to the
digital output should work fine. That implies that even at 100%
volume, the Soundbridge is changing the bits. It also implies that
AIFF data from normal AIFF files is not making it through
unaltered. I
guess I could capture the output with a digital audio input card and
compare it to the original aiff to try to figure out what is changing
but you would probably be better equipt to analyze that.
Post by Mike Kobb
5) You mentioned that the first two times you tried to access a playlist, it
failed. Can you tell me a little more about your config?
Wired/wireless,
number of items in the playlist, iTunes version, etc. Email me privately if
you prefer.
I had communication with Patrick over this but it was wired, 2000 in
the playlist, latest versions of iTunes/MacOS X (well latest as of 6
hours ago, 10.3.4).
Post by Mike Kobb
6) Play button to play the highlighted track. Here's why
we didn't do
Post by Mike Kobb
this.
Let's say you play some music and then go navigating around in the menus to
add some songs to your playlist. Your phone rings, so you
pause the
Post by Mike Kobb
music
and answer. You hang up and want to resume the music, so
you hit Play
Post by Mike Kobb
with
a song selected in the UI. What should happen? In short,
using Play
Post by Mike Kobb
this
way creates an ambiguity. In evaluating other products, I
found this
Post by Mike Kobb
to be
a frustrating behavior for that reason.
Sounds reasonable.
Post by Mike Kobb
You will notice, though, that we put some effort into
organizing the
Post by Mike Kobb
menus.
So, "Play songs starting with <>" is the first item in the menu you get when
you press select with the highlight on a song. Thus, you can
"double-click"
the song to start the list playing.
Thinking the "double-click" metaphor helps, I'm sure I'll get used to
it.
Post by Mike Kobb
7) Play a list, shuffled. How about a menu option for "play songs shuffled"
that would just shuffle the song list, and start it with a
random song?
That would be great. I just don't like having to hear the same first
song every time or having to automatically press "next track" after
starting the list.
Thanks for the great explanations and support.
--
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
2004-08-10 19:10:38 UTC
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Some receivers do that (even with the original DTS CDs). When I play
from the Roku to my Parasound AVC-2500 I get that. I've not heard it
playing to my Denon downstairs with the Airport Express.

Some decoders just take a little while to recognize that it is DTS when
in Auto mode. Something I always figured we had to live with, but if
the Roku was smart enough to recognize it as DTS it might be able to
prepend quite DTS frames or something to help out that kind of thing.
But I think you would be catering to a rather esoteric crowd ;-)
Post by Don Woodward
Post by Steve Martin
Not only the Airport Express works, but also the Roku HD1000!
Anything that does not manipulate the bits but passes the raw AIFF data to the
digital output should work fine. That implies that even at 100%
Yes, in fact I've tested a snippet of Steve's file
and have verified it works on the HD1000, but does
not on the SoundBridge. This is confusing because
I do not perform any transformations on the data,
on the SoundBridge either, but I will get to the
bottom of it.
I also noted that there is a slight audio blip at
the beginning of the clip (when playing back from
HD1000) which I think is rendered by my AV receiver
as PCM audio before it figures out that it is DTS.
Does your AV receiver do that too, Steve?
-Don
Post by Steve Martin
-----Original Message-----
Steve Martin
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 7:49 PM
To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!
Post by Mike Kobb
4) DTS isn't a supported iTunes format, although it's
interesting to
Post by Mike Kobb
hear
that it works for you with your AirPort Express. It's
already filed
Post by Mike Kobb
as an
enhancement request.
Note that the source of these DTS files are DTS CD's. DTS CD's are
when ripped to AIFF files and played back to a DTS decoder are
recognized and decoded.
Not only the Airport Express works, but also the Roku HD1000!
Anything
that does not manipulate the bits but passes the raw AIFF data to the
digital output should work fine. That implies that even at 100%
volume, the Soundbridge is changing the bits. It also implies that
AIFF data from normal AIFF files is not making it through
unaltered. I
guess I could capture the output with a digital audio input card and
compare it to the original aiff to try to figure out what is changing
but you would probably be better equipt to analyze that.
Post by Mike Kobb
5) You mentioned that the first two times you tried to access a playlist, it
failed. Can you tell me a little more about your config?
Wired/wireless,
number of items in the playlist, iTunes version, etc. Email me privately if
you prefer.
I had communication with Patrick over this but it was wired, 2000 in
the playlist, latest versions of iTunes/MacOS X (well latest as of 6
hours ago, 10.3.4).
Post by Mike Kobb
6) Play button to play the highlighted track. Here's why
we didn't do
Post by Mike Kobb
this.
Let's say you play some music and then go navigating around in the menus to
add some songs to your playlist. Your phone rings, so you
pause the
Post by Mike Kobb
music
and answer. You hang up and want to resume the music, so
you hit Play
Post by Mike Kobb
with
a song selected in the UI. What should happen? In short,
using Play
Post by Mike Kobb
this
way creates an ambiguity. In evaluating other products, I
found this
Post by Mike Kobb
to be
a frustrating behavior for that reason.
Sounds reasonable.
Post by Mike Kobb
You will notice, though, that we put some effort into
organizing the
Post by Mike Kobb
menus.
So, "Play songs starting with <>" is the first item in the menu you get when
you press select with the highlight on a song. Thus, you can
"double-click"
the song to start the list playing.
Thinking the "double-click" metaphor helps, I'm sure I'll get used to
it.
Post by Mike Kobb
7) Play a list, shuffled. How about a menu option for "play songs shuffled"
that would just shuffle the song list, and start it with a
random song?
That would be great. I just don't like having to hear the same first
song every time or having to automatically press "next track" after
starting the list.
Thanks for the great explanations and support.
--
Steve Martin
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Roy Pereira
2004-08-10 14:28:20 UTC
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I also think Roku needs a mailing list for 3rd party developers as those
questions should be very annoying to non-developers.
Reply-To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion
Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] request for new list for soundbridge product
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:19:06 -0500
I second that. They are very different products and I can see where those
who only own one or the other would be annoyed.
Just imagine when there are two of us Soundbridge owners out here ;-)
Post by Jason Burroughs
In the meantime, I'm filtering everything with the word soundbridge to the
trash.
Thanks,
Jason
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Jason M
2004-08-10 16:52:03 UTC
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I finally got my Soundbridge M1000 last night. Very excited!

I am happy to see that Roku included all the accessories that I may need such
as batteries for the remote, Ethernet Cable, and RCA-mini stereo jack). The
industrial design is quite nice. I must say that it was weird at the beginning
to be looking at a VFD instead of back/side-lit LCDs that are used pretty much
exclusively now but the VFD is much easier (for me) to read at a distance.

I initially tried to connect the Soundbridge wirelessly with a Linksys WCF11
but no dice. When I first set the SSID and password it would get a link but
not get a DHCP address. If I powercycled it would no longer even see the card.
I reset the unit back to factory defaults and tried again and repeated the
whole cycle. I then connected the unit to a D-Link 7100AP A/B/G wireless
access point configured for bridging and it came up right away (I had
previously been using the access point for my HD1000). So, I guess this means
the Linksys CF card won't work. Bummer.

Can someone tell me what the OEM of the Roku 802.11b Compact Flash card is?

The visualizers seem.... slow. They appear to be trailing the music more than
I would expect.

I noticed a little minor visualizer bug last night when the fonts are large.
If I browse for music and then start playing a track the small area between
the duration and visualizer is not updated (it retains a portion of the text).

Someone mentioned 3rd party developers. Can we anticipate being able to write
custom software for the Soundbridge ala HD1000? I do have an application that
I am working on and would LOVE to have some hooks added to remotely control
the Soundbridge, which I will comment on later.

Good job guys! What's the big new project now?

-Jason
Patrick Ellis
2004-08-10 17:15:52 UTC
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//Can someone tell me what the OEM of the Roku 802.11b Compact
//Flash card is?

Jason, see http://www.rokulabs.com/support/sbaccesspoints.php for tested and
supported Wi-Fi equipment. However, based on our informal price survey, I don't
think you'll be able to find an approved card for a better price than what we
offer the official card for on our web site:
http://www.rokulabs.com/buy/index.php#sb-wifi



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Steve Martin
2004-08-10 19:12:54 UTC
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Post by Jason M
I am happy to see that Roku included all the accessories that I may need such
as batteries for the remote, Ethernet Cable,
Yes, a big thanks for that. As I brought the box into the house, my
heart sank as I realized I was out of ethernet cables. Vwala!
Post by Jason M
Good job guys! What's the big new project now?
Hopefully catching up on 6 months worth of HD1000 updates ;-)

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Jeff James
2004-08-10 19:48:35 UTC
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Agreed :-)

Jeff
On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Jason M wrote:>
Hopefully catching up on 6 months worth of HD1000 updates ;-)
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Thanks,
Jeff
Joe Saul
2004-08-10 20:09:52 UTC
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I can't wait!

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Post by Jeff James
Agreed :-)
Jeff
On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Jason M wrote:>
Hopefully catching up on 6 months worth of HD1000 updates ;-)
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Scott Culverhouse
2004-08-10 21:14:59 UTC
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:12:54 -0500
Post by Steve Martin
Hopefully catching up on 6 months worth of HD1000 updates ;-)
I second, third and forth that one! Amen!



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Jeff James
2004-08-10 16:08:07 UTC
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I thought this list was a ROKU specific list, not a HD-1000 list?
I have both a HD-1000 and Soundbridge (this weekend I'll have it). I
guess this list should be eliminated and two created to cover both of
their products?

Jeff

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