[slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
Roku are now working with an open Source server mtdaapd (iTunes compatible) project and are adding a proprietary protocol to add more functionality. Also they are launching their own server Firefly which I think will be uPNP with their own protocol addition. It seems they have realised the shortcomings of the standard server and that users want functionality. http://www.rokulabs.com/firefly -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
radish Wrote: UPnP is pretty basic Not only is it basic, it's a security hole: http://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm It's been broken since December 2001. Also Roku's products now all upsample to 48 kHz. This would include the radio (not in radio mode of course, in server playback mode). And based on how rabid Apple is about intellectual property, being able to use iTunes certainly doesn't make a product more attractive to me. Alternate servers are nice though and SlimServer has several! (Moose, SlimRemote, SlightServer, WinSlim etc.) -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
Two reasons why I chose a Squeezebox 3 over the Roku 1000: the Squeezebox includes a far better built-in DAC, and the display is much easier to read from across the room. Plus the design of the SB3 is aesthetically simply beautiful... oh, and it includes built-in Pandora support. -- dyohn dyohn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5211 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
Keeping up with the Joneses... Competition is a good thing. This can only help keep Slim Devices on their toes. Last time I looked at the Roku player it was at the same level as the SBv1. -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
From a hardware point of view agreed, I'd like to see something like that from Slim. The software though? You have to be kidding. UPnP is pretty basic, Roku's server software sucks and their devices really don't work properly with slimserver. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
I do want a hardware radio in the Squeezebox, though using a Tivoli Model Two for the speakers works pretty well. still it would be nice to have the radio integrated into the SB, doing stuff like if players are synchronized and 1 switches to radio, all should switch to radio. This feature would be worth a hardware refresh on my SB's.-- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Roku Soundbridge Radio Review
And if you like your network being compromised, sure, use a Roku. WEP is not secure. Nice to see Roku is keeping up with standards. At least they are promising WPA real soon now for their radio product. Of course, their web page still says that it's shipping Soon.. which it has said for several months. Yep, they're very much on the ball there: no pesky shipping products for you to find flaws in. Everything is as perfect as claimed. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
