RE: NAS support on Soundbridge

I think you are confusing the Roku HD-1000 product and the Roku SoundBridge
product. These are TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, with different feature sets.

Roku HD-1000:
High Definition Photo Viewer & Music Player. Plays music directly from NAS
or other file server storage, much like an AudioTron. No streaming server
app required. Product has been shipping for some time.

Roku SoundBridge:
Music Player only. Requires streaming server app running on a computer
somewhere. This product is not shipping yet.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Peter Gutbrod
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:31 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Roku-tech] NAS support on Soundbridge
> 
> 
> I'm little bit confused about a statement Anthony Wood made 
> on Mai 28 in the
> thread "Soundbridge Questions.
> 
> > It is also true that the only audio only device that plays 
> from NAS is the
> > audiotron (although there are rumors that turtle beach has 
> discontinued
> > support for this product).   The Roku HD1000 can of course 
> play music from a
> > NAS, and at $299 it is the same price as an audiotron.
> 
> On one hand, I was told from Rokulabs support, that 
> Soundbridge needs a
> running server application to be able to parse a music 
> library and access
> the files. That server application could be iTunes with 
> enabled library
> sharing or a Slim Server.
> 
> In the AudioTron FAQ you can read:
> 
> >  Can I turn my computer off and still play AudioTron?
> > 
> >  You can, with something called Network Attached Storage 
> (NAS), which is
> > basically a hard drive with a power supply attached to your 
> network. You can
> > put all of your music files on the NAS and then turn off 
> your PC because
> > AudioTron will then stream the music from the NAS drive. As 
> an added benefit,
> > all of the music on the NAS server is also accessible from 
> any PC on the
> > network, as well as other AudioTrons on the network.
> 
> So it is clear, you can put your music on a NAS and play it 
> with AudioTron
> without the need to have a PC running.
> 
> With the information I got from Rokulabs support, you can put 
> your music on
> a NAS, but you must have iTunes or Slim Server running on the 
> NAS, what most
> NAS devices do not allow, or you must have a PC running these 
> apps somewhere
> on the network.
> 
> Andrews statement " The Roku HD1000 can of course play music from a
> NAS" gives the completely different impression, that 
> Soundbridge can parse
> the music on the NAS without any additional apps running. Or 
> did Andrew mean
> Soundbrige can play music stored on a NAS but streamed 
> through iTunes or
> Slim Server from another PC?
> 
> Can someone clarify this?
> 
> The root of the matter is the question, whether you can use 
> the Soundbridge
> without the need to run a computer all the time or startup a 
> computer every
> time, just to be able to play music, which makes a big 
> difference for the
> usability of the product.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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