RE: Soundbridge 1000 is in the house!

> 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


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> 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!
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 9, 2004, at 9:17 PM, Mike Kobb wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> >
> > 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).
> 
> >
> > 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.
> 
> >
> > 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.
> 
> >
> > 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
> [email protected]
> 
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