RE: My Soundbridge doesn't play AAC files

Peter,

//Installation on my WLAN (Apple Airport) went smoothly. Only=20
//issue was, I had restricted access to the base station only=20
//to dedicated MAC addresses and I first forgot to add the MAC=20
//address of the Soundbridge. That gave me the strange effect,=20
//that the Soundbridge was able to see my shared iTunes library=20
//but wasn't able to access it. Probably something to add to=20
//the WLAN troubleshooting guide.

That's strange.  It sounds like your base station is allowing broadcasts =
from
unauthorized clients, which it shouldn't. =20

//The biggest complaint so far is, that Soundbrige cannot play=20
//any of my ACC files from iTunes. They all have a X before=20
//their title and Soundbridge tells me, the format is not=20
//supported. And they are not DRM protected, if someone asks.=20

I'm sure Mike will have something to say here, but it sounds like the
SoundBridge could be thinking that they are Apple Lossless files (which =
are .m4a
files just like normal aac files).  For one of the unplayable files, =
we'd be
interested to see what the SoundBridge says when you "Get Song Info" for =
the
song.  The fields we're especially interested in are "Kind:" and =
"Bitrate". =20

//A second complaint I have is, that a lot of internet radio=20
//stations do not play with Soundbridge (from iTunes). They=20
//play well directly in iTunes and even through Slim server on=20
//the Soundbridge. It is the same error message that I get with=20
//the AAC files saying, that the format is not supported. So=20
//probably if the first is fixed, the second will be as well, hopefully.

What stations in particular give the "unsupported format" error?  We're =
aware of
some incompatibilites with some of the iTunes radio stations and are =
working
feverishly to improve this situation.

 ------
 Patrick Ellis
 Senior Software Engineer, Roku
 Get more out of your high-def TV.
 High-definition photos, art, music and more. http://www.rokulabs.com