Hi quikdog,

welcome to the forums.

when I try to update my M1001 software it says I'm already up to date. (3.0.44).

3.0.44 is the latest official version, so yes, your M1001 is up to date.

How do i force the m1001 to upgrade to 3.0.52

You can't, as 3.0.52 is no longer available. However, this is not of great importance as it dealt with an issue concerning iTunes 7.7 which Apple fixed soon afterwards.

My problem is my Roku has trouble connecting to Itunes 8 (which I hate).

iTunes 8 is heavily outdated, you should perform an update to 10.5.

Greetings
dupondt

quikdog wrote:

My problem is my Roku has trouble connecting to Itunes 8 (which I hate).

So don't use iTunes.

If you have a Mac, you can use EyeConnect to share files via UPnP to the SoundBridge - it's free for use with audio files. On a Windows PC there are many UPnP server applications. Windows Media Player 11 or 12, TVersity, etc, etc.

But as Dupondt says, the firmware version that you have is not the problem. 3.0.52 was introduced to fix a specific problem with some BBC internet radio streams and changes made since then by the BBC mean that you no longer need to run 3.0.52.