Please dont forget to implement Wake-on-LAN.
This is a very important feature - who wants to keep their PC running 24/7 if its doing nothing?
Great product.
Phil
Your Digital Media Has Never Looked So Good
RCP Feature Request - POWER MODE
Roku, Can you add some sort of status command to tell us what power mode we are in.
I would like to write a remote control application so that when the unit is in standby, I make my own dsplay updates instead of the clock.
Then when the SB is powered on, my program will yeild control until it see's a power off event.
The issue is..
What mode is the SB in when the application starts up ?
GetTransportState always returns disconnected unless I'm actually playing something and/or disconnected to a server.
Standby to Power On.
Power On to Standby
If one could say on
CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_STANDBY
or
CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_OFF
and the other could say
CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_ON
Then it could be tracked.
In addition a verb to tell me which mode we are in.
I.E.
PS> This is a cross post from http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5042
Feel free to delete that message or this one.
I was not sure which place it should go.
I would like to write a remote control application so that when the unit is in standby, I make my own dsplay updates instead of the clock.
Then when the SB is powered on, my program will yeild control until it see's a power off event.
The issue is..
What mode is the SB in when the application starts up ?
GetTransportState always returns disconnected unless I'm actually playing something and/or disconnected to a server.
Standby to Power On.
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SoundBridge> irman echo
irman: CK_POWER
irman: CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_CHANGED
Power On to Standby
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irman: CK_POWER
irman: CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_CHANGED
If one could say on
CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_STANDBY
or
CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_OFF
and the other could say
CK_SPECIAL_POWER_STATE_ON
Then it could be tracked.
In addition a verb to tell me which mode we are in.
I.E.
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SoundBridge> powermode
standby
SoundBridge> powermode
on
PS> This is a cross post from http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5042
Feel free to delete that message or this one.
I was not sure which place it should go.
I'd like to second the requests so far for (in priority order):
- Normalize volume across tracks
- Provide the option to go back to the previous level in the menu. E.g. If I'm listening to album A by artist X I don't want to start from the root of the menu to go to album B by artist X or indeed to get to an album by artist Y. It should be more iPod like.
- Crossfade audio
- Normalize volume across tracks
- Provide the option to go back to the previous level in the menu. E.g. If I'm listening to album A by artist X I don't want to start from the root of the menu to go to album B by artist X or indeed to get to an album by artist Y. It should be more iPod like.
- Crossfade audio
optional delay between tracks
No crossfading for me 
I would like to see a small delay so the tracks are played not back to back.
Maybe configurable, like 0, 1 or 2 seconds.
I would like to see a small delay so the tracks are played not back to back.
Maybe configurable, like 0, 1 or 2 seconds.
Can anybody fly this thing?
Re: optional delay between tracks
PjV wrote:No crossfading for me :lol:
I would like to see a small delay so the tracks are played not back to back.
Maybe configurable, like 0, 1 or 2 seconds.
Strange/interesting request! What's the idea behind that?
Re: optional delay between tracks
mumbai wrote:Strange/interesting request! What's the idea behind that?
I usually play my tracks in random order and then having no silence between the tracks can result in very abrupt changes in music.
Maybe that should be an additional factor, only when it's playing in random order
Can anybody fly this thing?
Instant Play Mode
Currently it seems like from the off state, it takes at least 4 button presses to get music play.
On->Browse->Album->pick the album->Ok->Play
I may not be doing this right.
What would be idea is a 1 button "play music now" action. From the off state, or a sleep state, pressing this button would instantly make music play.
Another feature: Random play from within a playlist, or from all possible songs.
My wife wanted a boom box for the kitchen with shuffle play so she could mix up the music while she's in there w/the kids. The Roku was a much nicer solution, but manually created playlists, or shuffle on only one album is still repetitive.
It would be ideal if there was a "surprise me" mode where with one button from the off state, we're listening to music, and it is a sequence of random songs from any album either from a pre-selected playlist, or from all music on the server.
Basically a "shuffle play" mode accross an entire playlist or all music.
Also - normalizing volume accross tracks per the previous requests. Even if this is done offline - via a batch process we run on the music server pc.
Thanks
On->Browse->Album->pick the album->Ok->Play
I may not be doing this right.
What would be idea is a 1 button "play music now" action. From the off state, or a sleep state, pressing this button would instantly make music play.
Another feature: Random play from within a playlist, or from all possible songs.
My wife wanted a boom box for the kitchen with shuffle play so she could mix up the music while she's in there w/the kids. The Roku was a much nicer solution, but manually created playlists, or shuffle on only one album is still repetitive.
It would be ideal if there was a "surprise me" mode where with one button from the off state, we're listening to music, and it is a sequence of random songs from any album either from a pre-selected playlist, or from all music on the server.
Basically a "shuffle play" mode accross an entire playlist or all music.
Also - normalizing volume accross tracks per the previous requests. Even if this is done offline - via a batch process we run on the music server pc.
Thanks
I think the new preset in the 2.5 can do some of the functionality you are looking for.
Volume equalisation - if your files are MP3 try MP3Gain - batch process on your files.
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
I think there are equivalent for other formats,
Volume equalisation - if your files are MP3 try MP3Gain - batch process on your files.
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
I think there are equivalent for other formats,
Wake-On-LAN
I got an M1001 for Christmas and have been very pleased with it. My number one new feature request is for a Wake-On-LAN / magic packet implementation. At the moment I either have to go upstairs to turn on the PC or fire up my laptop to issue the Wake-On-LAN command.
Configurable fonts
When reading the replies to the font poll thread in the beta forum I realized that regardless of what font will eventually be loaded in 2.5 final, some people will be disappointed.
I would like to see a feature that made it possible to download the font tables to a PC, modify the fonts and then upload the fonts to the SB. This way, one could tweak the fonts for spacing and appearance and even create new fonts. The big mass would never care, but the real geeks would be able to create new, goodlooking fonts to share with the Roku community.
I would like to see a feature that made it possible to download the font tables to a PC, modify the fonts and then upload the fonts to the SB. This way, one could tweak the fonts for spacing and appearance and even create new fonts. The big mass would never care, but the real geeks would be able to create new, goodlooking fonts to share with the Roku community.
Compressor
I would like to have a compressor with a few user definable settings. Such as an adjustable knee, ratio and threshold.
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Airtunes Mode
I suspect this will have to be filed under "never gonna happen", as it falls under Apple's DRM issues, but it would be nice:
I've got a couple of Roku's and an Airport Express. Airtunes runs as a push service from iTunes, while Roku is a pull. They're different tools for different jobs. There've been a number of requests for some kind of Roku push mode.
It occured to me today that the perfect implementation of this would be that when it's turned off (in standby mode) the Roku announces itself on the network as an Airtunes service. When turned on it operates as normal, but if it's not being used in "pull" then it becomes available to "push" to from iTunes.
Unfortunatly Apple have the whole think locked up with public key encryption to prevent this
Score 1 to big buisiness stopping me listening to music I've paid for on hardware I own...
Ian
I've got a couple of Roku's and an Airport Express. Airtunes runs as a push service from iTunes, while Roku is a pull. They're different tools for different jobs. There've been a number of requests for some kind of Roku push mode.
It occured to me today that the perfect implementation of this would be that when it's turned off (in standby mode) the Roku announces itself on the network as an Airtunes service. When turned on it operates as normal, but if it's not being used in "pull" then it becomes available to "push" to from iTunes.
Unfortunatly Apple have the whole think locked up with public key encryption to prevent this
Score 1 to big buisiness stopping me listening to music I've paid for on hardware I own...
Ian
Volume Leveling
Volume Leveling --adjust all songs for same level of volume. iTunes has the info; why doesn't SoundBridge use it?
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