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Music Servers & SoundBridge Radio Features
The Roku Soundbridge Radio acts as a remote client for several kinds of music libraries,
including Windows Media Connect, Rhapsody, Musicmatch and iTunes. You can also
play WMA (Windows Media Audio) and DRM WMA files purchased from popular
online music stores such as Napster™ . See the following table for music server details.
Select a music server that is compatible with your Soundbridge Radio. Compatible music
servers include iTunes, ® Microsoft® Windows® Media Connect, Rhapsody,™
Musicmatch,® and others. See the following table. Music servers behave differently with
the Soundbridge Radio user interface features.
To experience the full Soundbridge Radio searching and robust browsing modes, you
must use a server that supports these functions, suc h as iTunes or Windows Media
Connect. You will find that some servers are not equipped for the Soundbridge Radio
search feature and that the browse mode varies by server.
M usic Server
Recommended
for Users of . . .
Notes
Windows Media
Connect (UPnP
Windows Media DRM
10 protocols)
Windows XP with
SP2
A free media server from Microsoft.
Works with any music jukebox, but
optimized for Windows Media Player
v.10. Supports SoundBridge’s full
Browse, Search and Display feature set.
Plays: WMA, DRM WMA, WMA
Lossless, MP3, WAV, playlists created in
jukebox software such as Windows Media
Player 10.
iTunes (Bonjour,
formerly known as
Rendezvous, for
discovery; iTunes
DAAP for
communication)
PC/Mac
(1) A free music server and jukebox
software from Apple. Plays: AAC, MP3,
WAV, AIFF (no support for protected
AAC iTunes Music Store files). Also
plays playlists and Smart Playlists created
in iTunes. Built- in Internet radio tuner
streams Internet radio to SoundBridge.
Rhapsody (UPnP and
proprietary Rhapsody
protocol)
Rhapsody
Subscribers
Server required for Rhapsody Music
Service, which includes access to popular
music and Internet radio.
Musicmatch
Jukebox(UPnP AV
protocol)
Windows 98
SE/Me/XP/2000
(SP3 or above)
Very popular jukebox software and music
service. Has a built- in UPnP AV server
supported by SoundBridge. You can also
use Windows Media Connect with
Musicmatch, which is more feature-rich.
