Re: Roku M1000 or Squeezebox

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rowdy,

Although the Roku units do indeed work on the SlimServer software
that is not the software most people would use with them. Roku have more
inbuilt intelligence and some of their own tricks. Also occasionally
later builds of SlimServerstop working with Roku units, possibly
intentional ;-)   You need to be a bit wary of what features are
available with what server software on each platform. The Roku site does
a pretty good job of comparing the solutions  as do a few posts on both
the Slim and Roku forums.  iTunes integration is different and UPnP plus
some file formats.  Basically Slim Server transcodes a few file formats
that teh Roku unit handles natively.  The reverse can happen though that
SlimServer can transcode a format to mp3 that Roku doesnt., for example
Real Audio which 'can' be done on Slim but IIRC cant be done on Roku.
Be also wary on DRM if you purchase from iTunes or other stores.   The
excellent Rhapsody service is I believe directly integrated into Roku
but implemented as a (currently broken) plugin for Slim  Using
SlimServer one each I suspect the same plugins will work on both units
but not any 'graphic' support.

Kevin

Rowdy wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I've decided to replace my Rio Receiver in the lounge with something
>that the rest of the family will use (Rio display to small), I'm
>thinking of either a Roku M1000 or a Squeezebox. I know when the M1000
>was talked about here a while ago one downside was the fact the
software
>wasn't open source. Looking at their website it now uses the slimserver
>software so I'm not sure if there is much between the devices. Has
>anyone experienced both devices, do they do more or less the same? Also
>I know there are vaious plugins to display time, email arriving and
>caller ID, if these plugins are for the slim server software would they
>work on the Roku device as well?
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>
>Keith
>
>
>
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>