Roku公司SoundBridge软件升级最新版本
2007年10月14日
陈英吉编译自Roku公司网上论坛
Roku公司日前宣布了SoundBridge软件3.0版本的最终发布,版本号是3.0.44。
3.0版本是一项在SoundBridge产品如何浏览和播放网络广播电台方面的主要升级,并设计成和Roku公司新的网络广播目录服务Radio
Roku(
http://www.radioroku.com ) 一同工作。
Radio Roku是一个网络广播电台的在线目录,标注了全球5500多个不同风格的电台。这个网站有用户定制的“widget面板”,提供了像浏览、搜索、可以收听的网络电台内容的实时升级以及在你的家庭网络上控制SoundBridge播放器的能力等特性。
在SoundBridge上,你也会注意到一些很棒的新特性。首先最明显的是,当你把菜单选项选到"播放网络电台"时,你可以浏览和搜索整个的Radio
Roku数据库。和先前在早期版本中所列的网络电台不同的是,这个数据库是通过网络来收听的,为所列的电台升级,提供现有的、高质量的流媒体网址URL。你也可以通过名称或描述来搜索电台。而且,你可以为了轻松收听把电台标注成我的最爱(以下是更多有关我的最爱)。
关于“预设音乐”和“我的最爱”
SoundBridge软件3.0包含了2个特性,使得它轻松地快速播放你的最爱内容。重要的是要了解这两个特性作了哪些,以便从你收听体验中获得最多。
预设音乐
预设音乐最初是在SoundBridge
2.5中引入的,这是一个非常棒的方式来快速播放所有你最喜爱的内容。SoundBridge上18个预设音乐中的每一个频道基本上可以包含任何你可以在你的SoundBridge上浏览到的内容并按下播放键来播放。换句话说,一个预设音乐频道可以是一个网络广播电台,一个在你的电脑/苹果机上的曲集,一个播放列表,一个特定艺术家的所有曲目,甚至是整个分类。在支持搜索的音乐服务器上,你甚至可以把一个搜索结果存成一个预设音乐频道!你不能存成一个预设电台的唯一一件事情就是通过浏览你的曲库来建立的歌曲列表,然后使用SoundBridge上的“添加”特性。
最爱的电台
最爱的电台是专门对于网络广播所做的一个特性。在SoundBridge
3.0版本中,最爱的电台特性已经被完全重写来利用Radio Roku能力的优势。你可以把许多的电台标注成你想要的最爱的电台。它们会显示在你的SoundBridge里网络电台特性“我的最爱”菜单上。
更多的是,因为最喜爱的电台现在储存在Radio Roku服务器上,当你使用Radio Roku网站时同样的最喜爱的电台列表就会出现,也会出现在所有你的SoundBridge机子上。在这个网站上的变化会显示在所有你的SoundBridges机子上,在一台SoundBridge机子上所做的变化会显示在其它的机子上,还有网站上。
如何得到3.0版本
如果你的SoundBridge正在运行软件版本2.5或者更高版本,在从待机状态开机时或在改变曲库时就会自动提供给你这个升级,。或者,你可以手动在“系统配置”菜单上检查升级。
请注意,运行2.5版本的机子需要在升级到3.0版本前先升级到2.7版本。
也请注意,在重启到3.0版本时,会请你选择使用机子时所在的国家。这个信息用来提供在浏览Radio
Roku时特制的电台列表。`
在3.0版本中的新特性
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与Radio Roku的完整结合
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用最爱的电台的明显图标改善了“我的最爱”功能。
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New "Refine this List" functionality
when browsing Internet stations allows browsing by
multiple criteria. For example, browse by genre. Then,
in the resulting list of stations, go
up one line to
reveal the "Refine this List" option, where you can
additionally add a "Language" term, and so forth.
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When saving an Internet station chosen
from browse menus as a Preset, the station's information
is now saved in such a way that the SoundBridge will
always get the most-current streaming URLs for the
station when it is played.
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When playing an Internet radio Preset,
the Song Queue is automatically populated with your
other Internet radio Presets, so the Next/Prev or
up/down buttons will allow you to cycle through your
Internet Presets.
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Changes to the initial setup process to
include a complete ISO-compliant list of countries. This
information is sent to Radio Roku to allow station lists
to be geographically tailored.
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On new or reset units, initial Internet
radio Presets are fetched from Radio Roku so they are
always current.
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Improvements to the shuffle feature
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A Settings menu option to adjust how the
elapsed time indicator is displayed. Options include:
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"hide automatically", which is the
same as the 3.0.27 behavior
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"always show", which leaves the
indicator on at all times, even on Internet Radio
and when the font is set to the largest size
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"never show", which turns the
indicator off at all times.
These options can be found in the
"Settings" menu that is available when you are connected
to a server (this is the same menu where you find other
display options, like the visualizer choices). Please
note that this feature does not apply to SoundBridge
HomeMusic models, which use a different display layout.
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改善了某些电台的网络广播元数据的显示。
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Altered the SoundBridge HomeMusic
display dimming behavior. The display now remains at the
user's selected brightness while music is playing. When
idle, the display will dim to a slightly higher dimming
setting. For HomeMusic users who were seeing the display
turn off completely, the display should now remain on,
but dim.
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Numerous RCP enhancements requested by
some of our RCP developers, including the ability to get
the name, type and search/browse capabilities of the
current server, the ability to get and set the power
state of the unit, the ability to sort list results in
various ways, and full support of the new browsing
options for the expanded Internet radio feature (like
ability to browse stations by country or language, fetch
favorites, etc).
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初步支持aacPlus网络广播电台。This feature works on
most SoundBridge units, but some older units不能可靠地播放aacPlus电台。我们期望在将来改善这个支持。On
units that are unable to play aacPlus reliably, aacPlus
streams will not be offered when browsing Radio Roku.
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Improved support for AIFF files streamed
by some versions of TwonkyVision
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改善了和某些WMA广播电台的兼容性。
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Added numerous RCP commands requested by
第三方开发人员。
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修复了一个问题,防止如果歌曲队列是空的“正在播放”屏幕的菜单打开
在3.0版本中所修复的缺陷
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Fixed a problem that could cause a
failure to play one Internet radio station to lead to
playback of the next station in the list. Now the unit
will properly re-try the selected station.
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Fixed a problem with the volume control
on SoundBridge Radio that caused the speakers to still
play at very low volume when "0" volume was selected
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Fixed an RCP bug that could cause RCP to
get into a bad state where a reboot was the only way out
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Fixed a problem that prevented the check
mark on "Pass Multichannel" from being properly
initialized
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Fixed a problem that could cause UPnP
discovery of the SoundBridge to fail.
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Fixed a problem that could prevent some
WMA stations from playing.
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改善了在Vista上从IE7浏览内置的SoundBridge网页的支持
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Fixed a drawing problem on the Software
Upgrade confirmation screen
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修复了一个在从待机状态返回到某些广播电台时的混乱信息
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Ensure that the "Stop" menu item is
available when attempting to play an Internet radio
station that has not yet started playback.
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Various other "under the hood" fixes and
improvements
原文出处:
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