This software is a ROKU front-end to the Subsonic media streaming server. It provides the following features:
Tested on Roku firmware version: 2.9 and 3.0
Please provide feedback: https://github.com/inbox/new/maihde
Install this channel: https://owner.roku.com/add/SUBSONIC
Release Notes
1.10.0 - 14th Mar 2015
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* Fix bug that would cause hang on first startup
* Added introduction screen
* Added demo mode
1.9.0 - 26th Feb 2015
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* Add support for Podcasts
1.8.0 - 14th Jan 2015
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* Change Artist image to fill poster screen
* Add default Album and Song images
* Provide support for Artist->Song file organization (as opposed to Artist->Album->Song)
* Add "Play All" and "Shuffle All" for Artist Screen
1.7.0 - 4th Mar 2011
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* No code changes from 1.6.0, republished to take advantage of new ability to publish channels
to non-US Roku players.
1.6.0 - 10th Jan 2011
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* Fix bug that prevents the channel from working if a wrong username/password has been entered
* Fix bug where the back button does not work on the track-playback screen or the "Show Queue" screen
1.5.0 - 9th Jan 2011
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* Fix bug that prevent leaving the Configuration Screen when an invalid server parameters are entered
* Fix memory leak that could occur if the main screen is left running continuously
* Fix bug that prevented the main screen background updaters from working correctly in all instances
* Add support to show the "Now Playing" list
* Show artist in description area of main screen
1.4.0 - 7th Jan 2011
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* Add support for playback of playlists (both as-is and shuffled)
- You can press the play button to bypass the springboard
* Show album ratings on main screen
* Pressing up on search results returns back to main screen
* Improve speed by building URLs with cached values instead of reading the registry
* Deal with loss of server connection while program is running
* Reload main screen (in background) so that lists stay up to date
1.3.0 - 19th Nov 2011
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* Request properly scaled images from the Subsonic server to avoid slow response when
viewing folders (artists) with a large number of albums
* Change browse icon to prepare for 1.4.0 support for "Now Playing" icon
* Fix bug when setting username/password
1.2.0 - 28th Sep 2011
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* Searches that return no results display a message instead of an empty results screen
* Improved the functionality of "Test Connection" on settings screen
* Auto-test the connectivity to the server on startup
* Port 4040 is used by default unless a port is specified for the server address setting
* Screensaver shows album art when playing music
* Pressing the "back" button on the remote takes you to the start of the song; pressing again takes you back to the
previous song (i.e. CD-player functionality)
1.1.0 - 9th July 2011
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* Fix issue where "Play Queue" screen did not show album/artist information
* Display progress bar while playing songs
* Add Next/Prev buttons to the playback screen menu (remote left/right arrows retain the same behavior for skipping as in 1.0 release)
* Remove the star-rating item from the playback screen since Subsonic doesn't provide support for that over the API
* Added extra guidance to the server address configuration screen
* Reduce the number of shuffled songs to fetch at one time to 20 instead of 100. This improves response times when selecting shuffle
1.0.0 - 29th May 2011
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* First published release
* Provided basic functionality including:
* Ablity to browse and play albums from your music collection
* Continuous shuffle of your entire music collection
* Search your collection for artists, albums, and songs
* Quick access to subsonic album lists (Random, Recent, Top Rated, etc.)
Credits
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Icons from Emre Ozcelik's "Elegant Blue Web" icon set
http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3Aellegant
Known Issues
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1. With Subsonic 4.5 and earlier, transcoded files play only a portion of the file.
Subsonic 4.6 resolves this issue. See this link for a patch
of 4.4 and 4.5:
http://www.activeobjects.no/subsonic/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26893#26893
2. roGridScreen doesn't cooperate with roAudioPlayer running in the background.
If the roAudioPlayer sends an event while the grid screen is visible, the
album artwork get's scaled funny; this odd GridScreen behavior is in addition
to the typical issues with roGridScreen that prevent normal stacking behavior.
3. When returning from the search roGridScreen to the main roGridScreen, a small
delay must manually be introduced, otherwise the main grid screen get's corrupted.
4. Music must be organized in "Artist/Album/Songs" and/or "Artist/Songs" directory structure.
5. On roku firmware version 3.0, button clicks will cause gaps in audio playback.
Turn Sound-Effects to "Off" if this is bothersome.
TODO
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See https://github.com/maihde/roku_subsonic/issues