I am a Roku Soundbridge user. Sadly, this device has been abandoned by Roku in favor of their streaming video players. However, I was able to use these excellent instructions to stream Spotify to my Roku Soundbridge, which is connected to a stereo system in my living room. After placing the dsbridge and lame encoder files in the Spotify and Flash folders, all I had to do was create a preset with the URL being the IP address as specified in the instructions below. I am now freed from listening to music through my low fidelity computer speakers in my office. I am a new US Spotify listener (we just got it in the US), and will sign up for the unlimited plan if this solution continues to work.
TheLastMan;596810 Wrote: > IMPORTANT EDIT > Note the final backslash in the URL for the favorite! Missed in the > first version of these instructions. > > > > Yes, it works with any SqueezeBox by imitating an internet Radio > station. You do *not* need the Premium version. You can stream from > any PC on your network that is running Spotify, but with some > limitations. > > - Download the DSbridge zip file via this site. > > - Find (Google) and download the Lame MP3 encoder. On Windows it is > called "Lame_enc.dll". It is available in lots of places so you should > not have much trouble finding it. > > - Set up a static IP on the computer running Spotify. The easiest way > is to get your router to link a particular IP address to the MAC > address of your computer. Most routers can do this but ask again if you > have difficulties. > > - Use the SqueezeboxServer web interface to create a "favourite". For > instance, if the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.5 then the > Favourite should be "http://192.168.1.5:8124*/*";(note the final > backslash). The "8124" figure is the port number that DSbridge uses by > default. > > - From the DSbridge zip file you need to drop *all* the files, plus > the Lame_enc.dll file, in *both* of the following folders: > 1. the Spotify installation folder and > 2. the Adobe Flash installation folder. The latter can vary depending > on your installation, but on Windows XP it is > c:\windows\system32\Macromed\flash > > Start Spotify and start playing some music and, in Windows, you should > see a blue disk appear in your system tray (next to the clock). Then > using the Touch or web interface select and "play" the favourite you > have just created. After a few seconds of buffering you should then > hear the output from Spotify play through your hi-fi and the blue disk > will turn green. > > It sounds complicated, but once set up it is a doddle to use and, to be > honest, the Spotify interface is so much easier to use than the Napster > app that I use it in preference. You don't get the artwork - but that > is not much problem. > > Personally I use it from my laptop. So in my setup, Spotify streams > wirelessly from internet router to laptop, then DSBridge streams the > music wirelessly from laptop to router then wirelessly from router to > Reciever. It works fine. Given all those wireless hops it is a miracle > it works at all! -- Geekeleh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geekeleh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48740 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
