Installation
Click the link below to install the latest version of the Roku Subsonic channel (requires a Roku device and Roku account).
https://owner.roku.com/add/SUBSONIC
If you wish to support the development of this channel, please donate (suggested donation $5.00).
Introduction
This software is a Roku front-end to the Subsonic media streaming server. It
provides the following features:
* Browse your entire catalog
* Search for artists, albums, songs
* Full catalog shuffle playback
* Quick browse of Subsonic album lists (Random, Recent, Top Rated, etc.)
Tested on Roku firmware version 2.9 and 3.0
"Roku Subsonic" is open-source software licensed under the GPL.
Please provide feedback: http://github.com/inbox/new/maihde
Screenshots
The Home Screen provides quick access to Subsonic's dynamic playlists.
Browse your entire collection
Access Subsonic's powerful search
And of course, actually listen to your music!
Release Notes
1.6.0 - 10th Jan 2011
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- First published release
- Provided basic functionality including:
- Ability 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
Icons from Emre Ozcelik's "Elegant Blue Web" icon set
http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3Aellegant
Developers
Follow the development at http://www.github.com/maihde/roku_subsonic