Radio Roku

SoundBridge is a remote hardware device from Roku, Inc. designed to play Internet radio or digital audio streamed to it across a home network, either Wi-Fi or Ethernet. SoundBridge devices directly browse the Radio Roku guide. As of 2008 all Roku SoundBridge products were discontinued; Roku focused on IPTV. As of January 2012, the SoundBridge was no longer available from Roku.

The music is made available by a streaming server, usually a PC running software. The SoundBridge has a high resolution vacuum fluorescent display and is compatible with various media servers, namely servers using Apple Computer's ; popular servers are iTunes or mt-daapd), Windows Media Connect, Rhapsody, SlimServer and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) compatible servers such as TwonkyVision. Some of these servers can be run not only on PCs, but also on NAS devices like the Linksys NSLU2, so a SoundBridge can be operated without a PC.

There are several SoundBridge models: The M1000, the M500 and the M2000. There is also a tabletop model called the SoundBridge Radio that has built in speakers, an AM/FM radio, and an alarm clock.

SoundBridge models sold in most countries are manufactured and sold by Pinnacle Systems, under license from Roku. Although some Pinnacle models are similar or identical in hardware, Pinnacle does not have a licence for the DAAP protocol, so Pinnacle models cannot connect directly to iTunes. Pinnacle and Roku promote the Firefly Media Server as an alternative that offers similar functionality. Pinnacle models include:

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