*Official* Roku 2 Media Streamer Thread - Page 22

Originally Posted by aaronwt

Plus isn't the max bitrate for MPEG4 with the Roku 2 around 8Mb/s? That would eliminate it even being able to play 3 bar HDX.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

They quote the max (here) as 8 Mbps average, 12 Mbps peak for video films played off USB storage. msgohan is seeing HDX downloads to PS3 which average 8.8 Mbps. The Roku could at least sustain 2 bar HDX which is pretty damn good and superior to either Amazon or Netflix.

Originally Posted by MISSY QUICK

Why does my ROKU download so slowly? I tried to dowloand and view "GAME OF THRONES" Season One, Episode One from HBOGO and it would play about two minutes and download for approximately a minute or so and thats the way it went for the entire episode. I tried again, this time pausing and it would not download any more than a small segment each time.
I downloaded and watched several Korean shows and if I pause it for awhile it would bring in the entire episode.
Don't know why the difference. Perhaps someone can tell me what I am doing wrong or perhaps someone has had the same experience. I do not have a ROKU 2. I have the XDS.
I thank you. MQ

Originally Posted by steverm2

I have searched everywhere and can not find adefinitive answer to this question.can i stream comcast xfinity on roku xd or xds? I have seen that maybe I can do hbo go. xfinity access would make buying one a no brainer.I have 2 tivos so netffix/amazon are not important.any help will be appreciated.

Originally Posted by if200

Anyone? I thought it would be a simple question. There is the new simpe.tv as well that might do it but it is all very confusing.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Crack Monkey

What options are available for playing media hosted on my local network? Specifically, on my MacBook Pro.

I know the Roku requires specific channels to do this, and the MBP would need the appropriate server installed. I'm just asking what channels are available (and if you have experiences with them, I'd like to avoid ones that aren't worth the trouble).

Plex looks like one option, and I already have the server and client installed on the MacBook, so that's a no brainer.

NokNok might be another, though I've not had any experience with it.

I'm fine with re-encoding my media if required, though the MBP should have the power to do it on the fly. Looks like Plex will do it either way (direct play for Roku supported formats, or on-the-fly re-encoding for unsupported formats). Not sure about other channels/servers?

Thanks.

Edit - in case it matters, most of my media is some flavor of 720p in mkv containers. Mostly TV shows that were available OTA in Europe but not broadcast in the US (lots of live cycling, rugby). No need for sub-titles - if I watch a foreign language film, it will be via Netflix, Amazon, etc.

Originally Posted by pmcd

Plex is almost the only option. There is PlayON but I had trouble getting the local file option to work and the couple of other alternatives involved setting up a web server.

Philip

Originally Posted by avf5

New F/W 4.7 b2049.

Cheers

Originally Posted by aaronwt

What changes/fixes are there?

The team here at Roku has been hard at work on another software update for Roku 2, Roku LT and new Roku HD players. Rolling out today, Roku software version 4.7 contains several under the hood improvements and fixes:

Added support for channels that use Microsoft Smooth Streaming
Added improvements to support several new partner channels to launch in 2012
Improved stability of the new Roku HD player
Improved Roku device discovery on Roku iOS and Android mobile apps
Fixed a bug related to French localization

The Roku software update will be pushed automatically to all connected Roku 2, Roku LT and new Roku HD players over the next 48 hours. To get it now, select Settings > Software update > Check now from your Roku player.

Added improvements to support several new partner channels to launch in 2012

Originally Posted by krisbee


I have been using Roksbox for almost two years, and I think it is great. In my distribution of linux, it takes three clicks to setup an Apache webserver, and puts very little load on the computer - Plex can be much more taxing, especially if it has to transcode.

Other channels might be a slight more effort, but you also may have results that are more to your liking - I have my Music and Photos simply linked to where I normally have them and they show up, the Videos I have split into virtual "movie channels" and they all have nice little xml files. I also just have a directory where I dump stuff so I can watch without fuss.

There are even more local media channels out there, but these are the top two for the Roku.

Originally Posted by IRJ

Both Playon and Plex work well for me
I know this is a Roku thread but shhh WindowsMediaCenter and XBox as an extender works well for a load of stuff (it discovered all my media and picctures w/o my even asking). Basically I use Roku for a load of streaming channels (nice radio options as well) and XBox hooked up to a CableCard reader and play TV programming thru XBox (XBox also streams ESPN3 whereas Roku needs playon software to manage that).

Originally Posted by cavchameleon

Just a quick note on update 4.7. I noticed on all of of our Roku2 XS, the audio in the settings reverted to 2 channel so you need to re-set to 5.1.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

That didn't happen to mine (English subs remain turned on by default as well). It doesn't hurt to check, though .

Originally Posted by Brajesh

PlayOn has a tab for local media. Requires VLC be installed as it uses its engine to transcode.

Originally Posted by pmcd

Perhaps your familiarity with Linux helped a lot. I recall trying it and the instructions just seemed too much that day. Have become lazy. Stuff is either trivial or impossible for me now

Is Roxsbox completely free?

Philip

Originally Posted by pmcd


Does it work with WHS and does VLC have to be running? I tried this a while back and could never get it to work. Perhaps it needs the cli version of VLC?

Philip