Well, my Roku woes continue. The XS stopped playing after an hour or so. I
may have to upgrade the Rokus....
Mark
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Stephen Partington <
cryptworks@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I have a gen1 chromecast and a gen1 Amazon fire stick. The chromecast is
> really slick but needs your phone etc to work. But the fire is nice but a
> tad bit underpowered.
>
> With both of these i really think they should have made ethernet adapters.
> Life would have been fantastic for both with that.
>
> On Oct 23, 2017 3:59 PM, "Michael Butash" <michael@butash.net> wrote:
>
>> On a side note, I bought an nvidia shield recently after running a full
>> htpc for years with kodi, and it's pretty awesome. Not only do I get best
>> kodi player ever that attaches and plays all my local on-net content, but
>> it does all the pay services with a full, sanctioned android build as well,
>> if you're into the paying sort of thing. I've installed some apps on there
>> as well like a squeezeplayer app for being a squeeze renderer, my various
>> automation clients side-loaded (sucks they won't load default here), and is
>> really flexible so far as a media player AND android device on my
>> tv/receiver.
>>
>> Lately they just added google assistant voice as well, which besides
>> unnerving me with an always on mic the government can/does use, is sort of
>> fun to play with.
>>
>> Roku wha? A shield is a lot more expensive ($179 now), but well worth it
>> so far.
>>
>> What else are folks doing here these days for media players?
>>
>> -mb
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Mark Phillips <
>> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> Now I have no idea what is going on. I moved the XD Roku to another TV
>>> in another room, and it streams plex just fine. Must be Gremlins in the
>>> network...
>>>
>>> At least they both work, now!
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Mark Phillips <
>>> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually, I discovered the source of the problem. I have two Roku 2
>>>> players, an XS and an XD. The XS works just fine, with an occasional stop
>>>> and re-buffering after the first minute and then no issues after that. It
>>>> is the XD that won't stream any more with the latest Linux plex server.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it is a plex issue. I think it is a Roku issue, and it is
>>>> time to get some new Roku hardware. They are pretty cheap on Amazon. A Roku
>>>> 4 is less than $100.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions from the group on the best upgrade for a Roku?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Snyder, Alexander J <
>>>> alex@misteralexander.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Holly crap, I'm not the only one! For me, the video seems to crap out
>>>>> after a commercial, or at least the 2 second black screen gap where a
>>>>> commercial was edited out. The audio continues, but the video is black. I
>>>>> have to back out of the video and then "resume" from where I was and then
>>>>> it's fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also running a Roku on WiFi and it works fine with other apps.
>>>>> This also happened after the latest update.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect Plex will patch this bug soon. They are usually on it with
>>>>> this kind of stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Alex.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 22, 2017 10:09, "Mark Phillips" <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been running a plex media server on an older Debian laptop for
>>>>>> years. I upgraded to the latest version (1.9.4.4325), and now it is not
>>>>>> working. I am not sure how to diagnose this problem. I can't reload the
>>>>>> older version I was using, as I don't remember which version it was.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I access plex through a Roku box connected to my LG TV using wifi.
>>>>>> The symptoms are that the video quits after a few minutes. and the roku
>>>>>> plex app dies, but not the plex server. I can play movies through the plex
>>>>>> server without any issue on a computer or Android table over Wifi or hard
>>>>>> wired. Needless to say, the roku works just fine with Amazon, Netflix, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I looked in the log files and don't see any error messages. I tried
>>>>>> disabling the firewall on my plex server, and the symptoms are the same -
>>>>>> the video starts and plays for a few minutes then the roku plex app goes
>>>>>> away and I have to reconnect to the plex server. The plex server on the
>>>>>> computer does not die.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions for debugging this problem further would be greatly
>>>>>> appreciated!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
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