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 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" 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" >>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >