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I'm reasonably certain I know that the answer to this is "noooope", but I want to be certain: I picked up a new Samsung LCD with SmartHub, but I'm not a fan of the interface, or having to use the ARC to get sound out of my receiver. I picked up a Roku 3 yesterday, with the intention of just ignoring the SmartHub, and streaming everything through the Roku instead. My current router is an Asus RT-N66U, to which I currently have connected a USB hard drive containing video, music, etc. The router doubles as a media server in this way, and has worked really well streaming to everything else (TV, laptops, Blu-Ray, etc), except the Roku. I see that most people have gotten around this by running Plex on a computer containing the media, but I would like to keep the USB drive connected to the router, and have the Roku just access it directly. Is this in any way doable? The router does both DLNA and SMB sharing. Any ideas?
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May 29, 2013 17:54
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withak posted:There is a Roku channel somewhere that can read media from a local USB connection if your device has a USB port. I don't know what kind of formats it can handle though. It does, but the hope is to just be able to leave the drive connected to the router, and not have to connect it to the Roku. Thanks for the info, guys.
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May 29, 2013 18:27
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withak posted:If the drive isn't connected directly to the Roku then you need a server running somewhere. And this was kind of my question- the router itself works as a media server, which other devices are able to access and stream from, just not the Roku. As I understand it, the Roku cannot directly access network shares, and there are not currently any available channels that do so, aside from Plex (which would require that the media be available on an actual computer, not the router). I'm truthfully kind of surprised that this kind of functionality isn't native to the Roku, considering nearly every single device I own is capable of this. OpaqueEcho fucked around with this message at 18:55 on May 29, 2013 |
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May 29, 2013 18:52
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withak posted:Right. The Roku basically runs apps (that it calls "channels") that stream video from the relevant server (Amazon, Netflix, Plex on your computer, etc.). It sounds like the Roku app/channel that is designed to read files from disk only works with USB storage plugged directly into the Roku. Thanks, that confirms my understanding. After digging around a bit, I ran across this: http://www.chaneru.com/ Which looks like it *might* do what I'm wanting...I'll give it a go when I get home.
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May 29, 2013 19:14
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