I too have a Roku and have very few problems streaming content, which I do daily, from a My Cloud. Worse the single bay My Cloud units do not officially support plug in modules like Plex. The problem with Plex on the My Cloud units that support the Plex module plug in is that transcoding is not officially supported. Plex is one popular media server that does transcoding. To get around this problem one can use a media server that transcodes other non supported media formats into Roku supported media formats. Second, like similar devices the Roku can only play a select limited number of media file formats. Some media server software may convert files into Roku compatible formats. You must connect your Roku player via HDMI or S/PDIF to a TV or receiver capable of decoding Dolby Digital or DTS in order to hear videos with audio tracks in those formats. On Roku set-top-boxes Dolby Digital audio (AC3, EAC3) is only supported via pass through.ĭTS is only supported via pass through on both Roku set-top-boxes and Roku TV’s. Roku TV’s and Roku 4 set-top-boxes do support multichannel decode to PCM stereo. Multichannel AAC is not supported on all Roku models. The channel hides unsupported file types. Only supported file types are shown in the Roku Media Player channel. The following media file formats are supported: What media file types does the Roku Media Player channel support? įirst is to understand what media formats RMP supports… I’ve given in to the fact that everything if you want it to work needs to been in mp4 format. So, look into this option of Fire TV and Kodi. It is not my favored way to play videos (I prefer the WDTV) but I plan to take the Fire Stick with us on vacation trips where it can come in real handy to play mp4 movies from my WD Wireless drive. Music and photos can also be played this way, too. It helps to run the Fire TV/Kodi combo from a strong and fast 5G wireless signal, so that the most challenging video files can play well. The Fire TV/Kodi combo is a bit geeky, but there are lots of tutorials on YouTube that can get you started. The mp4 files I make are for playing on iPads, not TVs, although they look pretty good on anything less than a 50"+ screen. This includes ISO, MKV files from both DVDs and Blu-rays. I have played movies from my My Cloud NAS, onto the Fire Stick and they rune well, if not great in most cases. I also have one of these set up (the Fire TV stick, but If I were to buy one today, I would spend a little more and get the Fire TV Box.). So, here is an alternative solution that does not cost too much: the Amazon Fire TV running an Android app called Kodi. But, unless one already has a WDTV, they are hard to come by now since WD stopped making them a year or more ago. So, between the two devices, I use one or the other depending upon what we will be watching. And, is why I later bought a real media player, the WDTV, which is a great media player but an awful media streamer. It is great for Netflix, Amazon Prime videos, Livestream programs basically it is for streaming media and awful as a media player.
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