#Jellyfin on #Roku 3.0.1 is scheduled for release on the Roku channel store today at 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Bug Fixes
-Fix playlist playback starting from specific item
-Fix displaying all episodes if TV series is in collection
-Cleanup lyrics as new songs are loaded
-Fix Rotten Tomatoes Typo
-Don't crash if Music Artist is missing
-Fix recently added episode image
-Fix go to season/series in recently added episodes
-Fix type mismatch in user policy
-Fix TV episode selection box color
-Fix live TV playback error on home screen
Setting Changes
-Create setting allowing users to remember applied library filters
Full release notes: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases/tag/3.0.1
Wow. What a whirlwind of a day!
We have 3 PRs ready for review to fix some bugs found in #jellyfin on #Roku 3.0.0 and 1 already merged.
We helped no less than 6293 people know their jellyfin servers are out of date
And watched 2 episodes of #StarTrekTNG.
It's happening. It's happening!
#Jellyfin on #Roku 3.0.0 has been released!
Announcement Blog Post: https://jellyfin.org/posts/roku-300
Release Notes: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases/tag/3.0.0
The dark pattern I hate the MOST is when you pause a show on #Roku and after a while it goes to the screensaver. But it you pick up the remote and hit “play,” it hijacks your selection and thinks you hit play on whatever ad they were showing you in the little billboard on the bottom.
To actually unpause your show you have to hit any other button to get back to the show before unpausing.
Alan Chikin Chow’s Hit YouTube Series ‘Alan’s Universe’ Expands To Roku Channel https://www.byteseu.com/859462/ #AlanChikinChow #Chelsea #Entertainment #Roku #RokuChannel #RokuMedia #YouTube
“Awful”: #Roku tests autoplaying #ads loading before the Home Screen
#advertising
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/roku-says-unpopular-autoplay-ads-are-just-a-test/
#Roku Tests Showing #Ads Before the Home Screen Loads
Users in the test group are unimpressed by the video ads, which play automatically. Customers say they will be eager to toss their Roku devices if the ads become permanent.
#advertising #privacy
https://www.wired.com/story/roku-tests-showing-video-ads-before-the-home-screen-loads/
Headline: #Roku testing pre-home screen #ads, users consider "jumping ship"
Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/roku-testing-pre-home-screen-ads-users-consider-jumping-ship/
Roku testing auto-play video ads before loading the home screen
Does anybody sell a dumb streaming box outside of Roku ? Like I want to be install Netflix as an app and watch it on my TV. But I otherwise dont want to login to google/amazon/apple ?
Failing that is their a #Floss solution here that would also be low maintenance and user friendly on my family.
@nohillside
Musste kurz nachschlagen, was #Roku ist. Und deren Selbstbeschreibung in den Webseiten-Metadaten behauptet so ziemlich genau das Gegenteil:
Dass du nämlich die Bedingungen fürs Streaming vorgeben könnest.
Dabei wollen aucb sie dir ihre Bedingungen aufzwingen.
#Enshittification
[Edit: Erläuterung hinzugefügt]
Folks who want to hold off the escalating enshitification of Roku and keep their home screen working as originally intended, i.e. a place from which to launch apps to stream video, you should block
cloudservices.roku.com
in addition to using the Smart-TV Blocklist at
https://perflyst.github.io/PiHoleBlocklist/SmartTV.txt
for various "smart TV" platforms and streaming services (not specifically Roku).
@arstechnica Dear #Roku I dropped your anti consumer crap last fall after your BS about needing to agree with your predatory ToS to use MY device. Burn in hell.
The Indie Beat internet radio has a spoken word channel now! Very cool!
https://theindiebeat.fm/spoken-word/
It has been added to the #roku app and is available (along with all other stations) using any of these apps and devices:
https://www.radio-browser.info/users
If you are a #writer and record your words -- you can easily get them on air and heard by uploading to https://bandwagon.fm and tagging with genre "Spoken"
Maybe my tinfoil hat is too tight.. but in my experience when I electronics die they generally die or do weird things like lines or static yada yada.. there's a little man in my head telling me my Roku TV is too old for them to play with and they sent me a kill switch.
If you notice it blinks on and everything is fine the brightness the screen and then it blinks off.
Probably just my wild imagination but it's just a little weird and I'm at the point I don't trust them anymore..
https://www.europesays.com/1914696/ Musk chystá už v roku 2026 misiu na Mars – Svet – Správy #chystá #ElonMusk #mars #Musk #Roku #slovakia #Slovensko #SpaceX #Správy
First start on allowing users to manually connect to an #owncast server from the #roku client.
So, so good.
You can click the button, enter a URL, and it saves the data to the Roku, allowing you to access the channel without having to type in the URL every time.
Much work still left to do, but it has begun!
#viv version 1.1.7 has been scheduled to be published on #Roku on Mon, Mar 10 2025 at 05:00 PM Pacific Time.
I've seen this before!
New Features
- Add ability to mark items played/unplayed from home option menu
- Add ability to mark items played/unplayed from visual libraries (movies, TV shows, music videos, collections) option menu
- Add search bar to top of music library
Bug Fixes
- Fix display of no results text in music libraries
- Fix loss of cursor when search returns no results in libraries
General Updates
- Use item title as option menu header
- Disable search in My List
Full Release Notes: https://github.com/1hitsong/viv/releases/tag/1.1.7