Media player won't work for my roku 3 after the last update
My media player won't work for my roku 3 since the last update.
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EvilBert1 wrote:I was concerned about upgrading to a ROKU Ultra or better. This appeared to be a software upgrade issue and I feared the problem would also occur on newer ROKU devices.
This particular bug did not affect the newer players. My Ultra 4800 could still read NTFS drives without a problem. Hopefully this will remind the Roku developers to validate their updates on all of their older equipment, as they contain significantly different internal hardware.
Well, I updated one of my Roku 3 devices this morning, and it updated and works fine with my 2TB external hard drive now.
But I tried updating my other Roku3, that was still only updated to Software Version 10.5.0, Build 4208 (so it was working fine with the USB external drives, but it did not update to the newest Software (version 11)... when I try the manual System update, and it does a "Check Now", it says that "All software is up to date."... I have tried several times, but I get the same results.
Seems that the last actual successful update was Dec 10... and probably why it never automatically updated to Version 11.
I realize this is probably a different issue or bug, but I'm posting about it anyways... here are some photos of the screens...
When Roku makes new OS updates available, they stagger the rollout, just in case something severe occurs so they haven't "contaminated" the entire world. Your other box should get the update in the next few days, hopefully not more than a couple of weeks.
atc98092Okay... I'll keep an eye on it... I thought one could "force" the update manually if they did the checking, instead of waiting for an automatic update to come through.
It still works fine... I'll see what happens @
Thank you... I love my Roku 3 boxes !
The manual update check will not override Roku's deployment schedule. I've heard, but cannot confirm, that a factory reset will force the update to the latest version.
The Roku 3 was an exceptional piece of equipment when it came out, and still provides great service in most regards. But it is lacking in some features, and I'm sure it's time will come that Roku decides to move it to the legacy group and no longer provide support. Of course, even when it's declared legacy it will continue to function. Individual channel providers make the decision about when to cut off support for those older boxes, not Roku. Roku just stops providing OS updates to devices in the legacy group.
