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thada's avatar
thada
Reel Rookie
2 years ago

Roku Media Player Autorun/Autoplay

Has anyone successfully gotten Roku Media Player's autorun feature to work?

The feature is described in the Help documentation on my Philips Roku TV and it's described in to documentation online here. I've been experimenting with it for several hours and can't get it working.

I've tried naming the playlist as Autostart.m3u (this is what the online instructions say) and as Autorun.m3u (this is what the Help on the TV says). I can manually start the playlist using the remote and it works fine, but I can't get the autorun to work. If I select the m3u playlist in Roku Media Player it navigates to the media file, but it doesn't play it until I click on it.

I've turned on Auto-launch for Roku Media Player from the System Settings, and I've turn Autorun on in the settings for Roku Media Player.

The playlist seems fine, it's the autorun functionality that I can't get to work.

5 Replies

  • IMBEN's avatar
    IMBEN
    Newbie
    2 years ago

    Agreed, I'm having the same issue. I used VLC Player (Win11) to create a .m3u Playlist File (then later a .m3u8 Playlist File) placed it in the root folder on the USB, and connected it to the Roku Ultra. 

    software-version>12.5.5
    ui-software-version>12.5.5
    grandcentral-version>11.3.24
    trc-version>3.0
    trc-channel-version>9.3.10
     
    I set Auto-Launch to On/Off/Prompt and rebooted the Roku Ultra after each setting with the USB connected. 

    Never Prompted. 
     
    USB also has several Media Files. 
    • renojim's avatar
      renojim
      Community Streaming Expert
      2 years ago

      IMBEN, does it work if you disconnect and reconnect the USB drive?

      • thada's avatar
        thada
        Reel Rookie
        2 years ago

        No, disconnecting and reconnecting the USB drive definitely doesn’t fix the problem.