Remotely reboot Roku, official word on it?
I am considering adding "reboot" option to my remote control app for Roku. I have seen oodles of complains of performance deteriorating with some channels etc (random pick, viewtopic.php?f=34&t=50688&...
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"EnTerr" wrote:"RokuJoel" wrote:
Yes, we are concerned about prank restarts and other similar issues. To the best of my knowledge this isn't something we are going to implement.
Well, that can be addressed with CAPTCHA-style approach, where on restart request user is asked to press 2- or 3-button combination (or numeric PIN) that is displayed on screen and different every time, ensuring the human reads it from the screen.
Hmm. It is strange whereas AppleTV, Chromecast, Tivo, DirecTv have software restart option tucked somewhere, Roku player opines itself infallible.
Roku also has one tucked away, it's just hidden in one of the secret screens.
