Connecting 10 TB hard drive to Roku player
What issues may I have by connecting a 10TB hard drive with 7.5 TBs of movies? I read a post that I may have to partition the hard drive into 2TB partitions. Is this correct? Any other issues that I ...
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Free software Videolan VLC (Windows, Mac, Linux) can be used to transcode other formats into Roku supported formats.
Not the easiest tool to figure out, and the free codecs used don't always code 100% (visible glitches and artefacts).
VLC can also publish a IP video stream but don't think Roku can connect that (more intended for VLC to VLC on separate computers).
VLC is a media player, not a transcoding app. Yes, it can publish a video stream, but not really useful for being able to select and play local media. There is no VLC app/channel for Roku devices, and the developers have stated they will never make one, due to differences in the programming languages used.
For a free transcoding app, Handbrake is one of the best there is. But transcoding a large number of unsupported media could take a very long time to complete. It's far easier to install a media server on a computer and let it do the real time transcoding for any unsupported media. Plex and Emby both offer both a server for the computer and a channel for Roku devices. There are also a number of DLNA servers that work with the Roku Media Player channel. I'm partial to Serviio, and I assisted its author by creating the Roku profiles included with the software.
VLC can absolutely do transcoding, I have used it to do that, taking one file coded with less common codecs and creating another file using more common codecs. It isn't quick or easy, though, but it was the tool I had at the time (locked down work machine where I was allowed VLC, but not other tools).
VLC, might be able to do real time transcode and stream publish on a powerful enough computer, but interface is complex and I don't have a need, so I can't verify that.
Agree there isn't a VLC app for Roku (they do have a cut down Android version), and with demise of non certified apps I can't see any volunteers trying to jump through the many hoops needed.
