Re: Just want to put Roku on my computer: I am trying to do the same thing. Latest I've heard is that ROKU can be played on a PC or laptop, but that this capability is fairly new, and available, so far, mainly in the US. Guessing it will improve further, with time. I live in the US, and have an existing ROKU account that works fine on our TV, so OK on all that, but navigation on many web sites is a NIGHTMARE for me. AND I'M A FORMER FACTORY COMPUTER TECHNICIAN, WHO BUILT HIS OWN WEB SITE!... much easier to navigate than several major corporation ones I've seen. In this day and age of cyber-spam on steroids, even the simplest web search parameter statement often leads to an endless list of non-official sources, who all claim to do what you are looking for, but they usually end up being just a sales pitch. In this case, an official ROKU site eventually shows up on the list, but my question almost always gets re-directed to instructions on how to MIRROR... which seems to mean to imitate what is already running in ROKU on the TV, and show the same thing on the PC. That is NOT what I am trying to do. Here's OUR goal: When an otherwise decent program has an occasional foul word in the script, we would prefer that young ears in the house not hear it. We have used closed captioning and mute, for now, but sometimes, I would like to, for example, catch an episode I missed, of a show my wife & I usually watch together, when I was busy and she got ahead. She might be watching something else at the same time, in the living room, and it would be nice to catch up, via our office PC. But the best I can find is:
Add the Roku to Your Windows PC or Android Device
Select the Devices charm and and select Project. Select “Add a wireless display” to begin adding the Roku. This will only work if you're using a modern Windows PC that includes Miracast-compatible hardware. You should see your Roku in the list of devices. Jun 30, 2017
WHAT IS A "CHARM"? AND HOW AND WHERE DO I FIND IT? I scoured ROKU's settings menu for it. Granted, ours is not the latest ROKU box, and I had never previously heard of "Miracast". Our PC WAS only recently upgraded from Win 8.1 to Win 10.
To their credit, ROKU DOES give good, clear instructions... the best I've seen in forever... on how to locate the asterisk(*) on the ROKU wand, and how to use it, to enter spoken commands.
I am unable to find an e-mail address for ROKU, only a phone number... which they are not answering right now, due to the Coronavirus situation! The online help ROKU refers me to leads only to the navigation nightmares exemplified above.
Thanks for any input. [personal information removed]
