"daphniesman04" wrote:
We have a first gen roku. My church is currently using vimeo and sling studio to broadcast our live church services to Facebook, our church website, and to vimeo. We were told originally all we had to do was watch live service on the roku with the YouTube app. Well, that isnt true with the set up they are using, they are not able to view live feeds, only past recordings.
Ok, so then they told us we could download the vimeo app for roku and watch it live on roku. Well, that hasn't worked neither. I contacted vimeo support and they say you can no longer view "live events as they are taking place". Only past recordings, on a connected device such as roku. But, they are saying that we could watch it on the roku if there were an web browser installed on the roku. Or by casting/mirroring a tablet/mobile device.
Was wondering if anyone had a better recommendation. I know it seems like a lot to ask, but we are trying to figure this out so that out older folks can watch the services from their homes on their tv sets. As opposed to holding a little phone or tablet. Can anyone give any input?
First, let me say that my home church streams live on YouTube every Sunday morning. I've watched it on my Roku, and I've set it up on Roku devices for some church members that aren't able to attend services. The concept does indeed work.
Now, regarding your situation, it may be the device you're using. Roku dropped support for first-generation devices in 2015. What model do you have? Include the model number. You see, if you do have a first-generation device, then the YouTube app will not work properly. If you have a newer device (the model number will tell us that) then you may be able to use YouTube to watch live streaming.
Let me address the whole browser question. There aren't browsers for Roku to watch streaming content. Put that thought out of your mind. Whoever told you that isn't familiar enough with Roku, or they misspoke, or you misunderstood what they were saying. Whatever the reason for the confusion, a browser on Roku isn't going to be your solution.
Casting from a phone/tablet to a Roku will be problematic. By default, your mobile device will try to launch YouTube instead of playing it in a browser. If you try to cast from a mobile device to a Roku, it will simply launch the YouTube app on Roku, and you're back where you were to begin with.
Screen mirroring (some people call that "casting") is a possibility, but many report issues doing that. I've never tried, because I have an iPhone, and mirroring required an Android. Additionally, older Android devices won't work, and some newer Android device users report Android 9 (Pie) seems to have remove the functionality or at least changed it to make it (practically) impossible.
So, let's start with your Roku model number and go from there.
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