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rroscoe
rroscoe
Level 7
‎02-22-2018 08:01 AM

WD Mycloud, Macbook Pro and Roksbox Channel on Roku Ultra

I am hoping someone can provide some hints, suggestions and guidance for me? Up until last week, I had been using an Amazon Firestick to play my movies that were loaded on my WD Mycloud. I was using the Archos Video Player. I switched to Roku Ultra because the Firestick was having issues playing 1080p files. With the Roku, currently I am using the Roku Media Player, which works fine but the UI is horrid. Roksbox looks like it will solve that problem, but I am having issues getting it set up.
Here is the equipment I am using:
Macbook Pro
WD MyCloud 4tb (plex server cannot be loaded on it)
Roku Ultra
I am not sure how to get the Roksbox to point to the WD Mycloud so it can see the movies?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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taylorcw
taylorcw
Level 7
‎02-23-2018 09:59 PM

Re: WD Mycloud, Macbook Pro and Roksbox Channel on Roku Ultra

>> currently I am using the Roku Media Player, which works fine but the UI is horrid
Agreed. And it's using the outdated, barely supported UI still, which is ironic.

I had Plex server on my WD Mycloud device for years. It was spotty at best. Purchase a $35 Raspberry Pi 3 and you can load Plex on it. I've been using that for over a year now, it works great.
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