Channels & viewing

[bbanerdt]

I find it extremely frustrating to have to type long URLs and series of numbers on every channel I watch about once a month, when it would be incredibly simple to just create a QR code that would pop up whenever it’s time to sign into my cable provider. Really hope to see this in the future as this is really annoying me. 

[makaiguy]

I've seen some that DO include a QR in addition to a text URL.  So I suspect this is something that must be programmed into the individual channel apps by their developers.

[andyross]

Roku is only responsible for the Roku channel and media player. It's up to the developers who write the other channels to configure their own way of logging in.

[Strega]

If you’re typing the long URLs over and over, I suggest bookmarking them.  They probably change infrequently, if ever.

[makaiguy]

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@Strega wrote:

If you’re typing the long URLs over and over, I suggest bookmarking them.  They probably change infrequently, if ever.

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I second this suggestion.

For me, the one I most frequently have to re-login to is Watch TCM.  I've saved a bookmark to my phone home screen that has saved me SCADS of time and trouble.