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Vincent5
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Miracast Screen mirroring with windows 10

here is a work around I found for my particular screen mirroring problem with windows 10.

i have a Roku Ultra LT on the same network as my Acer F17 laptop running windows 10 ver 22H2. I have my Roku connected to the router with an ethernet cable.  My laptop is connected to the router wirelessly on  the 5ghz bandwidth. 

In windows, I see my Roku device listed. When I click on the "connect" feature in windows for screen mirroring, it just gives the message "couldn't connect "

but

If I go to the devices and printers page in windows 10 and a manually add it, it finds it in the search window as a Roku Television, and I select that one and not the one listed as a multimedia device, then it makes the connection directly once it's added.

Each time I want to connect my laptop, I need to remove and re-add the Roku in devices and printers. 

Once it's connected, it works great. 

Hope this helps anyone who is also troubleshooting this issue. 

 Notes:

My ipad and iphone screen mirror to my Roku without any problems. The issue in my opinion is how Windows 10 communicates with the Roku device.

 

 

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RokuEmmanuel-D
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Re: Miracast Screen mirroring with windows 10

Hey @Vincent5.

Thanks for sharing this here in the Roku Community!

We truly appreciate your effort in sharing your workaround for this issue. It will help a lot of Community users who are experiencing the same. 

If you need more help, please let us know so we can assist you in any way we can.

Thanks for being part of the Roku Community!

Happy Streaming!💜

Best,
The Roku Community Team

Emmanuel-D.
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