Features, settings & updates

[Ed54]

Bit rate screen no longer accessible

[TrooperDada326]

Most channels have bandwidth limits from within there settings 

[atc98092]

What bit rate screen? The Roku itself has never had one. Netflix used to have a hidden info screen, but it went away several years ago. YouTube has "stats for geeks" that can be enabled from within a playing video. I know of no other channel that has ever had a bitrate display.

If you are referring to the Roku "secret" menu that had a bitrate setting, it went away long ago because it no longer worked when streaming providers switched to adaptive streaming. The setting had no impact on adaptive streaming bitrates. 

[Strega]

For years people have been complaining that that screen didn't work or didn't save values, and for years Roku replied that that secret screen was only for specific internal testing, wasn't expected to control most modern channels, etc.  So, I guess they finally got tired of explaining that and either got rid of it entirely or hid it much better than before.

[TrooperDada326]

@atc98092  exactly. Disney+ adjusts bandwidth according to your connection speed. But you can select how much or how little you want to use. If you leave it they way it comes it will auto adjust if you have enough bandwidth. I love watching Shang Chi in full 4K. I have 500 Mbps and my Roku TV gets about 200 Mbps. 

[atc98092]

Yes, there are some providers that have a method of setting a max bitrate. But those settings are not within the Roku or the channel on the Roku. You have to log into your user account for that provider (such as Netflix) and make the setting there on the web site. It then is applied to any method/player used to view the media.

[Ed54]

Thanks for your replies. Roku seems kind of sketchy lately. Just a feeling.

[TrooperDada326]

Explain how a million dollar corporation such as Roku is sketchy? There was never an official way to control bitrate. 90% of Roku users never even knew about it. Times change. Things advance. No biggie. 

[VegasJenks]

Incorrect.  My main application is Sling and it does have its' own setting.  However, I also sometimes use ESPN+, Paramount+, Peacock+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, etc.  I have found no such settings within those applications and others.

[atc98092]

@VegasJenks we have no idea who you're responding to. Exactly what are you saying is incorrect?