Roku legacy products

[LegacyUser]

Dear Arjiemar,

I have been using my Roku 2 XS and Roku LT for many years, but neither one supports Netflix any longer.  I have not received any notices in my e-mail from Roku about this, and it appears that other customers have been offered upgrade offers.  Please advise if the same is available to me.

Thank you for your consideration.

[renojim]

@LegacyUser, check these links:

https://my.roku.com/upgrade/

https://my.roku.com/offers

[LegacyUser]

Thank you for responding. There aren’t any upgrade offers and “offers” are just for channels, which don’t solve the hardware problems. How is Roku addressing that Netflix is forcing obsolescence on its products?

[Squirt_425]

Still have a Roku 2 as I lost all my Roku tvs snd boxes in a recent house fire. Was trying to get my Roku 2 to work as it’s all I have left( lost a 55” and a 32 inch tvs) as well ad ( a Roku premiere I believe and the new box with the fancy new remote). Kinda sucks. Please email me at dylanrustige@hotmail.com. If there’s any way to use this device 

[Airpilot]

Sorry about the house fire.

Can't you still use a Roku 2 to stream local pics, movies, etc to a TV via HDMI?

[atc98092]

There is only one version of the Roku 2 that is still supported, the model 4210X. But even that box is now almost 10 years old. Many providers are no longer supporting players that old. For the majority of existing online streaming providers, you need a newer player.

@Airpilot asks about playing local media. Depending on the media, these older Roku players might still work for playing local media. Pictures should be no problem. Music: maybe, as it depends on the container and codec the media uses. Video becomes more problematic. While the older players support the same video and audio codecs as the newer players, they have far less powerful hardware and can have problems with higher quality video. And of course those older players don't support 4K or the H.265 codec, so some media simply can't be played. 

[Airpilot]

And I suppose that the Roku 2 presentation of ,jpg images does not include slideshows or the like? Just individual images?

[atc98092]

Roku Media Player can play pictures as a slideshow. Just queue it up on the folder with the pictures and it will play them all in order.

[Airpilot]

Interesting.  Is this true for Roku 2 only? Can I adjust the time each image shows, and the presentation format (zoom, fade, etc?)  Do I need a separate slideshow app in the Roku to generate a slideshow?  I ask because the Roku 2 Instruction Manual doesn't mention slideshows.

Also, do the images need to be in the root of the micro SD, or can they be in sub folders?

Thanks,

[atc98092]

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@Airpilot wrote:

Interesting.  Is this true for Roku 2 only? Can I adjust the time each image shows, and the presentation format (zoom, fade, etc?)  Do I need a separate slideshow app in the Roku to generate a slideshow?  I ask because the Roku 2 Instruction Manual doesn't mention slideshows.

Also, do the images need to be in the root of the micro SD, or can they be in sub folders?

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This applies to all Roku devices. Roku Media Player (the app) did not exist when the Roku 2 was released, which is why there's no mention of it.

There's only three controls of the slideshow. Once you've selected a picture, you press the * button for options. You can control the speed (slow, medium, fast, no actual time settings), shuffle on/off, and display the photo info (file name, date and resolution). No other control is possible. I believe there are some standalone apps in the Roku Channel Store that will play slideshows, but I have no idea if any of them offer any additional controls.

The SD card cannot be used for media storage. It's sole purpose is to increase the storage space for channel/app installation. And it will only use 2GB of a card, so any larger card is wasted and unusable space. You cannot put media on an SD card and play it on the device. The only way to play media is either with a USB drive connected directly to the Roku (almost all current Rokus have no USB port) or stream the media from a DLNA server located on the same network.