I’m thinking of getting a roku streaming stick for travelling
i have a roku express from like 2015 with only a 2.4ghz antenna and it is exactly what i want. for a bit it didnt update custom artwork and subtitles would not be on by default but both of those are straightened out now.
Pretty good! The very recent update was massive.
This! Was pretty bad before the latest update. It’s usable now!
That’s good to know
We’re always looking for user feedback. What are some of the things that you see as usable now that weren’t before?
Having an OSD during playback was the biggest improvement for me.
🤘 Killer! Enjoy
I think it’s pretty decent, especially after the update last month. The one thing I find annoying is the way the search is set up (it’s hidden in the options button, but you have to be at the front page). Other than that, it’s pretty wonderful.
For me it answers what i need it to be . Good enough and i encountered no bug yet .
It was pretty decent before the most recent update, now it’s great!
Anecdotally it also seems very quick and responsive in comparison to commercial streaming apps (including Plex, which at this point I also consider a commercial streaming app). I don’t know how much of that is the app, and how much is that my Jellyfin setup is local but regardless, it’s nice.
Depending on which Roku you have (and what you’ll be watching) you should definitely enable the subtitle burn-in for at least all complex formats. You can do that in the user settings in the web interface.
Everything else works just fine
I switched from Roku to Google TV and I’m much happier due to subtitles support being only srt Roku. With that said, the Roku client felt polished and had better audio support, but the Google TV one works ok for my setup.
I was thinking of getting this Roku, at the moment the most advanced content I’d be watching is h265 1080p.
The person you were replying to was talking about complex subtitle formats. All Roku models only support .srt style subtitles, whereas a lot of anime has .ass/.ssa subtitles encoded and bluray/dvd rips have image-based formats like PGS. Those more advanced/complex formats can’t be played by the Roku directly, so your server needs to transcode the video to burn the subtitles in.
