I finally bought a TV again, one of the TCL 55" that have been selling for $300 recently. I connected it to my PC via HDMI, and I was having a bitch of a time getting it to play movies off my hard drives. I got Kodi to work, but it was finicky as Hell, constantly blanking out and throwing up messages about how gaming mode was turning on or off, any time I tried to use my PC while something was playing. And the Roku remote didn't work with it.
I looked all over the place for a way to get Kodi working right, then for a Kodi alternative. I skipped over Plex because I was moving fast and something I read made it sound like it wouldn't do what I wanted. But when I'd finally run through the likely alternatives and come up with nothing, I looked at Plex again and lo and behold, it has a streaming channel for Roku. All you have to do is start setup, then enter the code they send to your phone or email, and it just starts working. From there, Plex is as straightforward to use as the HTPC software I've used previously (WMC, Kodi).
So, a big thumbs up for Plex. It's really working great right out of the box. Other than the occasional hiccup automagically grabbing the wrong metadata, I love it.
I looked all over the place for a way to get Kodi working right, then for a Kodi alternative. I skipped over Plex because I was moving fast and something I read made it sound like it wouldn't do what I wanted. But when I'd finally run through the likely alternatives and come up with nothing, I looked at Plex again and lo and behold, it has a streaming channel for Roku. All you have to do is start setup, then enter the code they send to your phone or email, and it just starts working. From there, Plex is as straightforward to use as the HTPC software I've used previously (WMC, Kodi).
So, a big thumbs up for Plex. It's really working great right out of the box. Other than the occasional hiccup automagically grabbing the wrong metadata, I love it.