Has anyone had good experience with two users streaming video simultaneously, say one YouTube and one on Roku? Also, any specific issues with a Roku?
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Hi thundercade, you should have no problems at all with multiple users streaming video, as long as the bandwidth supplied by your ISP can handle it!
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I have not had any problems with youtube being used by multiple users but I do not have any experience with Roku.
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Not sure why. I stream both with no trouble at all. When I start the player a host of streaming services come up, most I don't even recognize. I scroll to the one I want and enter.Now, in the beginning I had to set it up like you did with Netflix. Enter your password and identify your WiFi, that sort of thing. But once I did that I have had no trouble and used it just last night. Good luck
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Thanks for the reply. I received your answer after ordering the Roku unit from Amazon, so installed it anyway. Surprise, it works just fine!
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I think so. I stream using a Roku so I don't have first-hand experience with this.
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I have not had problems using a Roku player and a couple of laptops or tablets at the same time.
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At the same time? Probably not. Never tried but the way it's set up I don't think you can. It would have to choose which one to stream the audio from.
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YouTube works like it always has... HD is fine, WiFi question has to many variables to answer.
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Haven't noticed any issues with interference, but only using 1 other Roku device.
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No, you can only output video from one device at any given time, to my knowledge. I haven't tested this myself but I'm almost certain that you can only use it for one device at a time.
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2015 and still having these troubles. Often takes 3 to 4 minites for netflix to load. Sometimes we have to stop and restrart multiple times. Planning to use ROKU and skip the hub altogether.
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I am able to stream two 720 60fps 5000 kbps at the same time to two Roku 3's via direct-play. I have converted my videos to direct play on the Roku's and thus I am not using the transcoder function on the Synology. I agree with the other poster, the cpu is not powerful enough to handle on the fly transcoding. It is better to format your videos so they do not require on the fly transcoding.
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I have been the only user so far. I can find no direct answer in their documentation. I have never tried to connect twice though it would only stream the selected input but to two devices, 'if that worked'.
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Mine is not in the same room either; my router is in the back of the house and I have no trouble at all. I was amazed at the service roku offers.
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Yes I have! I have a 6 year old Netgear router (need to get a newer one) and a $30-40 CISCO USB wireless adapter plugged into the WD Media Player. My computer is in the back of the house connected to the router/internet. My video streams perfectly, no skipping or buffering, just continuous uninterrupted streaming. I don't know what I can say to help.. You tried the automatic detection? Must be that your network has an issue. Is the YouTube software working but not able to see files on your computer?
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You're very welcome. I know your going to enjoy roku as much as we do. If I can be of any help at all please let me know.
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In my opinion USB video on Roku is pretty much non existant. I have a cinema tube and it can play anything even from an external drive. I wish Roku could do that for sure but for what you get its awesome for live streaming.
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This is a very simple device.... it takes two signals and puts them on one screen. If you send it two videos, it will spit out both on one screen. just test the video stream from each source prior to burning the content. you should be fine if you have a stream