“Will Roku stream media files from my home group?? If yes, will it play all video formats?? Currently I am using WD TV LIVE HUB which streams media files from my local computers, and I am looking for a replacement.”
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I'm not really sure. I have personally viewed media files through my USB port, but there's also a way to set it up using a DLNA server. I hope this is helpful. :)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes you can stream media files from your laptop, phone, tablet or directly from a USB, so far Ive played directly from the USB MKV (which its great) and mp4 it even loads the subtitles (if theres any), if ytou ar5e streaming from another device it doesn not matter what type of video format it is, I regularly stream from my phone all kinds of videos. your devices will need to have bluetooth though.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I currently use this to view my NAS drive. If your set up is designed to see networked attached items, then I think this might work for you. But I'm afraid I can't say with 100% certainty. As for video formats, it does a fair number of them. It does AVI, MKV, MP4. I have found that some of the AVI I have can't be recognized by the Roku, but my old Samsung Blu-ray player can with no problem. So I'm not sure what about it exactly it doesn't like. I got the Roku 2 specifically for the NAS capability. Works great for me. I have a WD My Cloud that it sees just fine and I can watch the MKV that I have. I hope this was helpful. Sorry if it wasn't.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I dont know if it plays all video formats but it plays mpg and mkv which are the most common. Imo playing mkv is a big plus. Not all devicew support this format
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, this device has that capability.
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