
This means you can watch your locally stored movies, music, and everything in between directly on your Roku just like you watch movies on Netflix without using any connecting cables. Plex is a media streaming service that can stream the local files on your computer or server directly to your Roku or any other supported device. Create and log in with your Plex accounts on both ends and add the desired local media folder paths onto your Plex Media Server app. To use Plex with your Roku, install the Plex Media Server app from the official Plex website on your host computer and the Plex channel on your Roku. This guide will help you understand how to use Plex with your Roku. In a matter of seconds, I streamed my local content directly onto my 4K Roku TV without cables just like I stream from any OTT application.

So my mind settled on one local media server service that can help me here: Plex. Once it appears, you can customize it to your liking or hide it altogether.Recently, I have been wanting to catch up on some old indie movies I used to watch when I was a child.īut they were local files I had stored on my computer and not available online on any streaming channels on my Roku.

Plex says that updates for the app on Apple TV, iOS devices, Roku, Amazon Fire, Android mobile, Android TV, and on desktop to add live TV functionality are rolling out now, while updates for smart TVs and gaming consoles are coming shortly.

Here’s the full list of Plex apps that support the live TV feature as of Thursday, July 23rd: Of course, Plex still has to pay for this, and in order to make a free live TV service possible, you will have to sit through the occasional commercial breal. This is not going to replace your Sling or YouTube TV subscription, but it’s hard to argue with the price tag. In addition to these traditional channels with a variety of content, there are also channels dedicated to a single show or idea, such as The Bob Ross Channel and the Deal or No Deal channel.
