The best unofficial browser based online remote control for your Roku TV set. Congratulations! You've stumbled upon the ultimate sneaky way to boss around your Roku TV from any device (PC, MAC, Phone, Tablet) with an Wi-Fi connection. No need to clutter up your devices with heavy installations – just fire up your browser and take charge like a digital wizard. And forget about line of sight issues – this baby doesn't mess around with outdated IR tech. You can change channels from the comfort of your couch or the mystery of the next room over. Who needs a magic wand when you've got RokuRC?
Discovering the IP address of your Roku is a breeze! Simply head over to Settings > Network > About on your Roku device. Once you've got that, gently key in the IP address into your browser's address bar, following this format: http://rokurc.com/?MyRokuTVIP=(Roku TV IP address) and hit [Enter]. Got multiple TVs at home? Just bookmark each one separately for easy access.
If that pesky "NO DEVICE FOUND!" message is still popping up, it's probably because your browser is being a bit too strict about allowing HTTP requests within private networks. Don't sweat it though! Just take a quick peek at the "Unblock Insecure Private Network Requests" section below. This will also let you programm those three custom buttons on the bottom row. But hey, here's the kicker: even if you decide not to, this app will still have your back. Lazy TV watching is just a click away!
Hey, if you're all about lazy TV watching like me, you'll want to hear this!
So, you know how modern browsers put up this annoying barrier called the same-origin
policy, which stops our cool app from tapping into Roku TV goodness? Well, guess what?
There's a slick solution: browser extensions. Picture this: you could have access to
awesome features like a video play progress bar and easy button customization,
just by installing one. Take, for instance,
EASY CORS
for Chrome. With this gem, all you have to do is register your Roku TV's IP address along
with port number :8060 as a domain within the extension, and voila! Lazy TV watching just
got a whole lot easier.
Doing this is going to block all anoying Google ads as well.
Too lazy moving mouse? Try using the keys on your keyboard for some tasks instead.
Space — Play
Arrow Left — Left
Arrow Right — Right
Arrow Up — Up
Arrow Down — Down
Enter — Select
Escape — Home
Minus — Volume Down
Equal — Volume Up
Backquote — Volume Mute
Backslash — Backspace
Period — Fwd
Comma — Rev
Slash — Info
Semicolon — Instant Replay
Quote — Search
Bracket Right — Enter
Bracket Left — Back
Enabling Fast TV Start makes your Roku device accessible even when it is off for a long period of time. You can enable Fast TV Start at any time using the instructions below:
• Press Home button on Roku remote on your Roku TV remote
• Scroll and select Settings
• Select System
• Select Power
• Select Fast TV Start
• Highlight Enable 'Fast TV Start' and check the box to enable it
Here we have instructions how to fix NO DEVISE FOUND! message for different browsers.
1. Google ChromeCopy and paste chrome://flags/#block-insecure-private-network-requests into your chrome browser's address bar. Press enter and the browser will take you to the settings. Disable highlighted "Block insecure private network requests" setting. Your changes will take effect you Relaunch Chrome using blue [Relaunch] button (bottom right)
Copy and paste about:config into the your Firefox browser's address bar. Press enter and [Accept]. The browser will take you to the settings. Copy and paste security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy into serch bar. Set the value setting to the false.
Click [Develop] item on top menu and "Disable Cross-Origin Restrictions". If you do not see [Develop] menu item (between [Bookmarks] and [Window] you need to just enable it from [Safari] >> [Preferences] >> [Advanced] Tab and check the checkbox in front of "Show Develop menu in menu bar" on the bottom.
Make sure VPN is turned off. Copy and paste opera://flags/#block-insecure-private-network-requests into your opera browser's address bar. Press enter and the browser will take you to the settings. Disable highlighted "Block insecure private network requests" setting. Your changes will take effect you Relaunch opera using blue [Relaunch] button (bottom right).
Yes you can set this in Internet Options: Go to the Security tab. For the current zone click the [Custom level...] button. In the next window, scroll about a third of the way down to "Miscellaneous > Access data sources across domains" and set it to "Enable". If the current zone is Internet, then you should add the site to the trusted and set this option for the trusted zone instead.
Here is a link to Roku Support for additional tips how to fix Network issues.
You can install RokuRC as a PWA app from
here
Here is a link to some
fun staff
with Roku for Makers.