#Roku Remote not working

[threadmonster]

When I was in highschool I had the kind of old TV with a VCR player built in. We would hook-up our laptops to the living room TV to watch anime and I was needing that capability in my bedroom so I could better multitask while watching whatever I wanted to watch.

Anyway I used my PS3 to access files on my laptop to watch on my old ass TV. This would have been probably in 2013.

So why is it in the year 2025 I cannot just cast from my phone to the Roku TV??? Why does there have to be certain conditions met and not all devices support it. I can screenshare from my laptop, but my phone can't? The TV doesn't support it? Just make an app????? These are choices. Choices.

[whoslaurapalmer]

incredible that we are living in an age in which you can get cable without needing the cable box. fascinating

[fallstaticexit]

After reading the overview, this doesn't remove my post or anything, just blurs them, right? I suppose that's not a big deal. Assuming (hoping) minors have appropriate settings on their profile if something mature gets reblogged , it shouldn't show for them? I'm actually pretty lost when it comes to what's ok to post and what's not lol definitely don't want to overlook added content warnings but don't want my posts hidden?

Pretty sure Sister Agnes works for Tumblr because I got flagged for two girls kissing?? Good thing I made a Pillowfort because umm...they are not going to like Part III of The Art of Being Seen.

[likeawildthing]

And ode to our family couch on her last day of service.

Thank you, couch, for being my first big post-divorce purchase. I was SO proud when I could finally afford you for my little family. I couldn’t afford the delivery fee so my dad put you in the back of his truck and you rode, ass out, all the way home.

Thank you for serving us faithfully for the last twelve years, through countless movie nights, pillow fights, pillow forts, and dance parties. Also: crying sessions, depression, illnesses, and inadvertent sleepovers when I’d fall asleep to pride and prejudice for the fiftieth time.

You were vomited on at least four times, but your lingering smell is Diet Coke because approximately fifty-seven cans have been knocked over while balancing on your arm. Did I ever learn? No.

You survived two boys, from toddlerhood to young adulthood, definitely worse for the wear but still in tact. You were both the best springboard and floor mat for questionable gymnastics moves.

(I’m sorry for the atrocities committed, both on and around you, in the name of teenage hormones—I really, really try not to think about it but I know you Saw things. And felt them. Ew.)

You supported me through school, all of those late nights, year after year, while I was trying to better our family’s prospects. You were my safe space in the depths of chronic illness, serving as bed and desk and table when I couldn’t climb the stairs. We were best friends when I started working from home.

The scorch mark from the radiator isn’t visible, but the indents are both from our cat. Top left — his second favorite nap spot. Middle right, from my butt because he insists on sleeping between me and your arm, so I get the crack. Crack on crack crime.

I’ve tried to take care of you over the years, performing deep cleanings, surgeries, and multiple restuffings. I sacrificed a foam mattress last year to give you new cushions, and new legs the year before that.

But, and I’m sorry about this, too, you were my faithful craft desk. Shout out to your many hot glue gun burns, paint stains, and exacto holes.

I did, absolutely, cut a few strategically placed holes in you today to see what treasures you have stolen from us over the years. I did vacuum out every month the attachment only went so deep. So, in no particular order, your secrets:

-approximately two handfuls of dirt

-an obscene number of bottle caps (my side) and cosmic brownie wrappers (where my youngest sits)

-twelve buttons

-a roku remote

-three needles (we thought there would be at least forty)

-$1.25 in assorted change

-my Apple Watch which has been missing for four weeks

-three earrings, none matching, but thankfully i always keep my lost halves

-assorted paper scraps

-mini tweezers, one nail file, and three exacto blades

-a marker, four pencils, one pen, and two marker caps

-a lego ninjago sword that my kids fought about for two years, each insisting the other stole it (I have wrapped it in a tiny box as a Christmas gift from you to them. I’ll let them fight over who gets to keep it.)

-two nerf darts

-our missing cat laser toy

-an entire purse chain from my grandma’s vintage coach bag. I didn’t even know it existed.

So, aren’t you a sneaky bitch. But also, thank you for returning my watch.

It’s been real, babe. You were mostly great, very comfortable, and perfectly serviceable. I’m writing this, ironically, on your replacement. She is comfortable, spacious, and heaps more stylish.

But, damn.

Does she have big cushions to fill.

[discordiansamba]

some more general spitballing for the pirate zuko au:

once katara gets over her rough start with him, she's actually glad to have another waterbender around. kou's status as Most Experienced Waterbender in the group is a temporary one, but he enjoys it while he can.

local pirate still steals things on the regular. it's just a habit at this point.

kou picked his new name by using the last half of his old one, because he's not very creative when put on the spot. it's a total coincidence that it sounds like koh, but he feels like it's vaguely appropriate, given that he's already had half of his face stolen from him.

traveling via appa has him missing the ocean.

neither aang, nor katara or sokka think to tell toph that kou is fire nation. they think it's obvious- but of course, toph is blind, so she just assumes that since he's a waterbender, he's water tribe. it's kou who has to clear up this misunderstanding.

they forge a tight bond. former rich kids who were forbidden to learn their element and who embraced a less than legal lifestyle in secret? hell yeah. they've got one eye between them and they're ready to be absolute menaces.

aang has to step in so many time because people keep trying to arrest kou. his reputation as a pirate proceeds him.

sokka, as they're being attacked by the sea serpent at serpent's pass: i know! kou should try talking to him. they're kin, right?

kou: NO?????

(toph's nickname for him is, inevitably, sea serpent.)

the gaang just learns to accept that roughly 80% of kou's proposed plans involve illegal activity. you can take the pirate off of his ship, but you can't take the pirate out of the boy.

if you think kou isn't still incorporating breakdancing into his waterbending well. you'd be wrong. pretty sure it drives pakku nuts whenever he does it. that is NOT even remotely a proper waterbending form, young man.

kou: and yet. it works.

zuko's status as a waterbender was likewise hidden from mai and ty lee. when it comes out in the open, they have plenty of questions for azula. she just shrugs and says that her brother is a freak of nature.

learning that his great-grandfather was avatar roku finally clicks things into place for kou. that's why he's a waterbender.

imagine everyone's surprise when the person who gets arrested in chin village is aang, not kou.

local pirate still carries two water skins to go with his dual dao. just absolutely dedicated to the art of dual-wielding. at least it means they have a little more water on them when they're traveling through the desert.

kou meeting the swampbenders and realizing that there are other waterbenders out there who aren't water tribe.

whenever kou brushes off his high society skills, it always throws everyone for a loop. like. oh yeah. you were a prince at one point, weren't you?

it is a beautiful day in ba sing se, and you are a horrible pirate.

the dai li hate him! local pirate infiltrates their base and sets the avatar's sky bison free and departs with plenty of physical proof of their underhanded activities. thanks for keeping meticulous records long feng!

the gaang is jut like. we left you alone for FIVE MINUTES.

the gaang arrives in the fire nation and immediately sets to work spreading rumors that a.) prince zuko is alive and b.) was born a waterbender.

kou's just offended toph started the scams without him. hello? you didn't think to ask the pirate to do scams with you?

kou has zero talent for healing. he has no idea why it's so looked down on and dismissed as 'women's work' when it's actually incredibly difficult to learn.

(hama touches kou's cheek and says it's such a shame. he could have been such a handsome young man. kou is keenly aware she's touching the right half of his face.)

the day of black sun like. your prince has returned. he's a waterbender now. the solar eclipse has taken away your bending, but it hasn't taken away his.

(he still gets to confront his father. he winds up having to dodge his lightning because he can't redirect it.)

he and katara tag team that final fight against azula. kou picks the palace courtyard on purpose. there's water that runs underneath it. it's the perfect place to fight a souped up firebender.

[kittensnax]

Just opened the roku remote app omw to work and pressed ⬅️ key while staring at this dudes car and he immediately swerved into a building and caught on fire and the thing took him

[fishmech]

very funny to see people being all "why do we need smart tvs to replace the functionality of the devices plugged into them". buddy most people don't plug in shit to their tvs anymore because they are smart tvs lol. if you don't want a smart tv you just buy a big monitor! and if you think they don't make ones big enough for your tastes than you're just going to have to remember to look for "commercial/industrial displays" cuz that's what the product segment tends to get called.

like yes yes you, me, we have like some game consoles and maybe even a dedicated media player of some sort plugged in. but lots of people don't even have a cable/satellite box anymore. lots of people no longer have a dedicated media player. and for game consoles a lot of people find using the media player/web browser features (if present) a pain to use when they could just use a tv remote.

like really the fundamental thing at work here is that a modern TV, capable of handling high definition content, let alone 4k content, it needs substantial processing power to handle speaking HDMI to connected devices, to handle upscaling (and if neccesary downscaling) to the actual panel resolution from sources, this is all shit that means you have to put a reasonable smartphone's level of processing power into the device already.

you really might as well just make the damn thing run a phone os anyway or sometimes just a generic linux OS customized to the task, which is why most of them do, sometimes ones that have been long dead. you get your android TVs and your tizen (samsung origin linux) TVs and your WebOS TVs (ain't it crazy how WebOS has lived far longer as an appliance OS than it ever did for mobile devices??) or roku os (roku origin linux) etc. and people love this, they love not having to have the other device to do the things they wanted to do anyway! that's kind of the most important bit.

[glykera]

Open starter: Law & Order

The Hephaestus cabin had been experimenting with demigod safe internet for a while. They even got a few TVs here and there. This one didn't really have an option for anything like Roku. Just cable.

Glykera was fascinated with this technology. Sure, she was an advanced piece of technology herself, but they hardly had any television in ancient Greece. The fact that sounds and visuals could be reproduced and shown on just a flat screen like this was confusing, to say the very least.

Ancient Greece had a very different version of entertainment, but she still couldn't wrap her head around why people would use this wonderful technology to make a show like this. She was watching Law & Order, arguably a more graphic show at times. Great violence was inflicted upon people in these shows, and she hated it. She did not like how some of it reminded her of her own life, but she didn't know how the remote worked to change the channel. So she sat with that 1000-yard stare.

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[rrenzwrld]

secreto de amor III

chapter 3! chapter 2 here, chapter 1 here

this connie dude barely knew you and was acting weird. but weirdly enough, you were beginning to constantly think about him. whenever you were working, your daydreaming would be interrupted by thoughts of him and you didn’t even know basic information about him. maybe you would build the courage to attempt to get that information and maybe it would stop his hostility towards you. maybe.

“y/n.” your thoughts were interrupted by your brother trying to get your attention over facetime for the umptenth time.

“hm?”

“you didn’t hear me calling you?”

“no, i was..”

“zoning out. you do that a lot now, wanna tell me why?~” if you told jean, you were sure he’d ask tons of questions that you didn’t know the answer to.

“no.”

“and why not? you used to tell me everything but now you’re so secretive. i know you’re older now but you can still talk to me.”

“i’m fine, i promise.” you smiled to give jean some reassurance.

“whatever you say. anyways, connie is coming over later today, is that okay with you?”

“does he have to come over everyday? don’t you have other friends?”

“yeah but i like him more. why? you don’t want him around or something?” its not that you didn’t want him around, you were just starting to feel things that you didn’t want to feel so you just wanted to avoid them.

“he’s cool, i guess.” you didn’t know him enough to think that he was cool. you just though he was mean now, atleast to you.

“are you sure? because i’ll set him straight if he’s acting weird–”

“no its cool, he’s cool.”

connie did come over later on that day and you were glad jean told you beforehand so you can stay in your room until he left. but your mission to avoid him didn’t stop him from finding a way to bother you still.

you were vibing out in your room listening to music while doing work for online classes when your door opened, you thought it was just jean so you didn’t stop doing what you were doing until you realized it was connie’s head peeking through the cracked door instead.

“um,” you grabbed your roku remote and paused your music. “can you leave?”

“oh i thought this was the bathroom, my bad.” he smirked. you know connie has been there enough to know where the bathroom was.

“well, it’s not so can you leave me alone?” he ignored you and came all the way inside your room, closing the door shut behind him.

“whatcha doin?” he walked over to you and looked at what your laptop. you slid over away from him and he sat in the space on your bed.

“i’m not in the mood for you today, leave me alone connie.”

“i wanna apologize.” you ears perked up and you looked up at him to make sure he was legit about what he wanted to say.

“really?”

“yeah, i’m sorry for being an ass. i don’t know why i thought it was okay to treat you like that especially when we literally just met.” he laughed. you were quiet for a minute before you responded.

“do you treat every new person you meet like that?”

“probably. but it ends with you. i’m sorry, y/n.”

“did my brother make you apologize?”

“did you tell him anything?” you shook your head. “then no. i’m a grown man, i know how to hold myself accountable.”

“sure.” you mumbled and rolled your eyes as connie got up and left.

when connie left your room, jean saw that and had questions.

“what the fuck con.”

“i was looking for the bathroom.”

“i’m not stupid. why were you in y/n’s room?”

“i had to talk to her about something. get off my dick johnny boy.” connie plopped onto the couch and pulled out his lighter and a blunt he had in his pocket.

“you better not be doing no funny shit with my sister man. she’s a baby.”

“i thought you said she was 18.” jean mentally face-palmed.

“she is. she’s a baby, and i don’t need you trying to dog her out like you do your other hoes.”

“you didn’t even need to say all that. it’s not like we fucking or anything, we literally just met.”

“that’s never stopped you.” connie may have thought jean was playing with him but he was serious. one thing jean didn’t play about was you so he wanted to make sure nothing happened to you especially at the hands of his promiscuous best friend.

“you’re overreacting.”

“that’s my sister—“

“i got it.”

when connie left, jean went to your room to talk to you about why connie came to your room and to see if he was really overreacting.

“hey~” jean entered your room

“wassup.” you were done with your work and was watching a movie.

“why was connie leaving your room earlier?”

“he wanted to talk.”

jean crossed his arms. “about?”

“he wanted to apologize for being an ass.”

“you didn’t tell me that—“

“because you’d overreact and do the whole overprotective brother thing. i’m not a child, y’know.”

“i know. but i just want to make sure your okay at all times.”

“i’m okay, jean.”

“are you sure?” you were silent and all you gave him was a look, which told him to stop talking and leave. although you and connie both agreed to dead the issue, jean still felt in his gut that something more was going on. if it hasn’t happened yet, he knew it would happen soon and that scared him.

[aangarchy]

Hey, what are your top 10 favorite episodes of Avatar and/or top 10 underrated episodes?

I'll put a list below!

Top 10 (in no particular order)

Sozin's Comet part 4: Avatar Aang

The Crossroads of Destiny

The Fortuneteller

The Boy In The Iceberg

Winter Solstice part 2: Avatar Roku

The Storm

The Avatar and the Fire Lord

The Day of Black Sun part 1: The Invasion

The Day of Black Sun part 2: The Eclipse

The Firebending Masters

The most underrated episodes (not a top 10, but a few where i'm thinking about how much attention the fandom gives these episodes compared to how much attention i think they deserve!)

The Runaway: my reason for this episode being underrated is that it's a very important episode for character development between Katara and Toph but also for character exploration. We get to learn how Katara really feels about being the "mom" of the group, and I really think the fandom needs to pay more attention to this because often they like to ignore Katara's own feelings to push her even further into the mom friend narrative (often to then pair her up with "dad friend" zuko even tho zuko isn't even remotely a dad friend, and also often to push the narrative that katara is like a mom to aang and therefore kataang shouldn't be a thing, which is objectively wrong.)

The Fortuneteller: now again, this is one of my favorite episodes but it's also underrated in my opinion. It's not just a kataang setup episode. It explores the bond Katara and Aang have built so far, how well they work together. But it also shows how destiny isn't set in stone just because it's been foretold, and how you have the power to change your own destiny. These are great messages! These are things young people need to hear!

The Southern Airtemple: I think this episode gets overshadowed very easily. Not only because it's at the very beginning of the show, but also because it's kind of wedged in between the first two-parter that started the series off with a bang and then the Kyoshi Warrior episode. This episode is devastating to me. This is where we come to find out how much Aang has truly lost. And Aang's own reaction, the Avatar State, is incredibly valid, but then Aang's feelings get pushed to the side again because he doesn't cry about it anymore afterwards, which then leads to a lot of people thinking Aang was overreacting in the Northern Airtemple when the people were destroying a part of his culture.

The Awakening: my oh my what an episode. I don't necessarily think this one is underrated, but I think it needs more recognition on how well it sets up the start of the final season of the show. Everything we've ever been used to in this show is turned on it's head! Our heroes lost and are hiding away on an enemy ship while Aang recovers, Zuko is home and his title has been restored, we see him interact with his father for the first time, we see his father's face for the first time too, and the juxtaposition between how we've imagined Ozai as the show's Big Bad with how ordinary Ozai looks, it's just *chef's kiss*. Then we have Aang struggling to accept failure, to accept that his body isn't yet ready to be going back into action, to accept that he needs help! And then we haven't even gotten to the part where Aang says "I need to redeem myself, I need my honor back" and they SWITCH TO ZUKO or the part where Yue gives Aang encouraging words and helps him to shore by raising the tides (we finally SEE her use her moon powers). Yeah it's such a great episode

[4typercent]

Dream!stitch Update #14

🎉 It's my one year of working on him! 🎉

Whoa, were half way there! 50% done as soon as I fill in that square at the bottom left. So far, I've done over 87,000 stitches.

He is a labour of love

Sanyo Roku remote for scale, lol, you can see my dinosaur blanket underneath

Zoom in for detail

Pattern is not for sale. Click here for the reason.

14 count black Aida, two strand DMC

For all other material used, please ask!

[tainted-liquor]

'Exchange With Me...꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹ ft. Pavitr Prabhakar

...‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.

Ingredients: sugar, kisses, and a lil bit of smiles!

TWs: Makeout, Implied that you're not rlly supposed to be kissing pav?

A/N: reader has an unlabelled relationship with pav?

part 2 to 'exchange with me'! You're gonna need to read that first bae lol

It had been 9 months since you gave Pav a tour of Brooklyn, showing him all the hidden hole-in-the-walls and best places to go to get food. As he spent more time around you and your mom, he polished his English in a fascinating amount of time and became more social than before. Admittedly, there were some awkward little bumps in the road regarding you being his 'host', and the occasional lingering stare or two. Or maybe it was how your hugs got tighter...or how your hands tangled themselves together almost every time you were within a foot of each other. But that came with the close proximity and comfortability levels! Shit, you shared the same bathroom, learning the hard way to always shower with the shower curtain fully closed.

These were normal experiences for two people living under the same roof! It came with the package of having a 'stranger' in your house, so you weren't bothered by anything, really. "Pavi, can you pass me the remote?" You asked as flopped down on the couch, hoisted your left leg across the entire couch, and slumped down as comfortably as possible. Pavitr side-eyed you, looking your slouched form up and down before sporting a playful scowl. "Oh, word? So you come into MY HOUSE. USE MY COCONUT OIL-" You began, tone increasing in volume as you laughed with each syllable. "AAAH, I SAID I WAS SORRY!" He yelped, immediately handing you the remote with a loud laugh and an apologetic smile.

"And move over you're taking up the whole room" He joked, picking you up like you weighed nothing and placing you further to the right. "Damn, what the fuck?! You lift?" You gasped. You stared at him with pure shock, and yeah he did have a 'strong' physique, but it was nothing over the top that screamed 'I can casually lift a 122-pound girl with one arm and a tiny bit of willpower'. “Uhh…I guess!” He smiled, immediately returning his attention to the TV without another word and urging you to pick a show. Odd, but that’s fine!

"So what we watchin'? The news, Netflix, random show?" You inquired while surfing through the many applications on the Roku box. "Uhhh...Something random I don't mind" Pav shrugged, throwing the cream-colored couch blanket across his body and fidgeting with his headband. You clicked the random button, watching as 'We Lost Our Human' began to illuminate the dark living room. You weren't really watching the show, instead, you put mini blue butterfly clips in your twin afro puffs while holding a conversation with Pav about different types of food and seltzers, working up an appetite in the process. "D'you wanna go make food? I got like...some ingredients up in the fridge." You shrugged, straightening your posture before scrolling through your phone for an easy recipe.

"Yeah, this show isn't really...that entertaining." Pav shrugged, immediately raising himself up from the couch as he loomed over your phone screen to see what was nearby. "I can make us some soup though!" Pav beamed as he eagerly ran into the kitchen, grabbing various vegetables and herbs, and getting to work immediately. You sat next to the stove on top of the counter, watching his beautiful knife work as he finely chopped up 4 onions. You lifted your knees to your chest, fluffy grippy socks hanging onto the marbled counter as you stared inside the big red pot he currently had on the stove, muttering a tiny "What you bouta make?" Pav smiled to himself, keeping his eyes on his cutting board as while he spoke, "French onion soup! I saw the recipe on TikTok and I wanted to try making it!"

Your eyes widened in amazement and shock, tilting your head to the side. "You can do that?" You asked, watching as he replicated a recipe from absolute memory. He nodded, tossing butter, salt, pepper and a little bit of a maggi cube into the pot along with the onions. You watched the pot intently, letting the gorgeous aroma of aromatics and onions invade your senses while Pavitr watched you. "You're very pretty" Pav blurted, putting his knife down on the cutting board, leaning his head on his hands and admiring your angelic features.

You muttered a bashful 'thank you', beckoning him to come closer before you began making little braids in his hair. There was no noise other than the quiet sizzle of the caramelizing onions, and your synced heartbeats. You ran your hands down his face, cupping his cheeks in your palms and giving them a small squeeze before placing a gentle kiss on his forehead. Pav giggled, cute little canines poking out of his grin as he snapped his eyes shut at the ticklish sensation. He mirrored your action, kissing your 'third eye' and pecking at the tip of your nose.

You spent the next 15 minutes in the kitchen, consistently checking on the slow-cooked onions and bantering back and forth. It was adorable. The atmosphere was full of that warm and fuzzy 'home' sensation and somehow felt like the world around you didn't exist outside of the blissful comfort of the kitchen. You helped him the rest of the way with the soup, adding the beef broth and red cooking wine to the mix and letting the pot simmer for an hour or so. Pav suddenly broke the silence as he peered over the lid, watching the condensation cloud the glass cover.

It was peaceful, and that's how you liked your humble home to stay. There was no real confirmation, and you liked it like that for the most part. While things were slightly more complicated due to you being Pav's host, that didn't necessarily stop you two from wrapping your arms around each other and coating your faces in small kisses. This time was different though. Your hands were loosely wrapped around his neck while his hands found purchase on the small of your back. There was a consistent rhythm and pattern to the kiss that you found yourselves trapped in. The soup was long forgotten on the stove as you giggled into each other's mouths like children.

"I think I'm gonna stay in Brooklyn!"

"Pav I think you should check on the soup."

"OH!"

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[brennacedria]

We got a Roku stick for $10 this week (the one that is apparently usually $50), and it came in today. The first thing Brian does after I finish the basic setup and hand him the remote? No, he doesn't log in to the services I don't have passwords for. Instead, he asks, "how does the voice thing work?" I tell him, and he holds the button...

"Weird Al"

I'm having to rewatch the Weird Al biopic. I DO recommend it... Once. Not again. But this is what Brian's chosen for tonight. 😣

[heavencentral]

going insane. (my universal roku remote isn't working because the batteries have been sitting pretty much unused since august)

[in-wayyy-over-my-head]

Shoutout to Roku.

Yesterday my Roku remote ended up in the washing machine with my sheets.

I removed the batteries and let it dry out overnight with little hope it would be functional.

24 hours later and it works fine.

It's the little wins that make all the difference.

[wen-ning]

our tv remote stopped working and i was like oh good thing roku has this handy app for the remote that’s so nice but when my husband downloaded it the volume buttons were behind a paywall im gonna turn into the fucking jonker