I had the Fire TV for a day, brought it back and got a Roku for HBO GO but I lost the ability to Airplay like I had with AirBuddy on Fire.
Tried Trimeplay but it won't take the MAC address and says waiting for connection.
Can anyone help with this. Can I stream music from my iPhone to Roku, can Trimeplay be fixed?
It seems like this should be easier.
Posted Aug 15, 2014, 5:23 PM UTC
You can side load HBOgo on to a FireTV
You will only be able to stream locally stored content. Mirroring and casting aren't possible with Roku.
Already went back to Fire and have been streaming for a few days now.
First of all - why exactly do you need Airplay? Just to listen to music? Do you want to just use it as another monitor? You can do most anything you want with a Roku if you go about it the right way.
I have the same issue as the OP.
I want to stream off my phone/iPad for various reasons -- the web interface is better for some "channels" than the Roku channel version. Streaming music sometimes, yes. Streaming video content that's directly on my phone, as well.
You can stream music, pics, and videos that are stored on your phone with the official roku app. At least for android.
Music without a cord, so I can control it while walking in my house/yard.
I'm gonna go back to the Fire I think. It will have HBO Go this year.
Have you tried the Roku app for iOS? Seems like this would work unless the music you are trying to Airplay is streamed music?
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-stream-ios-music-photos-and-videos-via-your-roku-box/
Yes, I tried it. Streamed music. I keep no music on my phone.
Ahh. I see where you're coming from now....and unfortunately i don't think there is a work around for that
This may beable to point you in the right direction...
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?p=416922&sid=86a74bf868247073e3b2ffe0b9ce35ca
It probably won't work but depending where you are streaming from you could use twonky beam.
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