Welcome to Roksbox

Roksbox is a channel on the Roku Digital Video Player that gives you the ability to play your own videos and movies, listen to your own music, and show your own photographs on your television screen. Roksbox will work with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.  Your media can reside on a Plug and Play (UPnP/DLNA) device, on cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and HipServ, on your computer’s hard drive, on an external drive, on a network attached storage (NAS) device located on your home or local area network, or on a USB attached device (on compatible Roku models). Roksbox can be set up very easily using your directory structure, or you can use advanced features such as Movie Sheets and XML files to further enhance the way your media appears on your screen.

NOTICE:

Roksbox Cloud has been replaced by Roksbox xStream. To install Roksbox xStream, go to the Roku channel store and search for Roksbox.

For those who have Roksbox Cloud, it will continue to be supported and updated. You will also still be able to add Roksbox Cloud to new Roku players by logging into your Roksbox account.

Streaming Options

 Plug and Play (UPnP/DLNA)

Dropbox

USB

Web Server

  
   

 

Select the various menu items on the left to explore the different features of Roksbox. Beginners should start with the Tutorial to initially set up and become familiar with Roksbox.

Other Options

Roksbox xStream

Roksbox for Dropbox

Roksbox Plug and Play

Easy Show Slideshow Creator

 Stream Your Videos

    • 720p and 1080p Support
    • Create and use Movie Sheets to display detail movie information
    • Can use your existing directory structure to display videos, or you can use XML files to add detailed information
    • Stream from a web server, or from the USB port (on models equipped with a USB port)
    • Categorize your videos by genre
    • Unlimited multilevel subcategories with optional user defined poster art
    • Can use your existing video organization scheme, or create a new scheme
    • Can use GUI software to organize your videos and add detailed information
    • Software automatically populates movie information and poster art from internet databases and creates XML file
    • Resume playback from where you last left off
    • Displays the following information:Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind
      • Title
      • Actors
      • Description/Synopsis
      • Length (Runtime)
      • Year Released
      • Rating
      • Director
      • Genre
      • Poster Art
    • Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind

Demo Image Stream Your Music 

  • Scrobble to Last.fm
  • Show photo slideshow while listening to music
  • Can use your existing directory structure to display your music collection, or you can use XML files to add detailed information
  • Stream from a web server, or from the USB port (on models equipped with a USB port)
  • Categorize by Artist/Album
  • Create and play Playlists
  • Shuffle Songs
  • Can use GUI software to organize your music and add detailed information
  • Software automatically populates MP3 ID3 tags and album art and creates XML file
  • Turn continuous play on or off
  • Displays the following information during playback:
    • Artist Name
    • Album Name
    • Song Title
    • Album Art
    • Length (Runtime)
    • Progress Indicator
    • Slideshow (optional)
  • Pause/Skip Forware/Skip Backward

Demo Image Create Photo Slideshows

  • Roksbox can use your existing directory structure to display your photo collection, or you can use XML files to specify your desired organization.
  • Stream from a web server, or from the USB port (on models equipped with a USB port)
  • Define your own categories and subcategories
  • Create your own slideshows
  • Can use GUI software to organize your photos
  • Shuffle photos
  • You decide the amount of time (seconds) to display each photo
  • Optionally display captions for each photo
  • Pause/Skip Forward/Skip Backward