HomeRoku has just provided the Roku Streaming Stick & Stick Plus. With new remotes that can control TV volume and power via a built-in infrared emitter, they also have a microphone for voice recognition, and the Stick+ supports 4K HDR video at the lowest price ever for a Roku player. For Blu-ray movie collectors, you may wish to release your favorite Blu-ray movies from the physical disc to conveniently viewing on your large screen TV via Roku Streaming Stick or Stick +. Have no idea about how to make that realized, just read on...
How to Stream Local Media Files with Roku Streaming Stick & Stick Plus?
There are a bunch of apps that are capable of picking up media files from a local network and displaying them on a big screen through Roku Streaming Stick & Stick Plus, but in terms of overall ease-of-use, simplicity, interface design, and extra features, Plex is the clear winner. So, the easiest way to play your media on TV via Roku Streaming Stick or Stick Plus is to connect it to Plex Media Server. Once you've set up the media server on your computer, you can start streaming your media over your local network to the Plex channel on your Roku Streaming Stick (Plus).
Copy Blu-ray for Roku Streaming Stick & Stick Plus Streaming
After you made your decision for the right apps to play local video on Roku Streaming Stick (Plus), the next step is to copy Blu-ray to Roku Streaming Stick or Stick +. Which way do you prefer to copy Blu-ray to Roku? No matter which way you choose, the first job is to remove the copy & region protection from Blu-ray disc. Here, a stand-lone and workable solution called Pavtube BDMagic (Top 5 Blu-ray Rippers Review) is recommended to you, the program is a combo of Blu-ray & DVD ripping tool to effectively remove all protection from both Blu-ray & DVD disc and then convert the un-encrypted Blu-ray/DVD movies to Roku Streaming Stick (Plus) playable video and audio formats.
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Step by Step to Rip Blu-ray to Roku Streaming Stick (Plus) for TV Playback
Step 1: Import Blu-ray Movies
Download, install and run this Blu-ray ripper. You can load Blu-ray disc by clicking "File" > "Load from disc". Or load Blu-ray Folder by clicking "File" > "Load from folder" or load Blu-ray ISO image by clicking "File" > "Load IFO/ISO".
Step 2: Define the output format
Click the "Format bar", choose Roku Streaming Stick (Plus) best playable format such as ""H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)" under "HD Video" main category. You can also choose to select other output file format. Then click settings to open "Profile Settings" window, you can flexibly adjust output video/audio codec, file resolution, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, etc according to your own needs.
To watch movies on TV via Roku Streaming Stick (Plus), you can also choose TV customized file format according to your TV brand.
Step 3: Start the conversion process
Go back to the main interface, hit the right-bottom "Convert" button to start Blu-ray to Roku Streaming Stick & Stick + playable video and audio formats ripping process.
When the conversion is completed, you will have no problem to stream and play ripped Blu-ray on TV via Roku Streaming Stick & Stick Plus.
Stream local video from Roku Streaming Stick & Stick Plus to TV
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