Comments on: Youtube on Roku… Finally!

By: D.S.

D.S. — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:15:59 +0000

Now that ROKU has gotten rid of VideoBuzz, is there any other ways to watch YouTube on my Roku on TV?

By: xlj66

xlj66 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:56:37 +0000

Its not misinformation. If you had bothered to google it youd see that videobuzz is a great youtube roku player and plex just came out with a youtube plugin for roku as well.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:42:12 +0000

I almost gave up trying to figure out how to do this, since Roku for some strange reason doesn’t seem to want you to know you can connect to view YouTube videos online.

Use Plex.
> Initialize it on Roku they will give you a 4 digit code,

> Go to the website to enter the code and then confirm your account from the email they send you.
> On your computer, add the “Plex It!” button to your bookmark browser bar
> On your computer, Find the YouTube videos you want, then click the “Plex It!” button on your browser
> You’ll then see those videos on your Roku TV Plex que

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:17:55 +0000

Videobuzz app plays youtube more info at http://streamfree.tv/apps/roku-private-channels/video-buzz-3807-thread.html

By: Richard T

Richard T — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:40:35 +0000

Google owns YouTube now.
Google also owns android.
Google also owns GoogleTV which is a direct competitor of Roku.
They want you to spend the money to buy a GoogleTV. They’re not going to help our their competitor, Roku.

By: Richard T

Richard T — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:38:44 +0000

Google wants you to buy Googletv which is a direct competitor of Roku. I doubt they will “fix” it

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:06:28 +0000

As of 9/14/12, RateRix is no longer working and will only give “Unsupported Format” errors when trying to view videos. Just wanted to let you, and anyone else searching for a new option, the news. Looks like I will have to either waste time saving links to all my YouTube subscriptions or pay MobileTribe for their service just to watch free YouTube videos on my TV. Ugh…

By: A. Nonymous

A. Nonymous — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:06:08 +0000

RateRix was an elegant solution to Viewing YouTube. Its search worked fairly well, but it had one awesomely fatal flaw: it bypassed the ads. Per the user agreement, this is a big no-no, and since RateRix is not currently supported, a fix seems unlikely. Cool while it lasted, but it was inevitably doomed by its own design.

By: PRASAD

PRASAD — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:09:53 +0000

Its so simple just copy the youtube link and post it in the facebook… share it only with you .. so that others in facebook doesn’t see.. and then go to facebook roku app…

By: Greg Broz

Greg Broz — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:32:29 +0000

Well, I was able to ADD Nowhere TV…however, there doesn’t seem to be any YouTube and that
is why I added the channel. What’s up with that???

By: Linda McDoniel

Linda McDoniel — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:56:16 +0000

Thanks Enrico.

I added Raterix last night and was getting fed up when doing video searches and coming up with a screen saying empty. Then while doing research I came upon this page. I am glad I did before I deleted the channel off my list. Now everything is working fine. I can find anything now. I do recommend this channel for people who want youtube content on their Roku. Thanks again Enrico for letting us know that we should not include spaces in our search.

By: V Nazario

V Nazario — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:15:30 +0000

This is how you can watch Youtube videos without using the FB work-around:

1. Raterix channel and 1080p channel
2. Through PlayOn (requires subscription and video transcoding off personal PC Desktop/Server)
3. Through Plex (requires video transcoding off personal PC/Mac Desktop/Server-Works best in Mac)
4. Youtube content available on vimeo, blinx Aand other sites (for general videos not to search for specific videos).

The simplest solution is definitely the RateRix channel. Make your searches without spaces (see previous comments).

Plex solution is the best since it gives you many plugins to content to include Youtube and Hulu Basic but it does require a dedicated PC running in the background and some configuring.

1080p channel works but only 1080 res videos and ONLY if hooked up on HD TV set at this resolution. Will not work on older SD TV sets.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:51:05 +0000

When is google going to get on the ball and fix youtube so it will play on Roku?

By: Tha infamous n1nj4Lo

Tha infamous n1nj4Lo — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:35:27 +0000

MobileTribe does Youtube great, everything you’d need, plus it does Facebook, Picasa and Yahoo. Check it out and give it a try!

By: Bill Meeks

Bill Meeks — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:55:18 +0000

Thanks, Matt. I’ve added RateRix to the post.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:43:14 +0000

Tip…If you search for any music artist with the word VEVO behind it you can access all their HD content.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:41:07 +0000

RateRix isn’t too bad…just make sure not to use spaces when searching. I have been using it for the last several months and you can even create playlists for music videos/favs.

By: Bill Meeks

Bill Meeks — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:23:31 +0000

Thanks for the input, John. I’ll leave it as is since I’ve tried to keep it up to date with info to get Youtube on your Roku. There are a couple of decent options even if they are a bit hacky. As this is a top search result for ‘Youtube on Roku’ I’d like to keep it presented as it always has been while continuing to keep the post up-to-date with the most recent information. Thanks again, John.

By: John S

John S — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:17:46 +0000

You should change the title of this post, and remove the image of the Youtube channel. Both are misleading.

By: Garivel

Garivel — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:34:03 +0000

Try this Private Channel “1080p Showcase” https://owner.roku.com/add/1080p. YouTube channel in 1080p only.

By: carl

carl — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:19:39 +0000

then what code wil work to put the channel on roku . it wont work

By: Dalton

Dalton — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:38:34 +0000

No it cannot… why do you spread misinformation? Youtube is NO LONGER SUPPORTED AS AN OFFICIAL CHANNEL… I dont consider playing via Facebook an elegant solution

By: Joe Marszalek

Joe Marszalek — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:59:11 +0000

I have an old Basic PlayOn license. Using their PlayOn channel on Roku I can watch YouTube and home media files. If I upgrade my PlayOn license I can then add regular Hulu and other content.

By: yadava

yadava — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:43:33 +0000

wood, please let us know the steps to add youtube on Roku, thanks

By: duh

duh — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:13:59 +0000

ad $

By: J Woods

J Woods — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:42:41 +0000

YES it can.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:49:52 +0000

When I bought my Roku in December the saleperson told me, “Oh sure, you can get Youtube. All these systems have Youtube.” Well, he was almost right. All but one. We do get a lot of little “niche channel” additions like the Slovakian channel now and then. Roku also was supposed to be adding the very nifty Spotify website — month’s ago! Personally I am suffering from “buyers remorse”. In the meantime I refuse to add games or channels with a cost in case I decide to ditch this thing and buy a real system.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:18:54 +0000

All you have to do is share the link on your wall, no uploading required. You can make it appear to “Only Me” if you don’t want others to see your link. When you log into facebook on Roku all you have to do is go to “Newsfeed Videos” you can find your video there. However, you may need to re-share your videos after a week this way. If you upload a video that appears to be copyright infringement, facebook will delete it. By sharing the link only you can avoid facebook removing your videos. If there’s no infringement, then upload the video to your videos, it will last longer!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:09:53 +0000

This IS stupid! Youtube started as nothing and now WE’RE being deprived of something that is essentially free?!? Hell, I have it on my phone!

By: Bill Meeks

Bill Meeks — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:57:11 +0000

I haven’t tried it myself but I would suggest attaching the link to the Youtube video.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:25:11 +0000

Could you please let us know how add/embed you tube video link in my video of face book. We got only below two options.

Upload Video
Record Video

By: Prasad

Prasad — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:55:51 +0000

Yes it can be played.. add your youtube link to facebook my videos..share it only with you.. then go to facebook roku app..then play the video… ullalllaaa..its that simple.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:44:47 +0000

I followed the directions in the link provided, and still can’t get YouTube. Is there something I missed???

By: Bill Meeks

Bill Meeks — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:19:07 +0000

Not sure I understand this comment.

By: Bill Martin

Bill Martin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:09:40 +0000

Hey google, look at all the money you are losing.

By: Rghu

Rghu — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:07:08 +0000

Youtube cannot be played on a roku player

By: sebstin

sebstin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:01:23 +0000

All streaming players have youtube except ROKU?? Why??

By: Dandapani

Dandapani — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:30:59 +0000

I installed NoWhere, but no where does it show Youtube.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:38:41 +0000

Install RateRix and/or the 1080p showcase.
The first one will let you view any youtube video, but the search mechanism is kind of a mild pain (do your searches without spaces). The 1080p showcase works well, but -only- for youtube vids published in 1080p.

By: Enrico Mariani

Enrico Mariani — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:43:25 +0000

Please Guys:
Let me know how to put youtube on my roku
Thanks
EM