Giant Bomb Roku App streaming issues - General Discussion

#1 Posted by Zombienutz (562 posts) - 3 months, 14 days ago

Hey, duders. I was wondering if anyone else was having issues streaming GB content from the official app lately. When I go to play a video, it will start to stream in HD but quickly drop to the loading screen and decrease quality. The video will then pick up where it left off and play a few minutes before loading again. This seems to only happen in the evening, so I am wondering if it is a site traffic issue, but I was just curious if I was the only one. Thanks.

#2 Posted by I_Stay_Puft (1036 posts) - 3 months, 14 days ago

Heh I've been using the roku box for probably 2 years now, running the 1st generation box and never had HD streaming with a premium account. At most I've had 4 circles and that's it.

#3 Posted by Synekal (8 posts) - 3 months, 12 days ago

I've been running the app since it came out and have loved it. And yes, just recently I've been getting the same issues as you. I was thinking it was Comcast throttling me, but since people have been experiencing the same exact thing I hope that's not the issue anymore.

Does anyone know of a way to contact whomever actually worked on the app?

I'm running it on the new Roku 2 XS.

#4 Posted by oldenglishC (292 posts) - 3 months, 12 days ago

Do you guys have Xfinity? I've been running into the same problem the past week or so, but it's been happening on Netflix also.

#5 Posted by evilmax17 (53 posts) - 3 months, 12 days ago

Try this.

At the Roku home screen, input the following code:

Home: 5x, Rewind: 3x, FF: 2x

This should bring you to a secret bandwidth settings screen. The default setting will be "Automatic", change it to "3.5".

This will prevent the Roku from automatically downgrading to a lower quality stream.

#6 Posted by Zombienutz (562 posts) - 3 months, 6 days ago

@evilmax17: I didn't even realize there was this menu (or the other hidden things that I would have never looked for). I will give this a shot whenever the app works again (seems the new site has caused some issues).

@oldenglishc Yes, I have Xfinity.

#7 Posted by Synekal (8 posts) - 3 months, 6 days ago

@zombienutz:

I was just searching around to see if the Roku app stopped working for anyone else, and it sounds like it's not.

It won't even load for me from that main menu. Is that what you're experiencing too?

#8 Posted by RoboBlaster (6 posts) - 3 months, 6 days ago

@synekal said:

@zombienutz:

I was just searching around to see if the Roku app stopped working for anyone else, and it sounds like it's not.

It won't even load for me from that main menu. Is that what you're experiencing too?

Same here.

#9 Posted by teamventure (6 posts) - 3 months, 6 days ago

Ditto. It won't even launch.

#10 Posted by boatofcar (5 posts) - 3 months, 6 days ago

Not working for me either. I tried removing and re-adding the channel, but it still won't load from the main menu.

#11 Edited by MSUSteve (60 posts) - 3 months, 6 days ago

The Roku channel is also not working for me. I hope that gets fixed soon!

#12 Posted by MSUSteve (60 posts) - 3 months, 5 days ago

Per Jeff's Tumblr:

I’m hearing next week for API-related stuff like Roku. It’s a big deal that it’s down.

#13 Posted by boatofcar (5 posts) - 3 months, 5 days ago

Thanks for the update!

#14 Posted by ryvythed (22 posts) - 3 months, 5 days ago

Cool, us roku folks will just have a nice backlog of content to watch when it comes up. I can easily live with that. Thanks everybody!

#15 Posted by Zombienutz (562 posts) - 3 months, 5 days ago

Looking forward to the fix! I don't mind watching on my computer, but my wife also enjoys watching the QLs and live shows so the tv works best.