bugz000 9 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) my SO has roku on their tv and i mentioned she could hook that to my emby server but upon trying it seems there's some fault, we tried a variety of things including: https://ip 443 https://ip/ 443 http://ip 443 https://ip/ 443 http://domain.com/ 443 http://domain.com 443 https://domain.com 443 https://domain.com/ 443 https://domain.com/emby 443 http://domain.com/emby 443 https://domain.com/emby/ 443 http://domain.com/emby/ 443 https://ip 8096 https://ip/ 8096 http://ip 8096 https://ip/ 8096 http://domain.com/ 8096 http://domain.com 8096 https://domain.com 8096 https://domain.com/ 8096 https://domain.com/emby 8096 http://domain.com/emby 8096 https://domain.com/emby/ 8096 http://domain.com/emby/ 8096 https://ip 80 https://ip/ 80 http://ip 80 https://ip/ 80 http://domain.com/ 80 http://domain.com 80 https://domain.com 80 https://domain.com/ 80 https://domain.com/emby 80 http://domain.com/emby 80 https://domain.com/emby/ 80 http://domain.com/emby/ 80 https://ip 0 https://ip/ 0 http://ip 0 https://ip/ 0 http://domain.com/ 0 http://domain.com 0 https://domain.com 0 https://domain.com/ 0 https://domain.com/emby 0 http://domain.com/emby 0 https://domain.com/emby/ 0 http://domain.com/emby/ 0 https://ip 00000 https://ip/ 00000 http://ip 00000 https://ip/ 00000 http://domain.com/ 00000 http://domain.com 00000 https://domain.com 00000 https://domain.com/ 00000 https://domain.com/emby 00000 http://domain.com/emby 00000 https://domain.com/emby/ 00000 http://domain.com/emby/ 00000 a variety of the above work just fine in browser, some ofcourse have ssl errors etc which is expected so i suspected perhaps an issue on the server so i ensured emby saw the remote(WAN) access on the dashboard showed at least one that worked fine in browser this choice was http://domain.com:8096 port 443 and 80 are forwarded to my reverse proxy (nginxPM) and 8096 is forwarded direct to emby (installed using swizzin) swizzin ofcourse having it's own reverse proxy, through browser it routes through BOTH reverse proxies just fine, connecting locally to the swizzin RP works fine, connecting remotely through direct to emby through 8096 works just fine - i can't see any reason this won't work it is NOT hosted using a subdomain, but by port 8096 this shouldn't be an issue, but otherwise it is hosted under /emby/ for ports 80 and 443 - port 8096 skips all reverse proxies and forwards right through to emby, forwarded TCP/UDP nothing i try works, roku times out - yet her cellphone, her mothers cellphone and both laptops connect just fine using a variety of both my domain names, ip addr and other sensing i must be doing something monumentally stupid i resolved to try emby connect - let the emby servers do the connecting bit for me, so she made an account - i added it to her profile, she logged in using the roku, did the code, got authenticated, she could see my emby server listed and had the option to connect under her user but it sat loading forever we verified she was indeed connected to the internet with the roku, signal was "great" i do not want to handle SSL certs direct with emby, that's why i let nginxPM handle ssl certs for me, but i tried toggling the the "handled by reverse proxy" option in the emby settings to no avail, but this should not be a problem assuming emby is listening on http and NOT https (ssl disabled) and port 8096 forwarded direct to it and she tries direct IP no domain right? i've come to a conclusion there must be a problem with the roku app which is a great shame if so - but i'm willing to try many more things if someone has any other ideas to be clear i see absolutely no activity on the dashboard, no authentication failure, no recent activity on her account, she cannot get through from the roku, as far as i can see, from the roku, nothing gets as far as touching the emby server which is very strange as it works on literally everything else, both remote and local, both mobile and wifi, both laptop and cellphone, both domains and ip, both reverse proxied and direct, it's very strange and i've run out of things to try Edited February 7, 2023 by bugz000 more info added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1919 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) Have you seen this thread? Your answer is here likely. The Roku is one of the most strict and secure clients as far as connections allowed. Edited February 7, 2023 by speechles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugz000 9 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, speechles said: Have you seen this thread? Your answer is here likely. yes through trying to debug this i did come by this thread, though it's of little relevance as the initial reverse proxying is handled by swizzin, the external reverse proxying is handled by nginxPM, my particular setup forwards connections direct to emby on the container (via 443->8096) and it works just fine in browser regardless of this - connecting directly via http://domain.com:8096/ routes direct to emby, skipping all reverse proxies, (and ssl for that matter) this is what emby expects to use for WAN access (as shown on the dashboard) - so there is zero reverse proxying present when using that endpoint this also works fine in browser we did also try http://ip:8096/ to be safe, and this also worked fine in browser, but not roku, as far as i can see there's no reason this shouldn't be working right? Edited February 7, 2023 by bugz000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1919 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Did you try using that on your Roku? Ditch the HTTPs and use HTTP instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugz000 9 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, speechles said: Did you try using that on your Roku? Ditch the HTTPs and use HTTP instead? yes, i do not want to handle https direct within emby, i let my reverse proxies handle that - but for direct connection (8096) i use HTTP not HTTPS, we have tried via domain and ip to be safe - neither work on the roku, but both work on the browser, infact posting the HTTP://domain.com:8096/ url on discord shows the emby metadata which further confirms it should be working Edited February 7, 2023 by bugz000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1919 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 In the Roku app you want to choose "Clear settings" from the user screen to start the application in a pure state like it was freshly installed on that Roku. When the app restarts choose "Manual connection" instead of using Emby connect and the PIN. Enter the WAN address as HOST/PORT in the Roku app. The connect and wait. It shouldn't just endlessly spin, it should eventually timeout or thrown up an error. If it endlessly spins the routing is broken somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugz000 9 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Just now, speechles said: In the Roku app you want to choose "Clear settings" from the user screen to start the application in a pure state like it was freshly installed on that Roku. When the app restarts choose "Manual connection" instead of using Emby connect and the PIN. Enter the WAN address as HOST/PORT in the Roku app. The connect and wait. It shouldn't just endlessly spin, it should eventually timeout or thrown up an error. If it endlessly spins the routing is broken somewhere. to be absolutely clear, that is HOST box : http://domain.com/ PORT box: 8096 because we have tried this before, but not without clearing the settings, she is at work currently but we can try when she gets home in a couple hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1919 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, bugz000 said: to be absolutely clear, that is HOST box : http://domain.com/ PORT box: 8096 Yep. That exactly. The spinner should start to spin after choosing Connect to Server. If it spins indefinitely something is definitely wrong somewhere. It should reach your server. If it ends up with an error screen it should provide some context of what is up with that Roku. Edited February 7, 2023 by speechles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution bugz000 9 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Solution Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, speechles said: Yep. That exactly. The spinner should start to spin after choosing Connect to Server. If it spins indefinitely something is definitely wrong somewhere. It should reach your server. If it ends up with an error screen it should provide some context of what is up with that Roku. we're trying this now and it is timing out, but i just got her to open http://domain.com:8096/ in browser and it resolved just ... nevermind, she managed to get herself blacklisted on my network and it was actively rejecting packets from her ip, all other connection tests she was using her 4g not wifi... easy fix, though there's a sizeable dent in my pride thankyou and apologies for your time regardless haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Glad you figured it ou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notryt01 0 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I cant get my roku tv to connect to emby either... works on other devices.. the FYI I have never gotten emby connect to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Notryt01 said: I cant get my roku tv to connect to emby either... works on other devices.. the FYI I have never gotten emby connect to work Hi. Please open a new topic with details since this was solved. Thanks. How to Report a Problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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