Hi
If i have for example 1.000 roku player can i link all of this with one user account in the https://owner.roku.com/Link or i need individual accounts ?
Thanks
I’m not sure what the max number of units connected to a single account is (as far as we’ve tested), but we certainly haven’t tested with that many. We’re really focused on typical home scenarios; if you’re looking for centralized management of a large network of boxes, the Roku player may not be the best bet.
Thanks Patrick
We have a private Roku channel working , we also have our own CACS and MIDLEWARE to control the use of this private channel.
How the other private or public channel (HULU, AMAZON, NETFLIX, IMMOO) usually do the link and registration ? they use individual accounts for each Roku Player
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“Your account can have up to six unique authorized devices activated (and associated with it) at any given time, including personal computers and Netflix-ready devices. For example, if you’re on the 1-disc plan, you can have up to six devices associated with your account, but you can only watch one of them at a time. If you’re on the 2-disc plan, you can have up to six devices activated but can only watch two of them at the same time.”
If you have more than 6 netflix-ready devices, you either deactivate one and activate the one you want whenever the one you need to use changes, or you put them on a separate paid account.
I’m not sure how Hulu+ does it.
“destruk” wrote:
“Your account can have up to six unique authorized devices activated (and associated with it) at any given time, including personal computers and Netflix-ready devices. For example, if you’re on the 1-disc plan, you can have up to six devices associated with your account, but you can only watch one of them at a time. If you’re on the 2-disc plan, you can have up to six devices activated but can only watch two of them at the same time.”If you have more than 6 netflix-ready devices, you either deactivate one and activate the one you want whenever the one you need to use changes, or you put them on a separate paid account.
I’m not sure how Hulu+ does it.
Actually, Netflix bumped that up to 50 a few weeks ago. Haven’t updated the verbiage, yet, apparently.
As for deactivating one.. that’s no longer possible. It’s an all or nothing deactivation. No clue why they changed that, but that came along with the web site redesign…
“TheEndless” wrote:
Actually, Netflix bumped that up to 50 a few weeks ago. Haven’t updated the verbiage, yet, apparently.
As for deactivating one.. that’s no longer possible. It’s an all or nothing deactivation. No clue why they changed that, but that came along with the web site redesign…
Deactivating one would have to be possible - if only to do a factory reset on the roku and allow the back end to reactivate it on an account you want to use. ?
“destruk” wrote:
“TheEndless” wrote:
Actually, Netflix bumped that up to 50 a few weeks ago. Haven’t updated the verbiage, yet, apparently.
As for deactivating one.. that’s no longer possible. It’s an all or nothing deactivation. No clue why they changed that, but that came along with the web site redesign…Deactivating one would have to be possible - if only to do a factory reset on the roku and allow the back end to reactivate it on an account you want to use. ?
You would think, wouldn’t you? You used to be able to, but now they just have a single “Deactivate Devices” button (https://account.netflix.com/Player?mana … id=1503552), that presents you with this text when you click it:> Disconnect DevicesThis disconnects all Netflix-ready devices from your Netflix account.
You can use this if you no longer have access to a device.
If you select this option, you will have to log in again on any other devices to re-connect them to your Netflix account.
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out how they thought that was a good change…
Without the option to deactivate a single device from the account, doesn’t that go against roku’s linking guidelines? I mean if it persists on the account after a factory reset of the device?
“destruk” wrote:
Without the option to deactivate a single device from the account, doesn’t that go against roku’s linking guidelines? I mean if it persists on the account after a factory reset of the device?
No, because you can still unlink from the Roku itself, and a factory reset won’t maintain the link. The requirement from Roku is that a factory reset will unlink the device. Since authentication with Netflix requires the client to provide a token, the link is automatically broken when the Roku no longer has that token… even if Netflix still thinks it’s linked, there’s no way to reestablish that link.
All right. So what would be required if I sell my roku? Would I need to deactivate it from the netflix site and then re-link all my other roku’s to netflix again? Just with the new model coming out I don’t think I would need the original aged one now.
“destruk” wrote:
All right. So what would be required if I sell my roku? Would I need to deactivate it from the netflix site and then re-link all my other roku’s to netflix again? Just with the new model coming out I don’t think I would need the original aged one now.
As far as Netflix is concerned, you could just go into Settings->Netflix Settings and choose the deactivate option, but I’d recommend doing a full factory reset. If all of your installed channels follow the rules, that should be sufficient.
4 devices is the max number that you can have per physical address no matter how many accounts you have. They limit by physical address, not number of accounts.
Where are you seeing a max of 4 devices - and why would they do that? It would cause users to buy competing streaming sticks.
I was going nuts, thinking I got ripped off, when trying to activate several different new Roku devices. It would just keep going back to the “enter the link code” page on roku.com/activate. I tried clearing out my cookies, using different devices to register, made sure pop-up blockers were off and used a different browser. I finally asked myself if maybe there was a maximum number I could activate/link to my account. I looked everywhere and found nothing about that specific issue (except something about “4 roku devices per physical address”). I counted and noticed I had 20 devices on my list, so I un-linked one. After that, I tried activating one of the new devices and it worked. Spread the word, folks and save other people the grief.
And does anyone know how to start a new topic? I kept going around in circles trying to do that, so I am answering the question here and hope others will find it, as well.
Found The Following in Roku Support:
Do I need a separate Roku account for each of my Roku® streaming devices?
When you activate a Roku streaming player or Roku TV™, you have the choice to add, or link it to your existing Roku account, or you can create a new account. When you activate more than one Roku device, each device can be linked to a different Roku account, or all devices can be linked to a single account.
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Notes:
- Each Roku device may only be linked to one Roku account at a time.
- There is NEVER a charge to create a Roku account.
Each Roku account stores information about the Roku streaming devices linked to it along with the channels that are installed and purchased, as well as the preferences and account settings.
Linking devices to a single Roku account
When you link multiple Roku devices to a single Roku account, the channels and purchases will be the same on each device. When a channel is added or removed on one device, the channel is automatically added or removed on all devices linked to that account that support the channel.
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Notes:
- Channels must be activated separately on each Roku device.
- Roku devices automatically check every 24 to 36 hours for changes and updates. If you would like to check for an update immediately, go to your Roku device and select Settings > System > System update > Check now.
If your Roku account is set up with a PIN to make purchases, that same PIN is required when making purchases from any Roku device linked to your account.
I have four televisions
I like to connect second one Will you please help me out
When you connect your new Roku unit to the TV, it should guide you through the setup process. If you already have a Roku account, you will sign into that one, to register the unit. If you need to create a Roku account, it will tell you how. Just remember, when it takes you to the payment page, scroll down to the bottom, where it says “Skip this step” or something similar. A lot of people get to that page and think they are required to enter a payment method. There’s nothing to pay for, if you just use Roku’s standard features. You will sign in to different channels, such as Netflix, Philo, etc. with your info. from those accounts, when you first try to use those channels.
You will pay Netflix, Philo and those channels directly, for your subscriptions to those.
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The maximum number of devices that may be linked to the same single Roku customer account is 20.
