Roku and Dropbox

[Ken N Tx]

Christmas Day we had our daughter, her husband and our Granddaughter over for lunch and a visit.

Prior to their arrival, I uploaded about 20 photos to Dropbox, that I copied from FaceBook, from my desktop computer.

During lunch and their visit,I turned on the TV and Roku and their photos did a slide show while we talked and laughed..

I was surprised that my new tablet (which has the Dropbox App) transferred pictures instantly to Dropbox!!

 

[Mike]

Hi Ken, you must have your tablet set to synchronise
with you PC, that is the only way that it would do that,
I think.

Mike.

 

[tnthomas]

My iPad, and both our Android phones send photos to Dropbox; those same photos show-up on the other devices within a few moments. That is neat that the Roku can stream files that are on your laptop; my Chromecast(1st gen) can just direct streaming media over wifi to the TV. There supposedly is a 'hack' that can enable file streaming for the Chromecast, I just haven't taken the time to try it.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Hi Ken, you must have your tablet set to synchronise
with you PC, that is the only way that it would do that,
I think.

Mike.

It is an Android tablet and with the Dropbox App installed, it sends camera pictures to a Gallery,Google Photos and Dropbox....

My iPad, and both our Android phones send photos to Dropbox; those same photos show-up on the other devices within a few moments. That is neat that the Roku can stream files that are on your laptop; my Chromecast(1st gen) can just direct streaming media over wifi to the TV. There supposedly is a 'hack' that can enable file streaming for the Chromecast, I just haven't taken the time to try it.

.
Roku has a Dropbox Chanel ..

Try this..
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