The key

What was is no more... sort of..  A little over a year ago this channel called VideoBuzz was being told to stop being in existence on the roku system.. VideoBuzz was the Roku way of viewing YouTube videos and was a reason I went with the Roku over anything else out there.. Well not a big reason but a reason I went with the roku.. Then a few months later the guy who developed the program set it up so it could be "side loaded" which means loaded to the roku by way of using the computer to load it in such a way that is doesn't infringe on the EULA of the roku and the site it gets most of the videos you watch on it although there are other sites it supposedly will watch on.. Hint.. :

Starts with a Y  and has a Tube in there somewhere.. I got that channel and set it up on my roku and then my moms just in case she wanted to look at anything there.. When I set hers up it remained easy to install.. Then today.. after having troubles with the channel on my box for the better part of the last few months I decided to take a chance and try to downgrade.. Go to the version that was working better than the "new and improved" version..

But first I went to the site that I got it from before to make sure it was being supported.. It wasn't.. The site sent me to 404 or 405 sites that meant the links were dead zone links.. I found my CPU flashdrive and found the utmost folder where this program was.. All set then, take the chance and delete it from my box.. That being all done I did the disable part on the computer not even thinking this might not work again..

So after setting the box up and settings being prime here I cleared the ability for that channel to work.. Well it had issues.. It worked.. sort of.. And what that means is it would work for a video, then if I selected a new video it would sit there.. Not play the video..  I thought the other channel I have for YouTube was better than this so I figured it was better than nothing so big deal.. ZIP files.. Keep that in mind for the remainder of this story..

When I went looking to quickly install the old version I found the exe. file (executive or execute) was no where to be found.. Oh great.. I went in search of everywhere I had this damn thing and it was nowhere.. After a while I went to the videobuzz installer and figured I would reinstall the old version I just deleted because the old version would be better than NOTHING..  No dice.. The old installer didn't even work.. It has a roku counter so if there are two on then I would make a choice and add it to whichever is mine.. But that didn't find mine either.. So now what??  The developer had a note on the web site where he said where to look to make it install.. The README file.. Readme file, I click on it and it won't open.. Well the secret is safe.. I have no idea how to open the file.. I Google it and find the secret to opening this thing and read it.. Well I had been trying to put the files in opened mode.. It has to be set there in ZIP form which is to say unzipped.. So there it clicked.. That was never the way it was done before.. So I had the latest version of the program and thought yeah I'll give it a try.. What could it hurt.. I could always delete it and go with an older version if this worked..

The new version simply titled VIDEOBUZZ is a lot more different than the old version.. Everything about it is better.. and seems faster.. It has so many more features than the old one has with the best part being they have added the ability to see videos on REDDIT and are getting it ready to have other channels (sites) as well.. 

Most popular was on the old version as well..

What to watch was a favorite on the old version as well.. What I like is push play all and it will play everything that is new.. A virtual playback of everything that I subscribe to with the latest videos being played.. I follow a lot of news sites and so many other sites from around the world.. It's the main reason I like the VideoBuzz channel.. The other channel doesn't have this feature..

So.. In closing..  There it is then.. You just gotta have it..

Badge Henry

(P.S.  No sooner did I get this done and then ran my Facebook timeline and this was on it :  Happy Tuesday, streamers! We have a great and long-awaited channel update to share – YouTube is available now in the Roku Channel Store for all current-generation* Roku devices in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and the Republic of Ireland! We’re thrilled it’s finally here as we’re dedicated to our industry-leading selection of streaming entertainment....   Shit talk about timing.. Only trouble is I've heard the actual YouTube isn't nearly as good as the one I gushed about.. But I'll give it a try.. )