I am in the testing phase of 'cutting the cord'. I am currently weaning the family off of cable through alternate on-demand programming.
I got my Tablo set up last night, tested viewing TV and tested recording a show/playback and everything was working great from the web browser.
This morning, I was testing Tablo functionality through my Roku LT. It was working great and then after 10 minutes a 'Loading' screen popped up with a progress bar that was not progressing. No more TV. After about 5 minutes, I clicked the home button on the Roku and went back into the Roku app. I chose the Tablo device from the selection screen. Then it would get stuck on the 'Establishing websocket connection' step:
To see if the issue was limited to the Roku, I tried from my PC and had the same issue with the process stuck at 'Connecting... Establishing websocket connection'
Is this some unrecoverable error by which I just need to reset the device? Is it safe to just unplug it and retry when this happens? Did a bug in the Roku app cause the problem by chance? Has anyone else seen this?
If it helps, here's some more info...
Tablo is wired to a Gigabit router. Roku is wireless to same router. PC is wireless to same router. Entire internal wired network is Gigabit.
I understand, but I'm having the same result with the Roku app. If I was having a problem only on the PC, it would make sense that I'd just use Chrome or Safari and the problem would be solved.
The problem began while I was watching through the Roku early this morning. Prior to that, even earlier this morning the Tablo worked great with Firefox just as it did last night. I was able to run everything but the playback controls (ff/rw/pause) effectively using Firefox.
The 'Establishing websocket connection' message first appeared in the Roku Tablo app once I began using the Tablo app on the Roku.
Since I'm seeing consistency with the issue across devices, I'm thinking I need to reset the unit when this happens?
I rebooted it and everything is fine now. Something similar happened on the Roku LT after the Tablo reboot by which it went to the ‘Loading…’ screen after a couple of minutes of viewing live content. This time, I was able to use the ‘<-’ button on the Roku remote and choose the station again to resume watching. It might be the Roku unit I’m using is one of the older unsupported types but I was able to watch TV all morning on this unit without a problem.