Have a Roku and not showing playlists at all, help?

[FknBish]

I logged into my Roku Spotify and tried opening it, all it is showing is Search, What's New, Top Tracks, and Accounts.  Yes i logged out, and logged back in, yes i reset the roku... and it shows NOTHING... can anyone help me out please? 

[MattSuda]

Hey @FknBish

Sorry to hear about this problem.

An update from Spotify has been posted here:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Playlists-not-showing-on-Roku/idc-p/1626585/highligh...

"Due to various technical challenges, the Playlists feature has been removed from the Roku Spotify app.

We do understand your concerns and are working with Roku on how best to move forward with this app. In the meantime, you can search for and play artists, songs and albums, and your playlists are always available on your other devices with our desktop and mobile apps.

There are other ways to listen to Spotify on your TV too. Check out our guide at www.spotify.com/tv."

[Dhill]

No thanks to Roku, but I came up with a solution for my setup.  My Windows 10 computer is hooked up to by wire to my modem which is also wireless.  (My computer and Roku 3 share the same router, though only the Roku 3 is wireless).  The audio of my Roku3 is hooked into my stereo system so I can hear it (as well as Roku moviess) in surround sound.

1. Open Spotify on my computer.  If your computer has speakers start playing a song just to know you’ve got that working properly.
2. On my Roku 3, go to System, and select  Mirroring (Enable it)
3. Back to my computer, go to “Type here to search” and enter ‘Project”
4. Go to the “Project to Second Screen”, then I click the Duplicate button.
5. Click on the text for "Connect to a Wireless Display".
6. One of the devices should be your Roku, select that one.
7. If all worked well you should now see the computer’s Spotify screen on your TV, but sound isn’t yet passing through to the Roku.
8. On the bottom bar of your computer screen, right click on the speaker icon, and select Playback Devices.
9. On the Sound popup window you should now see a “Digital Devices” choice, which may have never been present before.
10. Select the ‘Digital Devices’ option, set it as the Default, then click OK.  The sound should stop coming from computer speakers, and switch to the Roku’s speaker system.
11. I now have to make selections to play from your Computer, but at least I can play my Playlists through.  Takes a bit longer to set this up, but not bad if planning to play music for an hour