Welcome to Quickbeam, a lightweight, privacy-focused Roku casting utility. Quickbeam was built by JLC to bridge the gap between media streams on your mobile devices and the big screen, without the friction of platform accounts, logins, or trackers.
🌟 What is Quickbeam?
Quickbeam is a social cast engine. It allows you to package any supported media link (from YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and web streams) into a randomized, short-lived "Magic Link" and send it to friends or family members. When they open that link, it directly wakes up and plays that video on their physical Roku TV.
📖 Complete User Manual
Follow these simple instructions to set up and get started casting:
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Step 1 Install the Roku Channel app:
Make sure the Quickbeam channel app is sideloaded or installed on the target Roku TV. Open it to find a unique 6-digit TV pairing code displayed on the screen.
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Step 2 Create your Contacts list:
On the phone dashboard, click **Add Contact**. Enter their Name, their 6-digit Roku TV Code, and optionally their Phone Number or Email.
- Roku TV Code: Saves pairing settings locally so their TV receives direct ECP commands.
- Phone/Email: Enables one-tap delivery. Tapping their contact button will directly launch your Messages (SMS) or Mail client pre-addressed to them with the Magic Link filled out.
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Step 3 Share & Cast:
Paste a media URL, select a contact, and send! When they open the Magic Link on their phone (on the same Wi-Fi subnet as the TV), it launches the video on their Roku.
⚙️ Under the Hood: Wi-Fi Subnets
Roku devices accept commands using Roku's External Control Protocol (ECP) over your local home network (Wi-Fi). To play a video:
- The receiver opening the Magic Link must be on the **same Wi-Fi network subnet** as the Roku TV.
- The server handles the coordination ephemerally in-memory (it matches the devices based on their public IP).
- If the recipient sees a "TV Connection Required" status, verify that their phone is connected to their home Wi-Fi network (not mobile cellular data) to locate the local TV.
🔒 Privacy & Expiration Policies
Our server is entirely serverless and operates exclusively in-RAM. We have no databases and sell no data:
- Device Registrations: Expire and delete from server RAM after 1 hour of inactivity.
- Magic Links: Expire and are permanently deleted after 24 hours.
- Contacts Directory: Stored entirely in your browser's device-only memory (
localStorage).