Applacation Package (Public Channel)

There are several good tutorials around, but the basic concepts and a walkthrough are given in the Channel Packaging and Publishing guide, especially section 3.0 Packaging Applications.

but where and how do I get download the Genkey

Brian

Follow rthe directions on the linked page - Genkey is a built-in program on the roku you already have.

So its telling to hit browse and find the applacation zip file thats a image,Right

On the installer page where you see browse, you are browsing to select the file to upload. The file to upload is the zipped channel application code you want to load from your computer into the Roku box.

destruk is right. One thing that confused me early on was "what file do I upload?"

You upload a zip file that contains the manifest at its root, and will also likely contain folders such as images/ and source/

Zip that folder (again, the one with manifest in the root) using a tool such as 7-zip on windows. Then upload that file to your Roku box using the Developer Web Page on your Roku Streaming Player. This action is called "side-loading" your application.

Once your application is side-loaded (aka "loaded") into your Roku, again use the developer web page to then download the .pkg file from your Roku. That .pkg file is what you upload to the Roku web site to make your channel available to others. The package you upload is generated the same way whether you are uploading for a beta period, a private channel, a public channel, or a paid channel.

There is not one...is this a video...what is it....Sorry I am new at this stuff

Brian

Back up one step:

What are you trying to do and what do you have right now?

Seems like you have a single video file, and you want to play it on your Roku device? Do you want to share that and other videos with other people?

I am trying to create a public channel..I did some searching and came across to Manifest Apps I tryed to install them won't let me...This what its telling me Application Received: 548 bytes stored.

Install Failure: Unzip failed. Invalid or corrupt zip archive. Unloading

So the videos you want to play on your channel (assuming it's a video channel) are online already?

If so, then you'll need to do one of the following:
Create a channel using an online channel creator (I've seen reference to this method in the forums). I expect that this would give you a folder or a zip file.
Modify SDK example by creating your own XML file (perhaps the SimpleVideoPlayer might be a good start)
Code from scratch (or modify SDK example)

If they are not online, you'll have to figure out how to get them online. Then you can point the XML file to those video files.

Once the code is obtained or created, zip into a zip file if not already, then you should be able to follow the instructions in this thread and in the Roku Development guides linked to earlier.