Channel Updates
In the case we have a channel update, which of course has to go through Roku approval, and is released once approved, what if that update involves a schema change in our backend database web services?...
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"EnTerr" wrote:Seems like it would be a simple thing for them to do as the Roku is perfectly capable of a midday update (system menu). Either a channel update or a full update, if that's the only way, would have prevented this from even being a question. So wasn't really "instant", so much as an on demand way to do something that would happen on it's own anyway.
Ah, but there is bigger picture at play here too. The Co. does staggered software releases, as experienced by those reading about the "latest & greatest" features on their blog and then trying to force update just to see that nothing happens... for a week of eager-beavering. They do it waves based on player S/N, i think for two reasons: a) to smooth load on the servers and b) if SNAFU gets discovered in the wild (known to happen), as damage control measure they can stop further spread till firmware is fixed.
There is an ECP command you can send to the box to force it to check for and install channel updates, but it won't update the currently running channel (for obvious reasons). My Update My Channels channel updates channels this way.
