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jamesr219
2 years agoNewbie
Thanks, I will look into that.
jamesr219
2 years agoNewbie
Does application/channels developed for Roku port easily over to BrightSignOS?
- EnTerr2 years agoRoku Guru
jamesr219 wrote:Does application/channels developed for Roku port easily over to BrightSignOS?
No. It's been many years and the APIs have vastly diverged - for example Roku moved to so-called "Scene Graph" homegrown UI almost 10 years ago
I think you have couple of options here with Roku:
- Install your code as "beta app" on account with the devices (before these were known as "private channels" and had no limitations - but now the beta app will un-publish itself in 3 or 6 months, something like that)
- Publish it as regular app but don't have it work if someone installs it by accident - show screen explaining it's for limited internal use - and only have it work when controlled from another computer (i presume over ECP? then maybe it also sends some form of "password" that way to unlock the functionality)