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jhoard's avatar
jhoard
Reel Rookie
3 years ago

How to prevent channel buffer between video load

I've recently built a Roku channel to work as a showroom display to stream videos of products continuously. The problem I'm facing is buffering between videos. Is there any remedy to this solution? Can I begin to preload a video before the current one ends? 

The current method for video delivery is a JSON object that contains URL links to a GCS. 

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  • sjb64's avatar
    sjb64
    Roku Guru
    3 years ago

    No, you can't do that, A Roku has only 1 stream processing system, so it can't be dealing with 2 simultaneous streams.

    You could load all the HLS M3U8's, create a single M3U8 for all of them as a single stream using the various TS files, save it online (or in tmp: if you set up an internal socket server) and stream from it.  You might have to use the M3U8 discontinuity flags of the TS's come from various sources.

    • jhoard's avatar
      jhoard
      Reel Rookie
      3 years ago

      Ok, thank you. I will attempt to implement your solution and see how it goes. 

      • sjb64's avatar
        sjb64
        Roku Guru
        3 years ago

        It can be a bit tricky getting the discontinuity right, and loading it from an online source will be a lot easier than rolling a socket server on the box to load from tmp:.