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luke823's avatar
luke823
Visitor
13 years ago

Media Browser Roku Channel

Hey all,
Are there any channel developers who might also be Media Browser fans? We are looking to bring Media Browser to Roku and are wondering if anyone might have interest in assisting us. If anyone is then drop me a line. Thanks!
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  • RokuJoel's avatar
    RokuJoel
    Binge Watcher
    13 years ago
    You can post any questions you have about developing a channel here. Taking a look at the media browser website, looks like it is a server? If so, it will probably need to provide the following to the Roku player:

    REST or other http api for requesting content from media
    XML (ideally) or JSON feed of content
    Content in h.264 AAC format - this may require real time transcoding and streaming to the Roku using HLS or Microsoft Smooth Streaming

    Aside from that, you have the options of using the built in UI components or rolling your own to display the content on the device and interact with the user.

    - Joel
  • luke823's avatar
    luke823
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    Thanks. We've recently built a json-based http api and are in the process of adding streaming and trans-coding, so I think we're good there.

    It's just a matter of getting started on roku development.
  • RokuJoel's avatar
    RokuJoel
    Binge Watcher
    13 years ago
    If you have experience with Visual Basic, or similar languages, it should be pretty easy. You need a Roku device to compile and test your code, register a developer account at owner.roku.com/developer and download the SDK which is a collection of examples and documents, there is also an online version of the SDK documentation at http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/RokuSDK ... umentation

    - Joel