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Thank you. Ill reach out now via email
I just launched my channel yesterday and I am having the same exact issue. However, I'm not using VIMEO, all my hosting is done on WordPress with JSON. That let's me know that the issue might indeed be Roku.
- 37mediagroup6 years agoRoku Guru
Where are your videos being hosted?
- iAelien6 years agoNewbie
on Wordpress under videos.
- 37mediagroup6 years agoRoku Guru
Like a Wordpress.com site? Are you using that Instant TV Plugin or whatever Roku channel builder?
Regardless I don't think that sort of hosting works for streaming. At a minimum you'd need to have some form of web host package like GoDaddy or something, even with that you'd need a pretty serious server. A wordpress.com sites shared hosting wouldn't allow for 3rd party access, also it's url is likely using forms of redirects so a www.mywebsite .com/videos/video1.mp4 likely has a much longer url path, but it's redirected a bit on the backend. This is the situation with Youtube urls and Roku doesn't continue in looking for it's redirected path, it's kindof a 1 attempt only.
You'll likely need a streaming hosting provider, such as Vimeo Pro, Amazon S3 or other streaming hosts.