Problems with last plugin release
I haven't made any changes to my Roku channel in several months. Last week, I loaded it up to begin the creation of another private channel. I installed the latest plugin and haven't been able to ge...
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"destruk" wrote:
If it is timing out on the packaging or upload process, you can speed it up by exiting to the home screen on the roku before trying to package the channel.
Good tip.
Depending on the firmware version, hardware version, and what state the box is in... if the target box is not at the home screen when trying to sideload/package, it can take longer, and can therefore cause different kinds of eclipse-to-box communications errors - SocketTimeoutException, ConnectionException, and InvocationTargetException are just a few.
Firmware 3.1 (on the older boxes) is the most notably effected, but even the latest 5.x firmware shows some lag.
An additional tip/caveat...
I just discovered I can cause a Roku box crash/reboot via sideloading/packaging - only on firmware 5.x (current 5.1 and beta 5.2), only if Netflix is the running channel, and only if it's playing a video at the time.
Cheers
