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davidaburdick
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
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roku channel development tools supplied by INSTANT TV CHANNEL

2 things i have trouble with............

1. is there a way to get rid of the overlay graphic on my splash page at the bottom that says the following
or am i stuck with it.........
roku channel development tools supplied by INSTANT TV CHANNEL

2. i have tried for like 5 days to make a slideshow thing........using every possible host - google,dropbox,flikr,you name it...even on my own router............still nothing ever shows up............is it impossible ????

also i do not use code..............i use the sdk package deal................so don't get too technical

i am new to this..........thanks.........i can live with both these things but it would be nice to solve these if possible..................

Roku Developer Program
  • cocotower's avatar
    cocotower
    5 years ago

    You might can use OBS Studio to make a video stream out of a bunch of photos, then possibly through restream.io, then reference that stream from your channel feed?

     

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  • OddScott's avatar
    OddScott
    Roku Guru
    5 years ago

    David,

    The overlay on the splash page is removed when you upgrade to a "Commercial" channel type and generate a new Pkg file. The overlay is only present on the "Free" channel type or the $4.95/month "Unlimited" channel type.

    As described in the documentation (http://www.instanttvchannel.com/roku/slideshow) you need to have your slideshow images on a webserver or S3 bucket that responds correctly to an index request... so that a URL pointing to the directory or folder containing your images returns a list of images. Otherwise the channel has no way to know what your individual slideshow image URLs are.

    Scott

    • davidaburdick's avatar
      davidaburdick
      Reel Rookie
      5 years ago

      thanks for the answers.................do you know of any free places to host pictures that would work for a slide show.........i have tried about 6 now with no luck................thanks..........

      • OddScott's avatar
        OddScott
        Roku Guru
        5 years ago

        Sorry, I don't know of any free image hosting services that will provide you with an index page. Amazon may have a free tier available for S3 storage transfers, but I can't find the free-tier transfer pricing listed on their website any more.

        You might want to consider using a basic (under $5/month) shared-hosting webserver for your slideshow images if your Roku channel will only be lightly used. Many of them will support indexing of image directories, but you should check that before purchasing.

        Amazon's Lightsail service (https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/) looks interesting if you feel comfortable configuring your own webserver. It has a free trial and starts at $3.50/month, but I've never tried it myself.

  • cocotower's avatar
    cocotower
    Roku Guru
    5 years ago

    You might can use OBS Studio to make a video stream out of a bunch of photos, then possibly through restream.io, then reference that stream from your channel feed?