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  • Although this is my first roku project. I found
    That you need to create a porthole as I call it
    Over the area of your video player the same as you would using
    Imagecanvas. This is a transparent area that you can perform with
    Drawrect with rgba set to full transparency. 00.
    Quite frankly, the 2d API is not simple and implementing the rovideoplayer
    Is not simple. I have found it best to use the compositor and create sprites
    Using the z order much as you would layers in an image canvas

    Keep in mind that you are limited to 720 video res. You have to implement
    All the functioning of tracking and error handling yourself. I find that there
    Are even messages that come to you in the isstatusmessage event that are
    Not even defined In the documentation. Sometimes More useful than what you get with
    IsrequestfaIled. The bottom line is:
    Unless you are up to the task. It is not the way to go. I personally find it quite fun.
    Creating menus and effects using penners easing equations are impressive on the roscreen
    Of course you need to use double buffering in this case this is where composites are really useful
  • destruk's avatar
    destruk
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    If the video is playing fullscreen, it's much easier.