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hockeyanonymous
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12 years ago

roVideoScreen playlist?

Hello,

I have a video source that split a video into multiple segments (m3u8) ie, media-1.m3u8, media-2.m3u8, etc...
Looking at the possible content meta-data description, it seems like i can pass it a few things;
1. StreamUrls - pass it an array of stream urls
2. Streams - pass it an array of associated array

from the provided sample from http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/ ... +Meta-Data, i've tried both and it doesn't seem to work. it just hang at the video screen displaying the video title and the retrieving progress bar. the progress bar doesn't advance and it seems stuck.

If I play a single stream, it seems to work fine. Another thing i've tried is

    streams = []
    for each i in stacks.Items
        streams.Push({URL: url + "/" + i.Id.ToStr() + "/manifest.m3u8"})
    End for
    player.SetContent({
        Title: meta.Title
        StreamFormat: "hls"
        Streams: streams
    })


from the above, the video will play BUT only the first stream. Can someone with more experience shed some light on this?

Thanks
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2 Replies

  • RokuChris's avatar
    RokuChris
    Roku Employee
    12 years ago
    streamURLs is deprecated, best practice is to use the streams array instead. But neither of these is for playlists, they are for defining multiple different bitrate renditions of a piece of progressive download content like mp4 videos. HLS content should always have exactly one stream defined in the content-meta-data.

    For your situation, the best solution is to find a way to combine the assets on the server side into a single m3u8 manifest. If that's not an option, this thread may be useful: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=32501