Dear Roku developers and community,is it possible to display Cyrillic text somewhere in Roku components?As far as I tested:1) XML parser (roXMLElement) doesn't return unicode characters2) Poster Screen (roPosterScreen) doesn't display unicode characters 3) Springboard Screen (roSpringboardScreen) doesn't display unicode charactersThe code I used to verify e.g. Springboard Screen is:Function Main() port = CreateObject("roMessagePort") springBoard = CreateObject("roSpringboardScreen") springBoard.SetBreadcrumbText("[location 1]", "[location2]") springBoard.SetMessagePort(port) o = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray") o.ContentType = "episode" o.Title = "[Title]"+chr(1040)+"<" o.ShortDescriptionLine1 = "[ShortDescriptionLine1]"+chr(1040)+"<" o.ShortDescriptionLine2 = "[ShortDescriptionLine2]"+chr(1040)+"<" o.Description = ""+chr(1040)+"<" for i = 1 to 15 o.Description = o.Description + "[Description] " end for o.SDPosterUrl = "" o.HDPosterUrl = "" o.Rating = "NR" o.StarRating = "75" o.ReleaseDate = "[mm/dd/yyyy]"+chr(1040)+"<" o.Length = 5400 o.Categories = CreateObject("roArray", 10, true) o.Categories.Push("[Category1]"+chr(1040)+"<") o.Categories.Push("[Category2]"+chr(1040)+"<") o.Categories.Push("[Category3]"+chr(1040)+"<") o.Actors = CreateObject("roArray", 10, true) o.Actors.Push("[Actor1]"+chr(1040)+"<") o.Actors.Push("[Actor2]"+chr(1040)+"<") o.Actors.Push("[Actor3]"+chr(1040)+"<") o.Director = "[Director]"+chr(1040)+"<" springBoard.SetContent(o) springBoard.Show() while true msg = wait(0, port) if msg.isScreenClosed() then return -1 elseif msg.isButtonPressed() print "msg: "; msg.GetMessage(); "idx: "; msg.GetIndex() endif end while End Functionwhere "+chr(1040)+" is letter "А" in Cyrillic alphabet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90Is any chance/way to show Russian text in Roku? Regards,Dmitry

Currently, Roku is only set up to display single-byte western European characters. For multibyte UTF8 support, you can use the image canvas, however, there's currently a bug that prevents it for working correctly. We expect to have that bug resolved shortly. Also, you will have to supply your own ttf or otf font file.

"RokuPatrick" wrote:Currently, Roku is only set up to display single-byte western European characters. For multibyte UTF8 support, you can use the image canvas, however, there's currently a bug that prevents it for working correctly. We expect to have that bug resolved shortly. Also, you will have to supply your own ttf or otf font file.Patrick,UTF8 support would be incredible. I've been using custom utf8 fonts in my applications and the it is never rendered correctly. Was it ever supposed to work (bug) -- or is this a new feature? In order for image canvas to display utf8 strings, does that also mean that roXMLParser will also support utf8? From my interactions (and various inconsistencies) -- it seems that the xml parser already supports non-ASCII characters to a certain degree. I noticed that I could get certain special characters (like copyright) to display on the poster screens, etc. -- but not on other screens (search, image canvas, etc.).Thanks,RT

We do not currently have official universal support for utf8 in the SDK. There are some components that support it (like strings in the manifest file and the xml parser) but it was all done on an as-needed basis with no attempt to make them universally supported.It is on our radar to add this support, but not currently scheduled.--Kevin

I found the way to show Cyrillic letters on screen. I use roImageCanvas and CP1251 font. To show russian text on e.g. roPosterScreen I show roPosterScreen, and then transparent roImageCanvas above it, where I put Russian text. Check out https://owner.roku.com/add/7ENBQ, click on any TV channel, to see the screen with russian text.The problem here is that roImageCanvas takes all input from remote. How can I redirect input from remote to roPosterScreen which is underneath? Or may be there is a way to put my font to roPosterScreen?

"dmitskevich" wrote:How can I redirect input from remote to roPosterScreen which is underneath? I've wondered myself if this is possible, but haven't figured out a way to do it. Anyone? - Joel

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dmitskevich

Visitor

15 years ago

Russian (Cyrillic) letters

Dear Roku developers and community,

is it possible to display Cyrillic text somewhere in Roku components?

As far as I tested:

1) XML parser (roXMLElement) doesn't return unicode characters
2) Poster Screen (roPosterScreen) doesn't display unicode characters
3) Springboard Screen (roSpringboardScreen) doesn't display unicode characters

The code I used to verify e.g. Springboard Screen is:


Function Main()
    port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    
    springBoard = CreateObject("roSpringboardScreen")
    springBoard.SetBreadcrumbText("[location 1]", "[location2]")
    springBoard.SetMessagePort(port)
    
    o = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
    o.ContentType = "episode"
    o.Title = "[Title]"+chr(1040)+"<"
    o.ShortDescriptionLine1 = "[ShortDescriptionLine1]"+chr(1040)+"<"
    o.ShortDescriptionLine2 = "[ShortDescriptionLine2]"+chr(1040)+"<"
    
    o.Description = ""+chr(1040)+"<"
    for i = 1 to 15
        o.Description = o.Description + "[Description] "
    end for
    
    o.SDPosterUrl = ""
    o.HDPosterUrl = ""
    o.Rating = "NR"
    o.StarRating = "75"
    o.ReleaseDate = "[mm/dd/yyyy]"+chr(1040)+"<"
    o.Length = 5400
    
    o.Categories = CreateObject("roArray", 10, true)
    o.Categories.Push("[Category1]"+chr(1040)+"<")
    o.Categories.Push("[Category2]"+chr(1040)+"<")
    o.Categories.Push("[Category3]"+chr(1040)+"<")
    
    o.Actors = CreateObject("roArray", 10, true)
    o.Actors.Push("[Actor1]"+chr(1040)+"<")
    o.Actors.Push("[Actor2]"+chr(1040)+"<")
    o.Actors.Push("[Actor3]"+chr(1040)+"<")
    
    o.Director = "[Director]"+chr(1040)+"<"
    
    springBoard.SetContent(o)
    springBoard.Show()
    
    while true
        msg = wait(0, port)
        if msg.isScreenClosed() then
            return -1
        elseif msg.isButtonPressed()
            print "msg: "; msg.GetMessage(); "idx: "; msg.GetIndex()
        endif
    end while
    
End Function

where "+chr(1040)+" is letter "А" in Cyrillic alphabet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90

Is any chance/way to show Russian text in Roku?

Regards,
Dmitry

Roku Developer Program

Russia Streaming

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Basil
Roku Guru
11 years ago
"destruk" wrote:
Yeah, Roku should be concentrating on Australia, where 1 in 5 internet users still use 56K dialup access - you're going to be streaming a whole lot of netflix over the ocean at dialup speeds there! HA!

In December 2012, 2% of Australians used dialup, and 98% used broadband, according to TechRadar.
destruk
Streaming Star
11 years ago
Yeah, Roku should be concentrating on Australia, where 1 in 5 internet users still use 56K dialup access - you're going to be streaming a whole lot of netflix over the ocean at dialup speeds there! HA!
Basil
Roku Guru
11 years ago
It's not like Roku has unlimited resources. They'd probably do better focusing on, say, Australia than Russia for expansion. It's not possible to expand everywhere all at once. You have to take one step at a time.
destruk
Streaming Star
11 years ago
That's a smart business move - only doing the bare minimum that would be required to stay in business, or to expand your market by making the bare minimum attempt.
RokuJoel
Binge Watcher
11 years ago
When we begin to sell Roku devices in countries that require it, Cyrillic support will be added to support those regions.

- Joel
ukrkoz
Channel Surfer
11 years ago
So this was going on since 2011, now we are closing on 2015 - and NOTHING was done? No Cyrillic support? :?: :?: :?:
renojim
Community Streaming Expert
15 years ago
Would have been nice to know that this was coming.

-JT
RokuKevin
Visitor
15 years ago
I need to put a constraint on smitskevich's statement....

In v2.9 Roku understands UTF-8 on the roImageCanvas.

--Kevin
dmitskevich
Visitor
15 years ago
It works! In 2.9 Roku understands UTF-8!
dmitskevich
Visitor
15 years ago
"renojim" wrote:
It looks like it is now interpreting UTF-8 encoded strings

Thnak you for the hint! Today I'm going to:

- remove conversion from UTF-8 -> CP1251
- use a font that supports Cyrillic to render UTF-8 strings

I will write back about results of this experiment...

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