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speechles
Roku Guru
7 years ago

upload zip with screen saver active causes lockup

I think I remember a time when the screen saver could be in use and you could upload zips and the Roku would wake up and start your package. Now it seems when the screen saver is running and you uploa...
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renojim
Community Streaming Expert
7 years ago
I was getting lock-ups and/or reboots (I think it started with fw v8.x or v9.x), so I used to try to remember to press Home on the remote a couple of times before uploading.  I finally just added a few ECP key presses to my Windows batch file I use to upload.  I think I still get occasional reboots on uploading, but not nearly as many.
curl -d '' http://192.168.0.120:8060/keypress/Home
curl -d '' http://192.168.0.120:8060/keypress/Home
curl -d '' http://192.168.0.120:8060/keypress/Home

-JT