Using Brightcove without Media API
Hello all, I got my feet wet with the Roku SDK and was getting really excited about making a new channel. My videos are all hosted on Brightcove, and since Brightcove and Roku are "Partners," I fig...
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Since you haven't gotten a lot of replies, I'll throw my 2 cents in.
If someone contradicts what I say here, believe them and not me 🙂
What I think you need to look for is direct access to files/folders, each link is called "hotlink". Some providers do this on a file by file basis, but you will be better off with folder access where the relative paths are retained. You can then code your xml files to have all the same prefix, or do what I did and modify the Roku SDK example for reading relative paths.
If Brightcove requires an API to access the raw files, it won't work (well, unless the "API" allows access to the raw files via standard http URLs). The other item you will need is the ability to store xml files, and then retrieve them the same way over standard http URLs.
For example, I have modified the Roku SDK code to permit relative paths in the xml files, and it's working with Dropbox hotlinks to the Public folder. The Dropbox Public folder is available to new accounts created before July 2012. Accounts created after July 2012 will not have the Public folder.
If someone contradicts what I say here, believe them and not me 🙂
What I think you need to look for is direct access to files/folders, each link is called "hotlink". Some providers do this on a file by file basis, but you will be better off with folder access where the relative paths are retained. You can then code your xml files to have all the same prefix, or do what I did and modify the Roku SDK example for reading relative paths.
If Brightcove requires an API to access the raw files, it won't work (well, unless the "API" allows access to the raw files via standard http URLs). The other item you will need is the ability to store xml files, and then retrieve them the same way over standard http URLs.
For example, I have modified the Roku SDK code to permit relative paths in the xml files, and it's working with Dropbox hotlinks to the Public folder. The Dropbox Public folder is available to new accounts created before July 2012. Accounts created after July 2012 will not have the Public folder.
