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jbrave
Channel Surfer
15 years ago

video player format question

What is the minimal amount of data I need to send to the video player to get it to play? I've got an mp4 video, h.264 (according to Quicktime) but when I try to play it I'm getting showVideoScr...
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RokuChris
Roku Employee
15 years ago
All you absolutely have to provide is the URL. Roku assumes mp4 if you omit the format. As an example, this works fine...

Sub Main()
  vid = {
    stream:	{
    	url:	"http://msnbcpod.rd.llnwd.net/e1/video/podcast/pdv_countdown_netcast_m4v-10-25-2010-195641.m4v"
    }
  }
  
  screen = CreateObject("roVideoScreen")
  screen.SetMessagePort(CreateObject("roMessagePort"))
  screen.SetContent(vid)
  screen.Show()

  while true
    msg = wait(0, screen.GetMessagePort())

    if msg <> invalid then
      if msg.isScreenClosed()
        exit while
      end if
    end if
  end while
end sub