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moflaherty
Visitor
9 years ago

Working with Vimeo Pro?

Hi!
I am new to creating a Roku channel and I am wondering if someone can help me understand how to use Vimeo in my JSON. It seems that this should work, but I keep getting a Required video url is unreachable error. We uploaded a test video here: https://vimeo.com/192539445. What exactly should be referenced in the JSON to access this file? I have tried the aforementioned link, the SD and HD links provided by Vimeo, a custom URL, etc. I am definitely missing something.
Thanks for your help!
Michael
Roku Direct Publisher
  • moflaherty's avatar
    moflaherty
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    Hopefully this helps someone else. I discovered that the ID value has to be set to the actual video URL. I was creating my own GUID's which was incorrect.

    "shortFormVideos": [
        {
          "id": "https://vimeo.com/192539445",
          "title": "The Vanderveer's with Dana Hamilton",
          "shortDescription": "The Vanderveer's, friends of the Kent Ohio church of Christ, performing with the great Dana Hamilton. This is a test video!",
          "thumbnail": "http://www.eInvasion.com/tn.png",
          "genres": [ "faith" ],
          "tags": [ "music", "kentohcoc" ],
          "releaseDate": "2016-11-22",
          "content": {
            "dateAdded": "2016-11-22T17:33:32.125Z",
            "captions": [],
            "duration": 910,
            "adBreaks": [ "00:00:00" ],
            "videos": [
              {
                "url": "https://vimeo.com/192539445",
                "quality": "HD",
                "videoType": "MP4"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
  • stubbstarbuck's avatar
    stubbstarbuck
    Binge Watcher
    9 years ago
    Vimeo provides dynamic links in the address bar, so you can't copy those. You need to use their static links, which are available to Pro users.

    In Vimeo (Pro only), go to the file you want to link to, go to Settings, go to Video File. At the bottom are permanent links. Use "Get Direct Links to use with your own player" and you can link to an SD or HD link directly, or, probably your preference, use the HLS link. If you do that, your "videoType" needs to be converted to "HLS" and you need to remove the bitrate.

    See: https://github.com/rokudev/feed-specifications/blob/master/direct-publisher-feed-specification.md#video