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axman1
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HLS Local Network Stream - View on Roku?

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I'm trying to figure out how I can view an HLS stream from an encoder on my local network of a security camera feed on the roku.  Any suggestions?

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renojim
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Re: HLS Local Network Stream - View on Roku?

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Does your Roku device have a USB port?  You might be able to use Autostart.m3u in the root of the USB device combined with the Roku Media Player, but I've never tried it.

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It would be a trivial app to create, but I don't know of anything already in the Channel Store that will let you enter an HLS playlist URL, although I wouldn't be surprised if there is one.

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atc98092
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Re: HLS Local Network Stream - View on Roku?

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HLS is another acronym for AppleHTTP. Roku Media Player (RMP) can play an HLS stream, but it has to be coming from a DLNA server. Some DLNA servers, such as Serviio, can accept a live stream source and send it out via DLNA. If it could do it for your  camera stream without requiring a plug-in, I can't say. While I am the author of the Roku profiles included with Serviio, I'm not experienced with creating plug-ins for online sources. 

If your camera can be viewed on your network via a web browser, then it's likely that Serviio can stream it as a web resource without requiring a plug-in. 

If by some chance your camera is already streaming in the DLNA format, it will appear as a source automatically in RMP. If it doesn't, there's no way to manually configure RMP for it. RMP requires the DLNA format to find the content on your network. 

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axman1
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Re: HLS Local Network Stream - View on Roku?

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I have the ability to do rtmp or anything in h.264 or h.265 format.  It really feels like there should be a simple way to make this happen

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atc98092
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Re: HLS Local Network Stream - View on Roku?

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RMP will not recognize an RTMP stream. But many DLNA servers will. If you want to view your camera on a Roku device, it's going to require an intermediary server of some type to send it via DLNA.

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renojim
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Re: HLS Local Network Stream - View on Roku?

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Does your Roku device have a USB port?  You might be able to use Autostart.m3u in the root of the USB device combined with the Roku Media Player, but I've never tried it.

How to use Roku Media Player to play your videos, music and photos | Official Roku Support

It would be a trivial app to create, but I don't know of anything already in the Channel Store that will let you enter an HLS playlist URL, although I wouldn't be surprised if there is one.

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