Greetings @renojim
@renojim wrote:
For now, Roku devices can only play one video at a time.
Greetings. Yes, I've seen you assert this before in previous posts. I understand you're Community & not Roku staff, but the account wears an "Expert" tag, so here's a deeper question. The question is "Why only one stream?" Teardown inspections of at least one Roku Ultra reveal a Realtek RTD1319VR, which may be a Roku dedicated part number. Datasheet searches, product announcements, and comparisons with Android TV devices using RTD1319xx chips describe RDT1319xx chips as being 4k capable with support for multiple transport streams. The Linux kernel and associated software underlying the Roku interface, can handle it. It isn't a "trick", compositing multiple inputs into one output is well understood in the video world.
@renojim wrote:
Roku rarely, if ever, comments on any kind of new feature here…
Rarely, yes, not never. See the thread about unwelcome ads,
Just asking for feedback that "Yes, you've provided enough evidence that we've forwarded this to the internal teams for investigation, or No, Roku product planning doesn't see the interest I think is there. Read the linked Fubo blog post up thread, Apple Corp hardware engineers were in the facility on Fubo's Multiview project.
@renojim wrote:
…they never comment on features in a channel/app they have no control over.
May I suggest you reread my initial post. I'm asking Roku to support a developer that wants to try it with some sort of direct engagement, like Apple did with Fubo. Obviously, a Roku scale effort, not the same as what Apple can do., That'd be single channel. But more importantly, think more ambitiously. Make it a platform feature, entirely under Roku control, that lets me pick multiple sources and output them in one stream, i.e. do the compositing on device. Wouldn't try it on an Express, but that's why I bought an Ultra.
