Roku Developer Program

[mikempet]

I'm trying to modify mySimpleVideoPlayer to play local MP4 videos stored on my network drive (WD Passport Drive). The NAS drive is visible from my Win 7 development machine running Eclipse with the BrighScript tool. The drive is attached to my Netgear wireless router USB port.

Is this possible?

The original mySimpleVideoPlayer call is:

'Swap the commented values below to play different video clips...
'urls = ["http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/CraigVenter_2008_480.mp4"]
'qualities = ["HD"]
'StreamFormat = "mp4"
'title = "Craig Venter Synthetic Life"
'srt = "file://pkg:/source/craigventer.srt"

My modified call is:

'Swap the commented values below to play different video clips...
urls = ["file://READYSHARE/USB_Storage/media/IMG_0081.MOV"]
qualities = ["HD"]
StreamFormat = "mp4"
title = "Test Video"
srt = ""

When I export (side load) the application I receive an invalid URL error in the console window:

Button pressed: 2 0
------ Running ------
Type args = roAssociativeArray
Type args.url = Invalid
showSpringboardScreen
Screen closed

As shown, I substituted "http" with "file" in the URL address. I also changed SRT to an empty string. Is this type of streaming from file supported?

Thanks

------ Running ------
Type args = roAssociativeArray
Type args.url = Invalid
showSpringboardScreen
Screen closed

[Arwen]

Is there a reason why you are not using one of the other existing local media streaming channels?

I use Roksbox, but there are others.

[greubel]

Chaneru should detect the NAS

[mikempet]

Yes, I am not using the existing media channels because I would like to develop my own. For me, this is an exercise in learning the BrightScript APIs (e.g. roVideoScreen) and substituting my own local media for development.

[gonzotek]

Rokus can't access SMB(samba) shares, so you can't use a file:// url. They can only playback videos over the network via HTTP/HTTPS. You'll have to implement at least a partial DLNA client to access the file, assuming your router/network drive implements a DLNA server.

/edit: Or possibly there are other (non-dlna) ways to access the files via a http. Some of the personal cloud type products provide web interfaces, I think. I'm not familiar with what WD/Netgear offer.

[mikempet]

Thanks for the information. I have a second post going after setting up Win7 Media Player on a networked PC to stream to the Roku. I can now select and play my streams using the Roku Media Player and Plex channels. However, I am having trouble with the URL specifier to my video for the roVideoScreen call in the BrightScript sampleVideo example.

http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=66795