Roku Developer Program

[ramon1604]

I have created an Amazon S3 account. Uploaded two files one is mp4 the other is avi. Set them as public and it gives me the following link for mp4.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ROKU/test.mp4

I tried to stream using VLC player and it does not work. Then I tried using customvideoplayer source code and transfer app to my ROKU and it does not goes beyond 13%.

What Iam doing wrong. We use the original TED file it works great.

thanks

[RokuChris]

It's probably failing because it has no audio track. It's also not h.264 encoded. Read through the Encoding Guide in the SDK for pointers on how to best encode your content for Roku.

[ramon1604]

But when I stream to VLC locally it works well. Does it has something to do with encoding ?

[ramon1604]

Can I use Amazon S3 and set files as public only or do I need to use the cloudfront service setup for streaming also ? Please advise

thanks

[destruk]

It doesn't need to be specifically set up for streaming, no.

[liran]

Did anyone managed to play videos from CloudFront on Roku ?
There were no SSL problems because of its "HTTPS" ?

If so, how ? Details will be welcome.

Thanks

[jbrave]

try removing the s from https and see if it works for streaming that way.

[liran]

Why would I do this ? It's a secured HTTPS, the 's' is there for a reason.

[destruk]

If it's a problem with your security, running a test without the security features might confirm the problem.

[liran]

It has to be with secured HTTPS as it is.
How did you, or anyone, manage to play videos from CloudFront HTTPS ?