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[Baradanikto]

I'm building a channel from the SampleVideoPlayer.  I've run into two issues that have me stumped.

Issue 1:
A friend gave me permission to use some of his videos on my channel.  His videos are currently stored on YouTube.  I downloaded them using a free online service[/url:1ndoabhj] that seemed to work since I can play the videos locally.  However...

[Baradanikto]

Some follow up....

I was able to resolve issue one.  I ran the video through Nero Recode and it produce an mp4 file that I was able to play through the Roku stick.  Now, my only problem is issue two, the performance is pretty poor when clicking on the screen.

[renojim]

Are your images sized properly? I'm not familiar with what screen types the SampleVideoPlayer code uses, but I know it can really slow things down if the Roku has to resize images.

-JT

[Baradanikto]

renojim...Thanks for your reply.

Thanks a good question.  I wasn't aware that there are restrictions on the size of the images in that context.  I'll have to look into it, but, I'm not sure that wold explain what I am seeing.  I've included some screenshots to try and explain it.

Getting to the first screen is fine.  There's no performance hiccup.



But, once I mouse to move right to "Club", there's a noticeable delay in filling in the images below the arrow ("V") that represent each video.  And, mousing right to left, left to right on each poster image also shows a noticeable delay.

[Baradanikto]

renojim,

Thanks for the tip.  The image sizes were not what they needed to be (eg. 224 x 168).  This was the cause of the slow performance.  Once I resized them, I now see a much faster response to the remote clicks.