Roku Developer Program

[RokuJoel]

It is probably easier and more worth your time to use this:

https://roku.box.com/s/8da4f07456b8a038f1f5

to connect to your website. Should integrate directly with wordpress mrss feeds or Blip.tv feeds without too much customization. Start by editing the config.opml file in the root of the example to point to your website mrss feed (if you have one).

- Joel

[RokuJoel]

It is probably easier and more worth your time to use this:

https://roku.box.com/s/8da4f07456b8a038f1f5

to connect to your website. Should integrate directly with wordpress mrss feeds or Blip.tv feeds without too much customization. Start by editing the config.opml file in the root of the example to point to your website mrss feed (if you have one).

- Joel

[AngeloB]

What is a mrss feed?

where are your xml files?

[AngeloB]

can you show me with the simplegrid example file?

[RokuJoel]

No, I cant. The simplegrid example file is just a little demo to show some of the possibilities of a grid screen. That is why I posted a more fully formed example.

If you want to find out more about mrss and xml, google is your friend.

If you want to see what the XML in an MRSS feed looks like, just find a wordpress blog and find the rss link that most have on their page. Here is an example:

http://www.tmz.com/rss.xml

if it shows up looking like a web page, then right click and select "view source" in your web browser.

- Joel

[AngeloB]

I viewed the source, what a mess, lol

Did you make xml files?

I do run a Linux server, host my own stuff

[RokuJoel]

That's what XML looks like. It isn't actually a mess, everything is in it's proper place, it just looks messy due to the way your browser formats it, if you paste it into a good text editor, it should become easier to read.

XML is a set of tags, like HTML, except a little more strict:

<item>
     <tagname>tag contents</tagname>
     <anothertag data="this is some data">tag content</anothertag>
</item>

or

<items>
     <item>
          <tagname>tag contents</tagname>
          <anothertag data="this is some data">tag content</anothertag>
     </item>
     <item>
          <tagname>more tag contents</tagname>
          <anothertag data="this is some data">tag content</anothertag>
     </item>
     <item>
          <tagname>and more tag contents</tagname>
          <anothertag data="this is some data">tag content</anothertag>
     </item>
</items>

[AngeloB]

did you ever figure it out?

[AngeloB]

I know how to make these, then what?

[AngeloB]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<feed>
<!-- resultLength indicates the total number of results for this feed -->
<resultLength>1</resultLength>
<!-- endIndix indicates the number of results for this *paged* section of the feed -->
<endIndex>1</endIndex>
<item sdImg="http://etc..."
hdImg="http://http://etc,,,">
<title>Our Test</title>
<contentId>10</contentId>
<contentType>Talk</contentType>
<contentQuality>SD</contentQuality>
<streamFormat>mp4</streamFormat>
<media>
<streamQuality>SD</streamQuality>
<streamBitrate>1500</streamBitrate>
<streamUrl>http://whatever.com/whatever.mp4</streamUrl>
</media>
<synopsis>whatever</synopsis>
<genres></genres>
<runtime></runtime>
</item>
</feed>