I retried my tests (with the same videos on the same servers) - and got the same results.
I upgraded to 3.0.2202 then tried the tests again, and got the same results. "appleTest" fails, "appleTest2" plays, and "appleTest3" fails.
Could you double-check your results?
* We both agree "appleTest" should fail
* You said "appleTest2" played for 10 second - I say it should play for 30 seconds. (Please see below)
* You said "appleTest3" played, whereas for me it failed.
RE: appleTest2:
When you say the video "only plays for ten seconds" - does it really?
The videos should play the first fragment three times. So if your just looking at the counter - and not paying attention - you might miss the fact that is has repeated.
Also - where do you see the error message you spoke of? I do not see any.
I encoded these videos from a series of still PNG files, using FFMPEG, exactly as specified in the "Roku Encoding Guide".
Thanks for your help!