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Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

I have published a private channel. However, the box keeps claiming "insufficient storage" to add the channel. What am I doing wrong? I need guidance here. I've resized most of the images in the package according to the guidelines in the SDK and it still won't load!
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RokuChris
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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

Maybe you're having the same problem discussed in this thread? viewtopic.php?f=34&t=35870&start=0
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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

I have a manifest at the top of my zip file. My whole package is 88k so its not that big.
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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

If anyone wants to look at this and help me, here's a link to my zip file.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2269140/sthf.zip
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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

My channel code is startrek.
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RokuChris
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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

The manifest needs to be named "manifest". Yours is named "manifest.xml"

It also has some extra stuff in it. You need to get rid of these first couple lines...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!-- New document created with EditiX at Sun Apr 17 12:48:45 MDT 2011 -->

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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

Tried it. Didn't work!
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renojim
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

You're zipping from the wrong starting point. There shouldn't be a sthf directory in the zip. The manifest should be at the root of the zip and there should be subdirectories for source, images, and artwork. There's a whole lot in the zip that doesn't need to be there (all the __MACOSX stuff, Makefile.xml, .DS_Store, etc.).

By the way, I tried to play a video and my box rebooted.

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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

Okay, I was creating the zip file on a mac at home and it added that stuff. Borrowed my fiance's pc, and took that stuff out.

Is this any better?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2269140/sthf.zip

I'll worry about the video once I can get the channel to load.

Thanks for your help!
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renojim
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Re: Help! Newbie! Channel Won't Load!

Looks good, except your manifest should be called manifest (no extension at all) and it should not be an XML file - just a straight text file. Eliminate everything before the "title" line. If you're now on a PC, you may want to delete all the .DS_Store files.

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