Roku Developer Program

[alwinlee]

I have very limited programming skill and am interested in creating a channel with video content. I have read through all the postings and find it technical and very confusing. Is there an easy way to upload my videos, perhaps a third party application that can do this job. I don't want to compile. Please advise.

[joetesta]

the easy way = pay someone else to do it 🙂
if you don't want to pay, there is a lot to learn...

[destruk]

By compile, if you mean zipping up the code and loading it into the developer web interface, I think that's the only way to create a channel yourself. If you just want access to a video file, get a roku with USB and install the USB channel from the channel store to play back relevant file types, or there are other channels to install like Chaneroo which run your pc as a server for your roku device.

[bollywood]

so if someone just wants to create a private channel using a live video feed from a website, is there an easier way? or one has to start from scratch and learn the programming?

[tensen]

"bollywood" wrote:
so if someone just wants to create a private channel using a live video feed from a website, is there an easier way? or one has to start from scratch and learn the programming?

There are channels like CDNTwo that allow you to add a rss feed to your account on their channel.
But as for learning from scratch. The examples included in the SDK are pretty close to allowing you to create a channel (Some of the examples are easier than others, but require you to at least know some programming language to be able to understand what is going on.)

[bollywood]

well i am trying but all the weird names used for variables(i assume that's what they are), and functions are too confusing.

[bollywood]

i think i am going to use one of the sample channel codes provided in the SDK and try to make it work.

so for my first channel, which ones of these is easier to work with ?

customvideoplayer
or
simplevideoplayer