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Live Streaming channels

Does anyone have experience with or knowledge of live streaming channels that I can check out? I'm producing a project that will use live streaming video and I need some major help with the development of our channel...

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Cadi
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jbrave
Channel Surfer

Re: Live Streaming channels

By live streaming do you mean live broadcast or streaming prerecorded material?
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rogue9772
Visitor

Re: Live Streaming channels

I was wondering that as well. I'm trying to play a live video stream, and nothing in the docs I found says that it is or isn't possible.

The one I'm looking at is an ASF/WMV file, but there's also a flash version to play. I'm just plugging it into the example program for a video player to see if it can be done. I get as far as 33% loaded before it hangs there.
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RokuChris
Roku Employee
Roku Employee

Re: Live Streaming channels

The only live streaming technology supported on Roku is HTTP Live Streaming. This is discussed in the Encoding Guide included with the SDK.
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Re: Live Streaming channels

Thanks RokuChris

jbrave: I mean, live streams webcasts such as ustream live; not a pre-recorded live event for playback
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