Roku Developer Program

[texaszman]

OK - I know I'm missing something simple.

I'm running MyMedia on a Windows Homes Server box connected fine to my network, running MyMedia (Python installed in default dir, springboard.vbs used Ok to launch). My Videos are in D:\Shares\Video - music in D:\Shares\Music etc

I got the system setup, channel loaded on Roku and the menu selection boxes for Video, Music, Photos and Settings. When I choose Video or Music I get the following:

"Invalid URL. or improperly structured XML file.

http://192.168.1.200:8001/d:\shares/Videos/videos.xml.

Have played with the settings but can't figure out why I can't reach the directory. Thanks for your help!

[el_wubo]

"texaszman" wrote:

"Invalid URL. or improperly structured XML file.

http://192.168.1.200:8001/d:\shares/Videos/videos.xml.

Where did that url come from? The My Media channel should never generate a url that looks like that. Are you sure you're running the My Media channel and not something else? That looks vaguely like the sort of url that one of the other personal media channels might generate.

Please verify that you can visit: http://localhost:8001/feed and navigate the folder structure to your music.

[texaszman]

Thanks el.wubo

Yes I can browse to http:/localhost:8001/feed and see my Music and Video directories just fine.

Just realized from your comment that I am incorrectly accessing MyMedia via the RoksBox Channel. However I do not see a MyMedia channel or feed. Trying to remove Roksbox - channel store says unavailable. Will keep trying.

Thanks for the reply... let me know what I've likely done wrong. Thanks!

[el_wubo]

"texaszman" wrote:
Thanks el.wubo

Yes I can browse to http:/localhost:8001/feed and see my Music and Video directories just fine.

Just realized from your comment that I am incorrectly accessing MyMedia via the RoksBox Channel. However I do not see a MyMedia channel or feed. Trying to remove Roksbox - channel store says unavailable. Will keep trying.

Thanks for the reply... let me know what I've likely done wrong. Thanks!

No problem.

No need to remove RoksBox... MyMedia can coexist with it. Just click "install client" in springboard after you've put your Roku into developer mode. See the readme/installation guide for a more detailed writeup.

[texaszman]

Got i! Walked back through the install and MyMedia successfully installed. Was not paying attention - your reply put me on the right track. Very nice - thank you again!

texaszman

[texaszman]

OK - Now I've got a wild question.

I have a DLNA compliant NAS that I am starting to consolidate all my media on, instead of my WHS server where I have Python and MyMedia located on.

Question: Can I use MyMedia to stream content from the NAS to my ROKU? or does everything need to be on teh same box.

Obviously I am looking for the most elegant solution to get videos from my NAS to the ROKU..... (if possible). Thanks!

[dellsweig]

"texaszman" wrote:
OK - Now I've got a wild question.

I have a DLNA compliant NAS that I am starting to consolidate all my media on, instead of my WHS server where I have Python and MyMedia located on.

Question: Can I use MyMedia to stream content from the NAS to my ROKU? or does everything need to be on teh same box.

Obviously I am looking for the most elegant solution to get videos from my NAS to the ROKU..... (if possible). Thanks!

Works fine on NAS shares, shared drives on other computers, etc

As long as you have absolute paths you will have no issue

[texaszman]

Thanks for the reply.

I'm pointing to what I think is the right address, but get an error that it cannot find the feed.

In vide_dir I have - \\NAS\server\DLNA\Media\Video\ for the directory my videos are located in.

My NAS has a static IP of 192.168.1.160, which I changed the server_ip field to, vs. the WHS server address of 192.168.1.200 I had in that field.

Can you see anything I have done wrong or missed? Thanks again.

[dellsweig]

"texaszman" wrote:
Thanks for the reply.

I'm pointing to what I think is the right address, but get an error that it cannot find the feed.

In vide_dir I have - \\NAS\server\DLNA\Media\Video\ for the directory my videos are located in.

My NAS has a static IP of 192.168.1.160, which I changed the server_ip field to, vs. the WHS server address of 192.168.1.200 I had in that field.

Can you see anything I have done wrong or missed? Thanks again.

I have mine mounted as named drives - try that

[texaszman]

That didn't work. I don't think the configuration is correct. Will keep trying - any help is welcomed!