Roku Developer Program

[tbbycatt]

I can't see anything on the mymedia roku channel...it keeps saying I have to register.

[renojim]

"huzefa_mehta" wrote:
So I have the following:
regid = kuja

Should I do the following (if wxyz is the new code):
regid = kuja wxyz

No. Just change it to:
regid = wxyz

Make sure you stop and restart the server after you change config.ini.

The registration is only really used one time to get the channel to find the server. After that, the server is saved on the box. You can see the IP address of the server if you go into "My Settings".

-JT

[renojim]

"tbbycatt" wrote:
I can't see anything on the mymedia roku channel...it keeps saying I have to register.

I misunderstood. I thought you meant you were able to see your music from the Roku. You should be able to pretty much follow the directions I gave to huzefa_mehta, i.e., just edit config.ini and add the registration code the channel displays. For example:
regid = wxyz

Then start the server and it should display something like, "submitting 'http://192.168.1.102:8001' to rendezvous server as wxyz". If it displays some kind of server error, stop the server and try again.

-JT

[tbbycatt]

Honestly I think I'm just lost with this one. Not sure where you want me to change it at...

[renojim]

Sorry, I guess I thought you were further along than you are. You should be able to go through the walkthrough. It sounds like you've made it up to step #4 if your server is started. When you click on "Configure Your Server", what comes up? It will either ask for a registration code (the one that should be displayed on your TV) or will give you a few options with the last one being "Retry Registration". If it's the former, just enter the registration code displayed on your TV. If it's the latter, click on "Retry Registration" and enter the registration code. The rendezvous server sometimes has problems, so it may take a couple of tries to get it to go through. Once the rendezvous server accepts the code your Roku and your MyMedia server should sync up.

It sounds like you already have your folders setup for music, etc. I'm not sure how you got to that point without completing the registration part.

-JT

[tbbycatt]

When I click on 'configure the server' it goes to this IP addy...http://127.0.0.1:8001/ and it won't open.

According to the roku my IP addy is 192.168.1.140....but using that addy does not open the web page....but if I go to 192.168.1.143:8001 it pulls up the mymedia directory. I can see it there, but it doesn't connect to the roku channel to see it there.

It doesn't ask me for any of that other stuff at all...this is the step I get hung up on.

[renojim]

I don't know why http://127.0.0.1:8001/ wouldn't work. I thought it was universal. How about http://localhost:8001/?

http://127.0.0.1:8001/, http://localhost:8001/, and http://192.168.1.143:8001/ should all be equivalent (assuming your MyMedia server is at 192.168.1.143) and you're trying to pull up any of these locations from the same machine as the server.

I don't understand how http://192.168.1.143:8001/ could pull up a directory. It should either pull up the registration or the configuration if it's already completed registration.

The easiest way around all this is to find config.ini in the 'server' directory where you unzipped everything. If it doesn't exist, just copy this into Notepad (or any text editor) and change the lines as appropriate.

[config]
music_dir = C:\Users\JT\My Documents\My Music
video_dir = C:\Users\JT\My Documents\My Videos
photo_dir = C:\Users\JT\My Documents\My Pictures
server_ip = 192.168.1.140
roku_ip = 192.168.1.140
max_folders_before_split = 10
python_path = C:\Python26\python.exe
theme = default
collapse_collections = False
server_port = 8001
regid = asdf

These are the default directories under Windows Vista or 7. You'll have to change the music_dir, video_dir, and photo_dir for your situation and/or OS. The python_path will be different on other OSes as well.

Change the 'regid' to whatever four character code the channel displays on your TV. Then save it as config.ini in the 'server' directory and restart the server. When you start the server it should display "submitting 'http://192.168.1.143:8001' to rendezvous server as asdf" and the channel should be able to discover the server.

-JT

[tbbycatt]

WOOHOO!!!! THANK YOU! It's working now!

[renojim]

Great! See how easy that was?!

-JT

[tbbycatt]

New question....I have two roku boxes...how do I get it to work on the second box? I"m on the registration screen on the second box...