Roku Developer Program

[xwin]

Hi
"Download it Here and follow the instructions at that page to get things set up" link on the first page is broken. In the mean time you can get the server on this page:
https://github.com/netguy204/roku_media_server/archives/channel Get zip if you are on windows and you know what to get if you are on linux 😉

[el_wubo]

"xwin" wrote:
Hi
"Download it Here and follow the instructions at that page to get things set up" link on the first page is broken. In the mean time you can get the server on this page:
https://github.com/netguy204/roku_media_server/archives/channel Get zip if you are on windows and you know what to get if you are on linux 😉

Thanks! Fixed. Just to prevent confusion: The "Download it Here" instructions xwin is referring are in the very first post and they give you a way to skip the private channel mechanism and install the channel from the source code. You probably don't want to use this technique unless you're planning on helping with the development of MyMedia.

[tdurrant420]

I need some one with a tablet(preferably Kindle Fire/Nook Touch tablets. I know it works on iPad) to go to

Durranticus.dyndns.org/VideoPlayer.html


I am testing the hmtl5 video component for the web server portion instead of rss feeds as it is now.
The rate of it is going to be pretty slow as my up link is only ~768kbs

email me at tdurrant420 at gmail dot com with results

[xwin]

Hi,
Did anyone think about using py2exe for windows distribution of the server? This would make a self contained executable with the corresponding files which could be simply unpacked in to a directory without installing python separately. I was going to give this a try.

Thanks.

[el_wubo]

"xwin" wrote:
Hi,
Did anyone think about using py2exe for windows distribution of the server? This would make a self contained executable with the corresponding files which could be simply unpacked in to a directory without installing python separately. I was going to give this a try.

Thanks.

I did think of it but I'm not a windows user and firing up the vm is a pain. It's definitely worth a try and I expect py2exe would work (I've used it for other things.) If it works, I'll change the walk through instructions for windows to point to your exe instead and keep it there for as long as you or someone else is willing to take care of building new releases.

[willalmo]

I tried for days to get roksbox to work...it didnt. I spent ten minutes on this and voila 🙂 Thanks so much.

Also: any help with the streams settings? Thanks

[renojim]

Welcome to My Media!

I'm not sure what you're asking about the streams settings. I'm assuming you've found the page where you can add a stream and you see the four sample streams. You're kind of on your own as far as finding stream URLs and keep in mind that only MP3 streams are supported by the box. The other thing you should be aware of is if the URL ends in a port number, like the Folk Alley URL (http://66.225.205.8:80/), make sure the trailing slash is part of the URL you enter.

-JT

[xwin]

I tried py2exe and it generated the binaries. However during loading of the server module "image" failed to load. I verified in the archive there is no module "image". There is however a module "Image". Is that a windows case problem? I am not that experienced with python but I started to use it more and more. It comes handy for small quick scripts.

I am hoping to get this to work as the installation would be much more simple - only few MB zip file. No python or separate libraries.

[roens]

I'm attempting to be a new user of MyMedia. However, mymedia.py will not start:

$ python mymedia.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mymedia.py", line 1132, in <module>
    ensure_configuration(config)
  File "/store/home/mario/netguy204-roku_media_server-932629b/server/common.py", line 63, in ensure_configuration
    ensure("photo_dir", default_photo_path)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'default_photo_path' referenced before assignment

The only version of python I've got installed on this FreeBSD9 machine is v2.7.2. I even tried downloading the zip a second time, from a different URL, and even from the project page on github. But download attempts produce exactly the same file, by md5 checksum. I even tried generating a config.ini, from versions of that file that others have posted to this thread. No luck there, just the same error. (I guess the config is supposed to be generated on first run?)

I've tried searching this forum thread (and the net at large) via various means & have found no one mentioning things like "default_photo_path" or "referenced before assignment". So, I will add this posting.

This seems like it'd be interesting software to use with my Roku2… but so far, it's a non-starter. Maybe there's a bug in the source? I don't feel like trying to dig into that at the moment.

[el_wubo]

"roens" wrote:

The only version of python I've got installed on this FreeBSD9 machine is v2.7.2.

The problem is a chunk of code immediately above common.py:61 that's figuring out what an appropriate path is for your OS. It only includes checks for windows, mac, and linux--so the default path isn't defined for freebsd. So, is there a standard directory for music, videos, and pictures on FreeBSD? On linux it's $HOME/Music, $HOME/Videos, and $HOME/Pictures.

Let me know and I'll add freebsd support and you should be good to go.