Roku Developer Program

[renojim]

Weird. I use the command line version of Handbrake with practically the default settings (although I do add "-r 29.97 -O" to set the frame rate and web optimized) and I've never had a problem. I don't really bother with GUIs when the command line works just fine. Can you send me a problem file or files?

I'll have to look to make sure MKVs were added to any but my personal version. You can look in mymedia.py for "mkv" to see if appears anywhere in there. MKVs weren't a supported Roku format until well after MyMedia was first created.

-JT

[dgrace]

I'll find the link for the "official" roku test file and post here. The caddyshack mp4 rip was another failure. Mono audio, no subs, web optimized.
Its in the top post of this thread. Works fine from usb, no way it shows up in mymedia.
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=64619&start=30

[dgrace]

Would this be the server link you referenced?
"You'll also want to install the 2.0 beta version of the channel if you haven't already done so. The previous version should work, but I didn't try it." This was from a post of yours. Also, to get a new beta channel, do I have to remove the beta I have?

[renojim]

"dgrace" wrote:
Also, to get a new beta channel, do I have to remove the beta I have?

My last update to the beta channel was when I added the lyrics to the music player, which I believe you didn't care for. So I believe you already have the latest version of everything. I only mentioned it since you were trying to set things up for someone else.

"dgrace" wrote:
Would this be the server link you referenced?
"You'll also want to install the 2.0 beta version of the channel if you haven't already done so. The previous version should work, but I didn't try it." This was from a post of yours.

Yeah, that's the link to latest version of the server, but it differs from my personal version. 😞 It doesn't support MKV files. Let me take at look at it and hopefully it's just a minor revision to include MKVs. My personal version went off on many tangents and experiments (like the song lyrics) most of which didn't pan out or I decided they'd appeal to only me.

-JT

[dgrace]

Its not that I didn't care for the lyrics, I just prefer my version of the songs....
As for mkv support, that would be nice, since about 99% of what I now run through my Oppo is in that format (Oppo is too old for MP4). As long as it can stream a format then I can get my friend going with it at his house. He hasn't begun to rip his DVD collection yet.
Would the player display art for movies too, if a jpg image were in the folder? Subtitles?
Thanks (again)

[renojim]

The change to support MKVs is pretty simple. I'll upload a new mymedia.py and common.py and post links tomorrow. Separate SRTs have been supported for a while; just name them the same as the video file. The test file you linked to contains subs within the MKV and that works as well. Artwork for videos has also always been supported. I believe JPEGs are preferred, but you can also use PNGs (scale them to 300x300 for best results). Again, name them the same as the video with the appropriate extension. A while ago I added support for a special folder image that will be displayed for folders. Just name your preferred image for the folder "folder.jpg" (or .png) and place it in the appropriate folder. I gave the necessary modifications for the folder image support a while ago, but never posted links to the modified files. The modifications will be included in the updated files coming tomorrow, so don't worry about digging up the original post.

-JT

[renojim]

Ok, here's the links: mymedia.py, common.py
Download the new files and replace the ones in the server directory. Then restart the server. Let me know if there's any problems.

-JT

[dgrace]

"renojim" wrote:
Ok, here's the links: mymedia.py, common.py
Download the new files and replace the ones in the server directory. Then restart the server. Let me know if there's any problems.

-JT

Well, I don't know. There is no mymedia.py in my server folder, or anywhere else as far as I can tell. The common.py is there. The details on this end is that the folder it runs from is C:\roku_media_server-ExtremeAvocado. Is that as it should be? When I looked at the mymedia log file, I could see where it rejected every mkv I have, but the last two lines were referencing a colors.xml not being found in images folder.

[renojim]

Hmm... it seems like it has to be there somewhere. It used to be named rss_server.py, but that was quite a while ago and certainly before the Extreme Avocado version. How do you start the server? mymedia.bat? I just looked at the files in the version given in the walkthrough and mymedia.py is in there. It doesn't really matter where you put the whole package as long as you keep the sub-directory hierarchy, so your directory is fine.

The colors.xml reference is a reference to an optional file where you can set the colors you use. I never liked the bright colors and I use the black and green graphics that I think were created by umbighouse, so mine looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<colors>
   <BreadcrumbTextLeft>#07B27D</BreadcrumbTextLeft>
   <BreadcrumbTextRight>#FAFAFA</BreadcrumbTextRight>
   <BreadcrumbDelimiter>#69B79F</BreadcrumbDelimiter>
   <BackgroundColor>#202020</BackgroundColor>
</colors>

There's a bunch of theme attributes that can be changed if you wanted to look through the Roku documentaion.

-JT

[dgrace]

I use the rss_server.py to launch. Should I?
So should I drop both of the files you linked into the same place?
I'll be very curious how well thisworks as I've had mixed luck with my files on the Roku Media Channel thru usb.