Roku Developer Program

[crowe-t]

"renojim" wrote:
No, completely different beast.  If you're really interested in the original My Media, you might want to start from the first post in this thread to see what it takes to install the server.  el.wubo is no longer involved and I'm not sure how much of the installation procedure is still relevant, but if you really, really want to try it, I can probably help out.

-JT

I've tried Roku's Media Player and it doesn't work that great.  I also tried Plex and I don't like how it groups all the videos together.  It doesn't allow access to the files I set up on my PC.
I really do want to try My Media if it still works.  Any help will be appreciated.

[renojim]

What sort of computer or NAS are you wanting to use as your server?  As a first step, you need to install Python on your server.  Version 2.7.9 is what I'm using.  Version 3 won't work.

You should know that how things are presented within the UI are entirely dependent on how you have them organized (in folders/directories).  If you're the kind of person that likes to put everything in one directory that's exactly how they'll be presented and this probably isn't for you.

-JT

[crowe-t]

"renojim" wrote:
What sort of computer or NAS are you wanting to use as your server?  As a first step, you need to install Python on your server.  Version 2.7.9 is what I'm using.  Version 3 won't work.

You should know that how things are presented within the UI are entirely dependent on how you have them organized (in folders/directories).  If you're the kind of person that likes to put everything in one directory that's exactly how they'll be presented and this probably isn't for you.

-JT

I have an HP Pavilion laptop with an 8th Gen i7 quad processor.  
I have a 4TB external hard drive with programs grouped in different folders. 
I'm currently using an app called Video that came with my Sony XBR-X900F 4K TV.  It works OK but sometimes doesn't recognize the folders.  I also recently bought a Roku Ultra and have used Roku's Media Player but it also doesn't always connect to the PC.
I'm hoping the My Media software will work better.
I'll install Python on my PC.  
Do you have a link to the software for My Media?

[renojim]

Follow the instructions given in the first post of this thread.  They will ultimately lead you to this:  http://netguy204.github.io/roku_media_server/developers_preview.html

There's more instructions there, but that's where you'll find the link to the code (server and client) given here again:  https://github.com/netguy204/roku_media_server/zipball/channel

Ignore the part about installing the client using developer mode (unless you're really interested).  The client code in that download is probably out of date.  I'll give you a channel you can install when I figure out which one is best (I have a few variations from my experiments over the years).

Once you get the Python server stuff installed, you can run a simple test from a browser to see if it's working without having to install anything on your Roku yet.  Installing the server is the hard part.  Unzip the code to wherever you like.  There's a "springboard" utility that may be of some help with configuring the directories of your media and launching the server.  The instructions say to use Python 2.6, but I've used 2.6 and 2.7, so either should be fine.

If you make it this far, on your server machine you should be able to browse to http://localhost:8001/feed and see a simple listing of your media.  From a computer different than your server you should be able to browse to http://<ip addr of server>:8001/feed (e.g., http://192.168.1.10:8001/feed).

Good luck!
-JT

[crowe-t]

"renojim" wrote:
Follow the instructions given in the first post of this thread.  They will ultimately lead you to this:  http://netguy204.github.io/roku_media_server/developers_preview.html

There's more instructions there, but that's where you'll find the link to the code (server and client) given here again:  https://github.com/netguy204/roku_media_server/zipball/channel

Ignore the part about installing the client using developer mode (unless you're really interested).  The client code in that download is probably out of date.  I'll give you a channel you can install when I figure out which one is best (I have a few variations from my experiments over the years).

Once you get the Python server stuff installed, you can run a simple test from a browser to see if it's working without having to install anything on your Roku yet.  Installing the server is the hard part.  Unzip the code to wherever you like.  There's a "springboard" utility that may be of some help with configuring the directories of your media and launching the server.  The instructions say to use Python 2.6, but I've used 2.6 and 2.7, so either should be fine.

If you make it this far, on your server machine you should be able to browse to http://localhost:8001/feed and see a simple listing of your media.  From a computer different than your server you should be able to browse to http://<ip addr of server>:8001/feed (e.g., http://192.168.1.10:8001/feed).

Good luck!
-JT

In this address: http://netguy204.github.io/roku_media_server/developers_preview.html, it sounds like it may not be safe to use My Media.  Is this true?  If so then I'll forget about using it.

[renojim]

It's safe. It's just trying to tell you that you shouldn't run the server code on a computer connected directly to the Internet. No one in their right mind would expose their computer that way and if you're using a Roku you must already have a router that acts as a firewall. Your Roku and your computer should both show that they are using an IP address of the form 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x. It they are (and they almost certainly are) then they are behind a firewall and there's no security issue.

-JT

[crowe-t]

"renojim" wrote:
It's safe.  It's just trying to tell you that you shouldn't run the server code on a computer connected directly to the Internet.  No one in their right mind would expose their computer that way and if you're using a Roku you must already have a router that acts as a firewall.  Your Roku and your computer should both show that they are using an IP address of the form 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x.  It they are (and they almost certainly are) then they are behind a firewall and there's no security issue.

-JT

Then I'm good.  My IP address is what you described.
Have you figured out what channel to install?

[renojim]

Try this one: https://my.roku.com/add/mymediabeta

It's been a while, so I don't remember the details, but when you launch the channel it tries to do some sort of rendezvous to locate the server. I never really liked how it worked and I'm not sure the rendezvous server is still operating. I don't see it mentioned in the help text.

Seems like a lot of work just to try something that you may not care for, doesn't it? 🙂

-JT

[bblackmoor]

The rendezvous thing is still annoying, but it still works. I had to do that several while getting Ubuntu 18 working.

[dgrace]

I have to say, yes, maybe a little bit to set up, but I still use it, almost daily, and have not run into anything that I'd rather use. No frills, but solid.

Now that the Roku Media Player can handle flac files, any chance My Media can be updated for them as well? Just tested and it shows no playable files, but RMP handles then from USB drive.