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lhgrubbs
Channel Surfer

Need help with getting a video to work

Tried a few different options in the XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed>
<resultLength>2</resultLength>
<endIndex>2</endIndex>
<item sdImg="http://ssserv.com/nljcdemo/images/MainMenu_Icon_CenterFocus_SD.png" hdImg="http://ssserv.com/nljcdemo/images/MainMenu_Icon_CenterFocus_HD.png">
<title>Featuring New Landings</title>
<description>Learn.Land.Launch.</description>
<contentId></contentId>
<contentType></contentType>
<contentQuality>SD</contentQuality>
<media>
<streamFormat>wmv</streamFormat>
<streamQuality>SD</streamQuality>
<streamBitrate>1500</streamBitrate>
<streamUrl>http://www.ssserv.com/nljcdemo/video/MichelleDavisShow_2.wmv</streamUrl>
</media>
<synopsis>New Landings: The Michelle Davis Show.</synopsis>
<actor>Hosted by Hector Silva and Don Appel</actor>
<runtime>2850</runtime>
<rating>85</rating>
</item>
<item sdImg="http://ssserv.com/nljcdemo/images/MainMenu_Icon_CenterFocus_SD.png" hdImg="http://ssserv.com/nljcdemo/images/MainMenu_Icon_CenterFocus_HD.png">
<title>Featuring New Landings</title>
<description>Learn.Land.Launch.</description>
<contentId></contentId>
<contentType></contentType>
<contentQuality>SD</contentQuality>
<media>
<streamFormat>wmv</streamFormat>
<streamQuality>SD</streamQuality>
<streamBitrate>1500</streamBitrate>
<streamUrl>http://www.ssserv.com/nljcdemo/video/NLJobChat_MichelleDavis_NonProfitImpact.wmv</streamUrl>
</media>
<synopsis>Michelle Davis of Non-Profit Connect Discusses opportunities for job seekers in the not-for-profit field</synopsis>
<actor>Hosted by Hector Silva and Don Appel</actor>
<runtime>2850</runtime>
<rating>85</rating>
</item>
</feed>



Getting this error in the debug window:

ButtonPressed
showHomeScreen | msg = Stream started. | index = 0
Unexpected event type: 20
showHomeScreen | msg = Content contains no playable tracks. | index = 0
Video status: 0 0
showHomeScreen | msg = | index = -5
Video request failure: -5 1
showHomeScreen | msg = | index = 0
Screen closed


Videos do play, but not with Roku.

LeRoy
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destruk
Streaming Star

Re: Need help with getting a video to work

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=44706&p=303753&hilit=wmv#p303652

If it's on roku1 it may or may not work - I haven't tried it.
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lhgrubbs
Channel Surfer

Re: Need help with getting a video to work

Thank you. I miss understood the documentation in Section 2.5 Supported Video Formats of the Encoding Guide. PDF.

LeRoy
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