Roku Developer Program

[RIDGELINETV]

It's easy to play individual files on demand using the example video player.

However, I'd like to have an on demand channel set up to where when a viewer selects a program to play, it actually plays a sequence of individual video files, in essence, running a playlist (I'm talking about on demand here, not live streaming - I know it gets confusing because "playlist" means different things to different people).

I'm hoping Roku uses an XML file for this purpose.

Thanks for any assistance.

[RokuChris]

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[RIDGELINETV]

Thanks for the fast reply. I'm very new to Brightscript so I know I sound like a noob! I just want to get a better idea about the possibilities of Roku before I jump in head first.... If it won't do what I need, there's so sense in putting the time into it.

So my question is can you set this video array from an external XML file?

My scenario is this: I have a TV station and create all my shows in segments. That way commercials and PSAs can be changed out easily in the breaks by just changing the playlist, not re-encoding the entire program. I have taken this concept over to my website, where programs play like this through a web video player. If I create a Roku channel, the workflow would be much easier if it follows a similar concept.