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Blackhawk
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Problem with the PlayerTask

Im making an ad supported channel.

' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp.  All Rights Reserved. ********** 
' inits details screen
' sets all observers
' configures buttons for Details screen
Function Init()
? "[DetailsScreen] init"

m.top.observeField("visible", "onVisibleChange")
m.top.observeField("focusedChild", "OnFocusedChildChange")

m.buttons = m.top.findNode("Buttons")
m.poster = m.top.findNode("Poster")
m.description = m.top.findNode("Description")
m.background = m.top.findNode("Background")


' create buttons
result = []
for each button in ["Play", "Second button"]
result.push({title : button})
end for
m.buttons.content = ContentList2SimpleNode(result)
End Function

' set proper focus to buttons if Details opened and stops Video if Details closed
Sub onVisibleChange()
? "[DetailsScreen] onVisibleChange"
if m.top.visible = true then
m.buttons.jumpToItem = 0
m.buttons.setFocus(true)
else
m.videoPlayer.visible = false
m.videoPlayer.control = "stop"
m.poster.uri=""
m.background.uri=""
end if
End Sub

' set proper focus to Buttons in case if return from Video PLayer
Sub OnFocusedChildChange()
if m.top.isInFocusChain() and not m.buttons.hasFocus() and not m.videoPlayer.hasFocus() then
m.buttons.setFocus(true)
end if
End Sub

' set proper focus on buttons and stops video if return from Playback to details
Sub onVideoVisibleChange()
if m.Player.visible = false and m.top.visible = true
m.buttons.setFocus(true)
m.Player.control = "stop"
end if
End Sub

sub PlayerStateChanged()
print "EntryScene: PlayerStateChanged(), state = "; m.Player.state
if m.Player.state = "done" or m.Player.state = "stop"
m.Player.visible = false
m.list.setFocus(true) 'NB. the player took the focus away, so get it back
end if
end sub

' on Button press handler
Sub onItemSelected()
' first button is Play
' compile into a VideoContent node
content = CreateObject("roSGNode", "VideoContent")

if m.Player = invalid:
m.Player = m.top.CreateChild("Player")
m.Player.observeField("state", "PlayerStateChanged")
end if

'start the player
m.Player.content = content
m.Player.visible = true
m.Player.control = "play"
End Sub

' Content change handler
Sub OnContentChange()
m.description.content = m.top.content
m.description.Description.width = "770"
m.Player.content = m.top.content
m.top.streamUrl = m.top.content.url
m.poster.uri = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
m.background.uri = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
End Sub

'///////////////////////////////////////////'
' Helper function convert AA to Node
Function ContentList2SimpleNode(contentList as Object, nodeType = "ContentNode" as String) as Object
result = createObject("roSGNode",nodeType)
if result <> invalid
for each itemAA in contentList
item = createObject("roSGNode", nodeType)
item.setFields(itemAA)
result.appendChild(item)
end for
end if
return result
End Function


And i keep getting this error



------ Compiling dev 'Simple Grid with Details and Video' ------
*** ERROR compiling /pkg:/source/PlayerTask.brs:
SUB or FUNCTION defined twice. (compile error &had) in pkg:/source/PlayerTask.brs(11) 'init'

And i checked this code


'*********************************************************************
'** (c) 2016-2017 Roku, Inc. All content herein is protected by U.S.
'** copyright and other applicable intellectual property laws and may
'** not be copied without the express permission of Roku, Inc., which
'** reserves all rights. Reuse of any of this content for any purpose
'** without the permission of Roku, Inc. is strictly prohibited.
'*********************************************************************

Library "Roku_Ads.brs"

sub init()
m.top.functionName = "playContentWithAds"
m.top.id = "PlayerTask"
end sub

sub playContentWithAds()

video = m.top.video
' `view` is the node under which RAF should display its UI (passed as 3rd argument of showAds())
view = video.getParent()

RAF = Roku_Ads()
'RAF.clearAdBufferScreenLayers() ' in case it was set earlier
'RAF.enableAdBufferMessaging(true, true) ' could have been cleared by custom screen
'RAF.setAdBufferScreenContent({})

content = video.content
RAF.setAdUrl(content.ad_url)
' for generic measurements api
RAF.setContentGenre(content.categories) 'if unset, ContentNode has it as []
' Nielsen DAR specific measurements
if content.nielsen_app_id <> invalid:
RAF.enableNielsenDAR(true)
RAF.setNielsenAppId(content.nielsen_app_id)
RAF.setNielsenGenre(content.nielsen_genre)
RAF.setNielsenProgramId(content.nielsen_program_id)
RAF.setContentLength(content.length)
end if

' log tracking events
' logObj = {
' log : Function(evtType = invalid as Dynamic, ctx = invalid as Dynamic)
' if GetInterface(evtType, "ifString") <> invalid
' print "*** tracking event " + evtType + " fired."
' if ctx.companion = true then
' print "***** companion = true"
' end if
' if ctx.errMsg <> invalid then print "***** Error message: " + ctx.errMsg
' if ctx.adIndex <> invalid then print "***** Ad Index: " + ctx.adIndex.ToStr()
' if ctx.ad <> invalid and ctx.ad.adTitle <> invalid then print "***** Ad Title: " + ctx.ad.adTitle
' else if ctx <> invalid and ctx.time <> invalid
' print "*** checking tracking events for ad progress: " + ctx.time.ToStr()
' end if
' End Function
' }
' logFunc = Function(obj = Invalid as Dynamic, evtType = invalid as Dynamic, ctx = invalid as Dynamic)
' obj.log(evtType, ctx)
' End Function
' RAF.setTrackingCallback(logFunc, logObj)

adPods = RAF.getAds() 'array of ad pods
keepPlaying = true 'gets set to `false` when showAds() was exited via Back button

' show the pre-roll ads, if any
if adPods <> invalid and adPods.count() > 0
keepPlaying = RAF.showAds(adPods, invalid, view)
end if

port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
if keepPlaying then
video.observeField("position", port)
video.observeField("state", port)
video.visible = true
video.control = "play"
video.setFocus(true) 'so we can handle a Back key interruption
end if

curPos = 0
adPods = invalid
isPlayingPostroll = false
while keepPlaying
msg = wait(0, port)
if type(msg) = "roSGNodeEvent"
if msg.GetField() = "position" then
' keep track of where we reached in content
curPos = msg.GetData()
' check for mid-roll ads
adPods = RAF.getAds(msg)
if adPods <> invalid and adPods.count() > 0
print "PlayerTask: mid-roll ads, stopping video"
'ask the video to stop - the rest is handled in the state=stopped event below
video.control = "stop"
end if
else if msg.GetField() = "state" then
curState = msg.GetData()
print "PlayerTask: state = "; curState
if curState = "stopped" then
if adPods = invalid or adPods.count() = 0 then
exit while
end if

print "PlayerTask: playing midroll/postroll ads"
keepPlaying = RAF.showAds(adPods, invalid, view)
adPods = invalid
if isPlayingPostroll then
exit while
end if
if keepPlaying then
print "PlayerTask: mid-roll finished, seek to "; stri(curPos)
video.visible = true
video.seek = curPos
video.control = "play"
video.setFocus(true) 'important: take the focus back (RAF took it above)
end if

else if curState = "finished" then
print "PlayerTask: main content finished"
' render post-roll ads
adPods = RAF.getAds(msg)
if adPods = invalid or adPods.count() = 0 then
exit while
end if
print "PlayerTask: has postroll ads"
isPlayingPostroll = true
' stop the video, the post-roll would show when the state changes to "stopped" (above)
video.control = "stop"
end if
end if
end if
end while

print "PlayerTask: exiting playContentWithAds()"
end sub


Yet i can't find an error
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renojim
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Re: Problem with the PlayerTask

Do you have 2 files in your source directory with an init function?
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Blackhawk
Roku Guru

Re: Problem with the PlayerTask

Just Player and PlayerTask
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renojim
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Re: Problem with the PlayerTask

You can't have 2 files in your source directory with the same function (init in your case). Perhaps you meant to have them in the components directory.

-JT
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Blackhawk
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Re: Problem with the PlayerTask

I moved it to components and now I have a new error

=================================================================
Found 1 compile error in file pkg:/components/Player.brs included from file pkg:/components/screens/Player.xml
--- Error loading file. (compile error &hb9) in pkg:/components/Player.brs
=================================================================
Found 1 compile error in file pkg:/components/PlayerTask.brs included from file pkg:/components/screens/PlayerTask.xml
--- Error loading file. (compile error &hb9) in pkg:/components/PlayerTask.brs

=================================================================
An error occurred while attempting to compile the application's components:
-------> Error parsing multiple XML components (Player, PlayerTask)
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renojim
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Re: Problem with the PlayerTask

The .brs and .xml files with the same names should probably be in the same directory.  Look in the XML files for something like:
<script type="text/brightscript" uri="pkg:/components/screens/Player.brs" />

In this case, they'd both go in the components/screens directory.

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